Transfer Your Engineering License to Oregon: Reciprocity & Endorsement (2026)
Does my PE license transfer to Oregon?
Yes — Oregon issues a new Professional Engineer license by comity to an engineer already licensed in another state. You apply to the Oregon State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying (OSBEELS), which verifies your ABET-accredited degree, experience, exam record, and good standing against Oregon's own statute rather than re-testing you. FE and PE exam results transfer through your NCEES Record and are not retaken; Oregon requires no general state-specific exam for a comity PE applicant, though OSBEELS administers its own examinations for the PE-Forest and Photogrammetry disciplines specifically. Application fee: $400 (Registration application fee (OAR 820-080-0010); add $35 per additional branch of engineering sought. Transmitting an NCEES Record costs $175 for the first board and $100 for each additional board, paid separately to NCEES.).
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Verdict
Licensure by endorsement
Comity is Oregon's normal route for an already-licensed engineer, and the word describes what the Oregon State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying (OSBEELS) actually does: it extends professional courtesy to your existing PE license after confirming your record meets Oregon's practice act, rather than re-examining you. The lever that makes this smooth is your NCEES Record — NCEES compiles your transcripts, experience, references, and FE/PE results and transmits them straight to Oregon, and a Model Law Engineer designation speeds many boards further. One prerequisite is absolute: your current license must be active and unencumbered, so clear any open disciplinary matter before you file.
Read the exam line on this page closely before you assume the move is exam-free. Most boards add nothing to the FE and PE, but a few require a state-specific examination — seismic, surveying, or a statutes-and-rules review — that comity does not waive, and where Oregon requires one it is listed above rather than folded silently into the process.
Oregon has no formal 'comity/reciprocity' application: an out-of-state PE who meets Oregon's requirements is granted registration without re-testing, using an NCEES Record and the standard registration application. Underlying standard: EAC/ABET degree plus qualifying experience. Fee is a $400 registration application fee, plus $35 per additional branch of engineering.
Oregon requirements at a glance
| Fees | $400 (Registration application fee (OAR 820-080-0010); add $35 per additional branch of engineering sought. Transmitting an NCEES Record costs $175 for the first board and $100 for each additional board, paid separately to NCEES.) |
|---|---|
| Processing time | 8–16 weeks (OSBEELS states applications generally take 2 to 4 months depending on when the application is received relative to board meeting schedules.) |
Step by step
- Confirm Oregon's current requirements on the Oregon State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying (OSBEELS) website — rules change.
- Submit the endorsement application to the Oregon State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying (OSBEELS) (application linked on this page).
- Arrange license verification from your current state via the verification system.
- Oregon has no separate reciprocity application; it registers an already-licensed out-of-state PE without re-testing if the applicant meets Oregon's registration requirements.
- Apply through the MyOSBEELS portal; an NCEES Record satisfies the education, exam, experience, and reference sections of the application.
- Hold an EAC/ABET-accredited bachelor's degree plus qualifying progressive experience (commonly four years).
- Provide professional references verifying qualifying engineering experience.
- Pay the fees listed above, and allow for the processing time shown there.
Official links
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Sources
Primary sources only — official boards and compact commissions. Data last verified 2026-07-21.
- OSBEELS - Applications (Obtaining a License) ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
- OSBEELS - FAQ: Obtaining a License (registration without re-testing) ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
- OAR 820-080-0010 - OSBEELS Fees ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
- NCEES - Records Program (comity licensure) ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
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