Transfer Your Engineering License to Utah: Reciprocity & Endorsement (2026)
Last verified: 2026-07-21 · source: Utah Division of Professional Licensing (DOPL) — Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors Licensing Board ↗
Yes — Utah issues a new Professional Engineer license by comity to an engineer already licensed in another state. You apply to the Utah Division of Professional Licensing (DOPL) — Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors Licensing Board, which verifies your ABET-accredited degree, experience, exam record, and good standing against Utah's own statute rather than re-testing you. FE and PE exam results transfer through your NCEES Council Record (or via official score verification sent to DOPL) and are not retaken; Utah requires no separate state engineering exam. Application fee: Utah DOPL charges its standard PE application fee plus a $10 Education/Enforcement Fund surcharge per the DOPL Fee Schedule; the exact amount is left null because the official fee-schedule PDF could not be opened (server 403) and search snippets conflicted (about $90 vs about $110 + surcharge). Transmitting an NCEES Record costs $175 first board / $100 each additional, paid separately to NCEES..
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Verdict
Licensure by endorsement
Comity is Utah's normal route for an already-licensed engineer, and the word describes what the Utah Division of Professional Licensing (DOPL) — Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors Licensing Board actually does: it extends professional courtesy to your existing PE license after confirming your record meets Utah'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 Utah, 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 Utah requires one it is listed above rather than folded silently into the process.
Licensure by endorsement: Utah issues a new PE license to an applicant who provides official verification of an active, good-standing license (held at least one year) in a U.S. jurisdiction with a similar scope of practice. An NCEES Council Record satisfies the exam/education verification; without it, official FE/PE score verifications must be sent to DOPL. Underlying standard is set by Utah Code Title 58, Chapter 22 and rule R156-22. No interstate compact exists for engineering. The application fee could not be confirmed against the official fee schedule (see fees notes and verification notes).
Utah requirements at a glance
| Exam | FE and PE exam results transfer through your NCEES Council Record (or via official score verification sent to DOPL) and are not retaken; Utah requires no separate state engineering exam |
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| Fees | Utah DOPL charges its standard PE application fee plus a $10 Education/Enforcement Fund surcharge per the DOPL Fee Schedule; the exact amount is left null because the official fee-schedule PDF could not be opened (server 403) and search snippets conflicted (about $90 vs about $110 + surcharge). Transmitting an NCEES Record costs $175 first board / $100 each additional, paid separately to NCEES. |
| Processing time | Utah DOPL publishes no endorsement turnaround on the engineering pages; processing begins once the NCEES Record or license verification is received. |
Step by step
- Confirm Utah's current requirements on the Utah Division of Professional Licensing (DOPL) — Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors Licensing Board website — rules change.
- Submit the endorsement application to the Utah Division of Professional Licensing (DOPL) — Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors Licensing Board (application linked on this page).
- Arrange license verification from your current state via the verification system.
- Provide official verification of an active, good-standing license in a U.S. jurisdiction with a similar scope of practice.
- Have held that license type for at least one year.
- Submit an NCEES Council Record (or have official FE/PE score verifications sent directly to DOPL).
- Meet the degree-and-experience standard under Utah Code Title 58, Chapter 22 and rule R156-22.
- Pay the fees (Utah DOPL charges its standard PE application fee plus a $10 Education/Enforcement Fund surcharge per the DOPL Fee Schedule; the exact amount is left null because the official fee-schedule PDF could not be opened (server 403) and search snippets conflicted (about $90 vs about $110 + surcharge). Transmitting an NCEES Record costs $175 first board / $100 each additional, paid separately to NCEES.) and allow Utah DOPL publishes no endorsement turnaround on the engineering pages; processing begins once the NCEES Record or license verification is received..
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Frequently asked questions
Does my PE license transfer to Utah?
Yes — Utah issues a new Professional Engineer license by comity to an engineer already licensed in another state. You apply to the Utah Division of Professional Licensing (DOPL) — Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors Licensing Board, which verifies your ABET-accredited degree, experience, exam record, and good standing against Utah's own statute rather than re-testing you. FE and PE exam results transfer through your NCEES Council Record (or via official score verification sent to DOPL) and are not retaken; Utah requires no separate state engineering exam. Application fee: Utah DOPL charges its standard PE application fee plus a $10 Education/Enforcement Fund surcharge per the DOPL Fee Schedule; the exact amount is left null because the official fee-schedule PDF could not be opened (server 403) and search snippets conflicted (about $90 vs about $110 + surcharge). Transmitting an NCEES Record costs $175 first board / $100 each additional, paid separately to NCEES..
Do I retake the FE or PE exam to get licensed in Utah?
FE and PE exam results transfer through your NCEES Council Record (or via official score verification sent to DOPL) and are not retaken; Utah requires no separate state engineering exam.
What does PE licensure in Utah cost an out-of-state applicant?
Utah DOPL charges its standard PE application fee plus a $10 Education/Enforcement Fund surcharge per the DOPL Fee Schedule; the exact amount is left null because the official fee-schedule PDF could not be opened (server 403) and search snippets conflicted (about $90 vs about $110 + surcharge). Transmitting an NCEES Record costs $175 first board / $100 each additional, paid separately to NCEES..
How long does the Utah Division of Professional Licensing (DOPL) — Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors Licensing Board take to act on a comity application?
Utah DOPL publishes no endorsement turnaround on the engineering pages; processing begins once the NCEES Record or license verification is received..
Sources
Primary sources only — official boards and compact commissions. Data last verified 2026-07-21.
- Utah DOPL — PE Out-of-State Applicants Applying by Endorsement ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
- Utah DOPL — Division of Professional Licensing Fee Schedule (PDF) ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
- Utah Code Title 58, Chapter 22 — Professional Engineers & Professional Land Surveyors Licensing Act ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
Reviewed by Billy Reiner, Editor · verified against primary sources 2026-07-21
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