P.E. license reciprocity in New Jersey
P.E. license reciprocity in New Jersey
(OP)
I am licensed in Pennsylvania and am thinking about getting licensed in NJ. From what I have read it seem like NJ requires P.E. from other states to take the 8 hour Principles and Practice exam. Does anyone know if this is correct? Is that also common with other states?





RE: P.E. license reciprocity in New Jersey
David Simpson, PE
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RE: P.E. license reciprocity in New Jersey
RE: P.E. license reciprocity in New Jersey
Some folks' phones must be welded to their desks. If you can't get the NJ board on the phone, you can surely find their rules for comity on the NJ board web site.
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Goober Dave
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RE: P.E. license reciprocity in New Jersey
RE: P.E. license reciprocity in New Jersey
See attached.
I see no requirement for re-taking an exam when applying for comity.
http://www.state.nj.us/lps/ca/pels/comitrev.pdf
http://www.state.nj.us/lps/ca/pels/dirpe.pdf
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Goober Dave
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RE: P.E. license reciprocity in New Jersey
Best to you,
Goober Dave
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RE: P.E. license reciprocity in New Jersey
RE: P.E. license reciprocity in New Jersey
There is no reciprocity, which means you cannot practice in NJ with only a license from another state. You must get a New Jersey license.
Comity is state-to-state courtesy, allowing folks registered in other states to get the new state's license without examination, although they nay want new references and stuff.
NCEES eases the matter further for the states that accept it. They provide a second source of vetting and electronic transfer of your current records including transcripts and verification from the state(s) in which you are already registered. When I moved to Georgia, my license in comity from Tennessee was the simplest task I could imagine, thank you NCEES.
The only hassle was proving I was in the US legally, IN PERSON, 140 miles away from my home. Thank you, illegal-immigrant-o-phobes in the Georgia legislature.
For all other states who demand such proof of legal residence and right-to-work, I have an official announcement for you: I was born in Ohio, and last time I checked, Ohio was still a part of the US. Instead of asking me to drive to the board's office and show my face, can you please just call my mom instead? She can tell you where I was born with absolute certainty. My passport is 8 years old. The picture in there is of a younger guy with long hair and a ponytail. I am now quite bald, and skinnier, and I have more lines in my face. But the TSA accepts that picture when I fly, because they have been trained to observe facial geometry that does not change. So please don't reject my passport and send me to drive 140 miles home and back with a renewed-early passport, birth certificate, and letters from US senators and State Department officials to prove I was born here. I'm fed up with you.
Sorry for the rant.
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Goober Dave
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RE: P.E. license reciprocity in New Jersey
RE: P.E. license reciprocity in New Jersey
RE: P.E. license reciprocity in New Jersey
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RE: P.E. license reciprocity in New Jersey
OP, if you apply, make sure you have everything sent via certified and traceable mail.