Requirements for Licensure as a Land Surveyor

Licensure by Examination

An applicant may qualify for certification as a Land Surveyor by meeting the educational, experience and examination requirements specified in one of the following subsections of O.C.G.A. 43-15-13:

O.C.G.A. 43-15-13(1)

  1. has obtained certification by the Board as a Land Surveyor-in-Training having graduated with a bachelors degree in a curriculum approved by the Board; and
  2. has acquired not less than four years of acceptable land surveying experience; (which may include up to six months experience credit for co-op work), and
  3. has made application to the Board and submitted the requisite, non-refundable, fee of $30.00 to the Board (made payable to the Secretary of State); and
  4. has made application to NCEES and submitted the appropriate requisite fee to NCEES; and
  5. has passed a written examination in the principles and practice of land surveying and a Georgia State Specific examination.

O.C.G.A. 43-15-13(2)

  1. has obtained certification by the Board as a Land Surveyor-in-Training having earned an associate degree, or its equivalent, in a curriculum approved by the Board and having acquired not less than two years of acceptable land surveying experience; and
  2. has acquired an additional four years of acceptable land surveying experience; (which may include up to six months experience credit for co-op work), and
  3. has made application to the Board and submitted the requisite, non-refundable, fee of $30.00 to the Board (made payable to the Secretary of State); and
  4. has made application to NCEES and submitted the appropriate requisite fee to NCEES; and
  5. has passed a written examination in the principles and practice of land surveying and a Georgia State Specific examination.

O.C.G.A. 43-15-13(3)

  1. has obtained certification by the Board as a Land Surveyor-in-Training having earned a high school diploma, or its equivalent, and having acquired not less than four years of acceptable land surveying experience; and
  2. has acquired an additional four years of acceptable land surveying experience; and
  3. has made application to the Board and submitted the requisite, non-refundable, fee of $30.00 to the Board (made payable to the Secretary of State); and
  4. has made application to NCEES and submitted the appropriate requisite fee to NCEES; and
  5. has passed a written examination in the principles and practice of land surveying and a Georgia State Specific examination.

Licensure by Comity

An applicant may qualify for certification as a Land Surveyor by comity if the applicant:

  1. is currently licensed to practice land surveying in another state, territory or possession of the United States by having passed written examinations of not less than eight hours and taken prior to July 1, 1968; or
  2. is currently licensed to practice land surveying in another state, territory or possession of the United States by having passed written examinations of not less than sixteen hours and taken prior to July 1, 1978; or
  3. is currently licensed to practice land surveying in another state, territory or possession of the United States under qualifications comparable to those prescribed in O.C.G.A. 43-15; and
  4. has made application to the Board and submitted the requisite, non-refundable, fee of $70.00 to the Board (made payable to the Secretary of State); and
  5. has made application to NCEES and submitted the appropriate requisite fee to NCEES; and
  6. has passed a four hour written examination on hydrology and a four hour written examination on the legal aspects of land surveying in Georgia.