Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 625 - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors
NRS 625.270 - Qualifications of applicant for licensure as professional land surveyor.


1. A person who is 21 years of age or older may apply to the Board, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and any regulations adopted by the Board, for licensure as a professional land surveyor.
2. An applicant for licensure as a professional land surveyor must:
(a) Be of good character and reputation;
(b) Pass the examination on the fundamentals of land surveying required by paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 625.280 or receive a waiver of that requirement;
(c) Pass the examination on the principles and practices of land surveying required by paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 625.280; and
(d) Have a record of 4 or more years of active experience in land surveying that is satisfactory to the Board and indicates that the applicant is competent to be placed in responsible charge of land-surveying work.
3. An applicant for licensure as a professional land surveyor may not take the examination on the principles and practices of land surveying required by paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 625.280 unless the applicant is a graduate of a land-surveying curriculum of 4 years or more that is approved by the Board.
4. To determine whether an applicant for licensure as a professional land surveyor has an adequate record of active experience pursuant to subsection 2:
(a) Two of the 4 years of active experience must have been completed by working under the direct supervision of a professional land surveyor, unless that requirement is waived by the Board.
(b) The execution, as a contractor, of work designed by a professional land surveyor, or the supervision of the construction of that work as a foreman or superintendent, is not equivalent to active experience in land surveying.
5. A person who is not working in the field of land surveying when applying for licensure is eligible for licensure as a professional land surveyor if the person complies with the requirements for licensure prescribed in this chapter.
[Part 14:198:1919; added 1947, 797; A 1951, 459; 1955, 391]—(NRS A 1965, 1326; 1975, 1169; 1977, 743; 1989, 783; 1991, 2243; 1995, 49; 1997, 1043; 1999, 2437; 2011, 228; 2019, 1528, 4260; 2021, 410)

Structure Nevada Revised Statutes

Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 625 - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors

NRS 625.005 - Purpose.

NRS 625.008 - Definitions.

NRS 625.010 - "Board" defined.

NRS 625.025 - "Discipline" defined.

NRS 625.030 - "Engineer intern" defined.

NRS 625.033 - "Intern" defined.

NRS 625.035 - "Land surveyor intern" defined.

NRS 625.038 - "Licensee" defined.

NRS 625.040 - "Practice of land surveying" defined.

NRS 625.050 - "Practice of professional engineering" defined.

NRS 625.060 - "Professional engineer" defined.

NRS 625.070 - "Professional land surveyor" defined.

NRS 625.080 - "Responsible charge of work" defined.

NRS 625.090 - "Subordinate" defined.

NRS 625.095 - Applicability of chapter: Persons exempt from provisions concerning licensure.

NRS 625.096 - Applicability of chapter: Persons exempt from provisions concerning practice of land surveying.

NRS 625.100 - Creation; number, qualifications and appointment of members; oath.

NRS 625.110 - Officers; quorum; salary of members; per diem allowance and travel expenses of members and employees; payment of salaries; Executive Director; regulations.

NRS 625.120 - Offices.

NRS 625.130 - Seal.

NRS 625.135 - Employees.

NRS 625.140 - Bylaws and regulations; code of conduct.

NRS 625.145 - Fiscal year.

NRS 625.150 - Deposit and use of money received by Board; delegation of authority concerning disciplinary action; deposit of fines; claim for attorney’s fees or cost of investigation; action concerning certain notification received by Board.

NRS 625.152 - Duties: Issuance of licenses and certificates; implementation of provisions of chapter; provision of certain information.

NRS 625.154 - Duties: Examinations for license.

NRS 625.170 - Roster: Preparation; contents; availability, filing and distribution or sale.

NRS 625.175 - Authority of Board to define scope of disciplines of engineering by regulation.

NRS 625.177 - Authority of Board to require persons who are not natural persons to register with Board before engaging in practice of professional engineering; fee; regulations.

NRS 625.179 - Authority of Board to require persons who are not natural persons to register with Board before engaging in practice of land surveying; fee; regulations.

NRS 625.183 - Qualifications of applicant for licensure as professional engineer.

NRS 625.193 - Examination for licensure as professional engineer: Scope; waiver; administration.

NRS 625.250 - Duties of Board concerning professional land surveyors; regulations.

NRS 625.270 - Qualifications of applicant for licensure as professional land surveyor.

NRS 625.280 - Examination for licensure as professional land surveyor: Scope; waiver; administration.

NRS 625.320 - Oaths: Administration; record.

NRS 625.335 - Entry upon land or water to perform duties: Authority; notice; approval; civil liability.

NRS 625.340 - Record of survey: Filing; disclosures.

NRS 625.350 - Record of survey: Form and contents.

NRS 625.360 - Record of survey: Record not required in certain circumstances.

NRS 625.370 - Record of survey: Charge for filing and indexing; filing and indexing by county recorder; records provided by county recorder to county assessor.

NRS 625.380 - Requirements for monuments.

NRS 625.381 - Licenses: Issuance to applicant who complied with requirements of chapter; content; effect.

NRS 625.382 - Licenses: Issuance to licensee of another state or country.

NRS 625.383 - Stamp.

NRS 625.384 - Minimum grade required on each examination for licensure or certification.

NRS 625.385 - Engineer intern and land surveyor intern: Certification; authorized practice; credit toward required experience.

NRS 625.386 - Engineer intern and land surveyor intern: Qualifications for certification.

NRS 625.387 - Payment of child support: Submission of certain information by applicant; grounds for denial of license or certificate; duty of Board. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to e...

NRS 625.390 - Application for licensure or certification: Contents; fees; renewal of license; penalty for late renewal of license; regulations.

NRS 625.395 - Renewal of expired license.

NRS 625.397 - Board may require examination for reinstatement or renewal of license.

NRS 625.398 - Regulations concerning continuing education for professional engineers and professional land surveyors.

NRS 625.400 - Replacement of revoked, lost, destroyed or mutilated license; fee.

NRS 625.403 - Use of word "certify" or "certification" in practice of professional engineering or land surveying.

NRS 625.405 - Immunity from civil liability.

NRS 625.407 - Conditions under which business organization or association may practice engineering or land surveying; exceptions.

NRS 625.410 - Grounds for disciplinary or other action.

NRS 625.415 - Suspension of license or certificate for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of license or certificate. [Effective until 2 years after the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the f...

NRS 625.420 - Filing of charges; commencement of action.

NRS 625.425 - Certain records relating to investigation deemed confidential; certain records relating to disciplinary action deemed public records.

NRS 625.430 - Hearing; notice; summary suspension of license.

NRS 625.440 - Subpoenas: Issuance by Chair of Board or designee.

NRS 625.450 - Subpoenas: Issuance by district court.

NRS 625.460 - Authorized disciplinary or other action; private reprimands prohibited; orders imposing discipline deemed public records.

NRS 625.470 - Reissuance of revoked license.

NRS 625.510 - Board required to investigate complaint or violation of chapter and take steps necessary for prosecution of violation.

NRS 625.520 - Unlawful practice of engineering: Penalty; order to cease and desist; injunctive relief.

NRS 625.530 - Restrictions upon public works; preferences for contracts.

NRS 625.540 - Unlawful practice of land surveying; penalty.

NRS 625.550 - Intentional removal or defacement of monument unlawful; exception; penalty.

NRS 625.560 - Unlawful signing or stamping of document concerning land surveying.

NRS 625.565 - Unlawful use of signature or stamp of professional engineer or professional land surveyor; regulations; penalty.

NRS 625.570 - Public officer or employee prohibited from engaging in private practice of professional engineering or land surveying during certain hours.

NRS 625.580 - Violation of chapter by public officer; penalties.

NRS 625.590 - Additional civil penalty; enforcement.