Update Your License/Account
Online
- Log in to your professional license account.
- You will be redirected to Secure Access Washington (SAW).
- Access our service Board of Registration for Professional Engineers & Land Surveyors (BRPELS).
- Your professional license must be linked to your account to make any updates.
- If your account is not already linked, you must link your existing professional license. This does not require an activation code.
- Address changes are immediate.
Send an email to engineers@brpels.wa.gov
- Updates can take 7-10 business days.
- You will receive a confirmation email when your request is completed.
- Updates sent by mail may take 2-4 weeks to be received and processed. Any update requiring fees may take longer.
- Include the following with mailed correspondence:
- Professional name on License
- License number
- Return address
- Email address
- Phone number
Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors
PO Box 9025
Olympia WA 98507-9025
Order a Duplicate License or Wall Certificate
Online
To request a copy of your license or a duplicate wall certificate, log in to your professional license account.
Duplicate hard copies of professional licenses cannot be requested by email. You must go online and pay a $5.00 print fee
- At your account dashboard:
- Manage your existing professional license.
- Click your license number
- Select Print License or Request Duplicate Wall Certificate.
- Updates can take 7-10 business days.
- Duplicate wall certificates can take 4-6 weeks
- You will receive a confirmation email when your request is completed.
- Updates sent by mail may take 2-4 weeks to be received and processed. Any update requiring fees may take longer.
- Include the following with mailed correspondence:
- Professional name on License
- License number
- Return address
- Email address
- Phone number
If you updated your primary address and you want a license with the updated address, you must order a duplicate license. You must go online and pay a $5.00 print fee
Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors
PO Box 9025
Olympia WA 98507-9025
Retired/Inactive Status
Request for retired status will be granted effective the next scheduled renewal date. (WAC 196-12-065)
Submit requests no more than 15 days prior to the expiration of your professional license.
- There is no cost to request retired/inactive status for your professional license.
- To place your license into retired status, you must be sixty-five and having discontinued active practice.
- Inactive status is for PLS & OSWD only
- There are profession specific requirements for retired status.
Online
To request your license to be placed in retired/inactive status, log in to your professional license account.
- At your account dashboard:
- Manage your existing professional license.
- Click your license number
- Select More Actions
- Select Inactivate License
Send an email to, engineers@brpels.wa.gov
- Updates can take 7-10 business days.
- You will receive a confirmation email when your request is completed.
- Forms are available at: https://brpels.wa.gov/about-us/resources/forms
- Updates sent by mail may take 2-4 weeks to be received and processed.
- Forms are available at: https://brpels.wa.gov/about-us/resources/forms
Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors
PO Box 9025
Olympia WA 98507-9025