Make changes using the method that works best for you:

• Name changes
• Address changes
• Duplicate license or wall certificate
• Retired/Inactive status requests
• Add an endorsement
   

Online

• Log in to your professional license account
  • 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.
   

Email

Send an email to engineers@brpels.wa.gov
 

Order a Duplicate License or Wall Certificate

Printed copies of professional licenses cannot be requested by email. You must go online and pay a $5.00 print fee.

Because of the high number of requests for wall certificates, they take up to 8 weeks to mail. 

At your account dashboard:

• Manage your existing professional license
• Click your license number
• Select Print License or Request Duplicate Wall Certificate
   

Retired/Inactive Status

Request for retired status will be granted effective the next scheduled renewal date. (WAC 196-12-065 & WAC 196-16-035)

• Submit requests no more than 15 days prior to the expiration of your professional license
• Inactive status is for Professional Land Surveyors & On-Site Designers only
   

How to Add an Endorsement

Adding an endorsement to your license can be done online. At your account dashboard:

• Manage your existing professional license
• Click your license number and select 'Manage Endorsement'
  • The Structural Engineer license in our online system is viewed like an endorsement to your Washington State Professional Engineer (PE) license.
  • Upload the first two pages of the Structural Engineer Registration Application
  • From the drop down, select none or n/a