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    Title: Professional Land Surveyor / Land Surveyor-in-Training
    Alternate Title: Professional Land Surveyor / Land Surveyor-in-Training
    Description: Minnesota Board of Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Geoscience and Interior Design (AELSLAGID)
    Subject: Land
    Land Surveyors
    Creation Date: 9/11/2008 2:14:11 PM
    Modification Date: 8/6/2026 12:36:48 PM
    Agency Name: Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Geoscience and Interior Design (AELSLAGID), Minnesota Board of
    Agency URL: https://mn.gov/aelslagid/
    Agency Description: The Minnesota Board of Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Geoscience and Interior Design (AELSLAGID) regulates the professions and enforces the statutes and rules in order to protect the health, safety and welfare of the public.
    Agency Phone: 651-296-2388
    Agency Fax: 651-297-5310
    Agency URL: https://mn.gov/aelslagid/
    Agency Address: Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Geoscience and Interior Design (AELSLAGID), Minnesota Board of
    85 E. 7th Place, Suite 160

    St. Paul
    MN
    55101
    Unit Name:
    Unit URL:
    Unit Description:
    Unit Phone: Unit Fax: Contact person(s): aelslagid@state.mn.us
    Unit URL:
    Audience: Hold Application URL:
    Renewal URL: https://renewals.aelslagid.state.mn.us/
    Versa URL:
    Requirements:

    Review:

    Professional Land Surveyor

         Requirements

         FS/LSIT

         License (PS/MNLS)

         Renew

         News/Resources


    Rules: 1800.0200 - .5800
    1805.0100 - .1600

    Statutes: 326

    Forms:

    License (PS/MNLS)

    Application Process

    The Application for Principles and Practice of Surveying (PS) Exam and Minnesota Land Surveying Exam (MNLS) thoroughly outlines the PS and MNLS Exam application process, including links to Minnesota rules and statutes and relevant associated websites (such as NCEES), as well as an Application Checklist. Carefully review all the instructions and the forms. PS and MNLS Exam applications must be printed and mailed in, along with the application fee.

    Use the combined PS and MNLS Application to apply for one or both exams. Follow the instructions in the application to provide all required additional information. Incomplete applications expire six (6) months after receipt.


    Licensure by Comity (Reciprocity) or EEE

    If you already hold a license in another jurisdiction or took the required exams in another jurisdiction, use the Application for Licensure as a Land Surveyor by Comity/EEE and Minnesota Land Surveying (MNLS) Exam to apply for a license in Minnesota. Follow the instructions in the application to provide all required additional information. Incomplete applications expire six (6) months after receipt.

    There are two means by which to apply; select your choice on the form.

    • Comity applications are reviewed based on the Education, Examination and Experience requirements that were in place in Minnesota at the time of your original licensure. (For example: If you were originally licensed in 1999, your credentials will be evaluated based on the Education, Examination and Experience requirements that were in place in Minnesota in 1999). Your required experience must have been obtained prior to passing the PS Exam and it must be verified by whomever was your supervisor at that time.
    • EEE (Education, Examination, and Experience) applications are reviewed based on licensure requirements currently in place in Minnesota.

    To document experience, you can either submit an NCEES Record containing your verified experience, or use the Experience Reference Form, which is part of the Application for Licensure as a Land Surveyor by Comity/EEE and Minnesota Land Surveying (MNLS) Exam application packet.


    Fees:

    Exam     Board Application Fee    Exam Fee

    FS                        $25                        Paid to/set by NCEES
    PS                        $75*                       Paid to/set by NCEES
    MNLS                   $75*                      $400**

    *If you apply at the same time for both the PS and MNLS exams, a single fee of $75 covers both applications.

    **Once your application for the MNLS is approved, you will receive location, schedule, and other details for this exam by mail. You will need to submit the exam fee by the deadline stated in that approval letter.

    You will also want to review the MNLS Candidate Handbook  

    Comity/EEE Application Fee - $75. If your application is approved, you will be instructed by mail how to apply for your license. The license fee is $120.


    Period of Issuance:

    Two years, period ending on June 30 of each even numbered year.


    Length of Determination:
    Other Info:
    Activity: Land Surveyor
    License Detail URL:

    Professional Land Surveyor

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    Minnesota Board of Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Geoscience and Interior Design (AELSLAGID)

        


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