1. (1) The board may issue a professional land surveyor license by comity to any person who submits verification of licensure from any state, territory, or possession of the United States, or any foreign country, and meets the application requirements of this rule. Applicants must submit a department-approved application form, fee, a completed land surveyors laws and rules questionnaire, and:

   1. (a) educational transcripts;
   2. (b) five completed reference forms which meet the requirements of ARM 24.183.503;
   3. (c) verification of licensure from all states in which the applicant has ever been licensed;
   4. (d) verification of having passed the Fundamentals of Land Surveying examination;
   5. (e) verification of having passed the Principles and Practice of Land Surveying examination; and
   6. (f) exhibits as required by ARM 24.183.505.
2. (2) Applicants with a current NCEES record may arrange for NCEES to deliver their current record directly to the board office.
3. (3) Upon approval of the application by the board, the comity applicants must pass a state-specific land surveying examination.
4. (4) Professional experience claimed by an applicant to meet the provisions of 37-67-313, MCA, regarding a prelicensure deficiency of experience does not have to occur under the supervision of a professional land surveyor.

Authorizing statute(s): 37-1-131, 37-67-202, MCA

Implementing statute(s): 37-1-304, 37-67-313, MCA

History: Eff. 12/31/72; AMD, 1978 MAR p. 903, Eff. 6/24/78; AMD, 1979 MAR p. 1687, Eff. 12/28/79; TRANS, from Dept. of Prof. & Occup. Lic., Ch. 274, L. 1981, Eff. 7/1/81; AMD, 1983 MAR p. 645, Eff. 6/17/83; AMD, 1986 MAR p. 1958, Eff. 11/29/86; AMD, 1997 MAR p. 196, Eff. 1/28/97; AMD, 2002 MAR p. 1326, Eff. 4/26/02; TRANS, from Commerce, 2002 MAR p. 1756; AMD, 2014 MAR p. 2840, Eff. 11/21/14; AMD, 2016 MAR p. 2424, Eff. 12/24/16; AMD, 2019 MAR p. 635, Eff. 5/25/19; AMD, 2025 MAR, Notice No. 2025-123, Eff. 10/11/25.