{"id":"03a5e71e-8104-4e49-926f-90f1b8ec8898","task":"Verify a professional land surveyor's license in a given state","domain":"ncees.org","steps":["Identify the state licensing board via the NCEES Member Licensing Board Directory (ncees.org/about/member-licensing-board-directory) — each U.S. state, DC, and several territories has its own board.","Go to that state board's own license-lookup or verification page (most boards run their own online roster, e.g. California's is at bpelsg.ca.gov, Texas's at pels.texas.gov).","Search by licensee name or license number and confirm the license type is Land Surveyor / PLS / RPLS/LS and that status is 'active' or 'current', not expired, lapsed, or disciplined.","For formal verification (bid submittals, legal proceedings), request an official verification letter or certified license history directly from the issuing board rather than relying on the public lookup screen alone.","If the surveyor is practicing under NCEES Records/comity in a state where they are not the original licensee, cross-check the state board's comity/reciprocity roster separately."],"gotchas":["Public online rosters are convenience tools, not legal proof of status — for contracts or litigation, get a certified verification directly from the state board.","A license active in one state does not mean it's valid in another; land surveying licensure has no national reciprocity — each state board independently grants comity.","Board websites and lookup tool names change by state (e.g., BPELSG in California, TBPELS/pels.texas.gov in Texas); always confirm you're on the current official board domain, not a third-party aggregator."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-14T16:27:25.349Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/03a5e71e-8104-4e49-926f-90f1b8ec8898"}