TITLE XXX
OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS

CHAPTER 310-A
OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION

Land Surveyors

Section 310-A:69

    310-A:69 Nonresidents. –
I. The board may, upon application and payment of the required fee, issue a license as a licensed land surveyor to any person of any state, territory, or possession of the United States or of any country provided that:
(a) The applicant is registered or licensed in another state, territory, possession or country whose requirements are equal to, or greater than, the requirements of this state, and is in good standing with the registering or licensing body; and
(b) The applicant has met the requirements for licensure as set forth in RSA 310-A:63, I-II.
II. The secretary of state shall not issue a certificate of incorporation to any applicant for incorporation or for registration as a foreign business organization which includes the words "surveyor" or "surveying" or any modification or derivative thereof in its business name, or which includes the practice of land surveying among the objects for which it is established, unless the board shall have issued, with respect to such applicant, a certificate of authorization or eligibility for authorization under this subdivision, a copy of which shall have been presented to the secretary of state. The secretary of state, after a reasonable transition period, shall decline to register any trade name or service mark which includes such words or modifications or derivatives thereof in its firm or business name except to business organizations holding certificates of authorization issued under the provisions of this subdivision, a copy of which shall have been presented to the secretary of state.

Source. 1981, 485:1. 1994, 358:7. 1995, 284:39, eff. Jan. 1, 1996. 2022, 227:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2023.