Contact Information for Frequently Called Numbers

RICO Consumer Resource Center
(808) 587-3295 or (808) 587-3222

• Verify if a person is licensed
• Request prior complaints history on a licensee
• File a complaint on a licensee

Business Registration Division
(808) 586-2727

• For information to register a business

Professional and Vocational Licensing
(808) 586-3000

• Request an application
• Inquire about licensing requirements
• Applicants can check on the status of an application
• Inquire about licensee maintenance requirements

Executive Officer

Telephone
(808) 586-2702

Residents on the neighbor islands may call by dialing the following toll free numbers followed by the last 5 digits of the phone numbers above and the # sign:

Address:
DCCA-PVL
Att: EASLA
P.O. Box 3469
Honolulu, HI 96801

Email:

License Categories

• Engineer
• Architect
• Land Surveyor
• Landscape Architect

Renewal

Biennial April 30 every even numbered year. Failure to timely renew will result in the forfeiture of the license. A forfeited license may be restored in two years, subject to meeting restoration requirements. Failure to restore a forfeited license in two years will result in the termination of the license and the person must apply as a new applicant and meet current licensing requirements.

Architects (AR) are required to have completed 16 credit hours of continuing education (CE) during the biennium from May 1, 2006 to April 30, 2008 in order to renew their license effective the April 30, 2008 renewal and every biennial renewal period thereafter.  CE documentation is not required to be submitted with your renewal application

Click here to renew your Engineer (PE), Architect (AR), Land Surveyor (LS), and Landscape Architect (LA) license online and receive a 25% Customer Appreciation Credit (CAC) on your renewal (REN) fee and a 10% discount on your Compliance Resolution Fund (CRF) fee.

Pursuant to Section 436B-14.5, HRS, any license held by a member of the armed forces, National Guard, or a reserve component that expires, is forfeited, or deemed delinquent while the member is on active duty and deployed during a state or national crisis shall be restored if certain restoration requirements are met.  Click here to access the "Military Renewal and Restoration Information Sheet".

Regulating Body

Board of Professional Engineers, Architects, Surveyors and Landscape Architects

Board Composition
14 Members

Qualifications
4 Engineers
3 Architects
2 Surveyors
2 Landscape Architects
3 Public