Reinstate a Landscape Architect License

Policy of Reinstatement of Lapsed/expired Landscape Architect License

1. Licenses expired less than twelve (12) months:

• Do not complete this form. Contact the Board office for your reinstatement fees assessment.

2. Licenses expired more than twelve (12) months but less than five (5) years:

• Submit a complete reinstatement application including:

1. Provide graphic evidence of at least three projects for which you have been either the landscape architect of record or had substantial responsibility. Graphic evidence must be a minimum of three pages per project and must provide any documents to which your stamp was applied. If you were not the landscape architect of record, provide a detailed description of your responsibility. Photographs and brochures may also be used for evidence.
2. Provide reference letters from each of the clients of those projects. Reference letters must be written and signed by the client on their letterhead.  Encrypted digital signatures will be accepted.
3. For each year of your lapsed license provide a detailed summary of the work you performed and the projects you have been a part of. Define your role in these projects and identify if your professional stamp was used to sign them since your Massachusetts Registration has lapsed.
4. A Criminal Offender Record Information form (CORI) is required.

Note: You may be required to appear for an interview before the Registration Board.

3. Licenses expired more than five (5) years:

• You will be scheduled to appear for an interview before the Registration Board.
• Submit a complete reinstatement application including:

1. Provide graphic evidence of at least three projects for which you have been either the landscape architect of record or had substantial responsibility. (If not the landscape architect of record, a detailed description of responsibility). Photographs and brochures may also be used for evidence.
2. Provide reference letters from each of the clients of those projects. Reference letters must be written and signed by the client on their letterhead.  Encrypted digital signatures will be accepted.
3. For each year of your lapsed license provide a detailed summary of the work you performed and the projects you have been a part of. Define your role in these projects and identify if your professional stamp was used to sign them since your Massachusetts Registration has lapsed.
4. A Criminal Offender Record Information form (CORI) is required.

• You will be scheduled to appear for an interview before the Registration Board.

Note: You may be required to take/retake the Landscape Architects Registration Examination (L.A.R.E.).