How to get your license: Landscape architect with accredited degree

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Use this process if you have a landscape architect degree that is accredited by the Landscape Architect Accreditation Board (LAAB).

How to apply

Contact the Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards (CLARB) (www.clarb.org) to take the Landscape Architect Registration Exam (LARE).
CLARB will register you for the exam.
Take and pass all divisions of the LARE.
- If you don’t pass a division of the exam the first time, you may continue to take it until you pass. However, after you pass your first division, you must pass all divisions of the exam within 5 years.
Complete a Landscape Architect Law Summary Review.
Have CLARB transmit your CLARB Council Record to the Board.
Submit your application, either online or by mail:
- Online
  1. Prepare the Law Summary Review for upload. See Uploading Document Instructions for help.
  2. Login and follow the on-screen instructions to submit and pay your initial license fees.
    - During this process, you will upload your completed Landscape Architect Law Summary Review (step 4 above).
- By mail
  - Submit all of the following:
    - Completed Landscape Architect Licensure Application (complete sections 1, 3, and 5).
    - Completed Landscape Architect Law Summary Review (step 4 above).
    - A check or money order for the exam and initial license fees (payable to the Department of Licensing).