If you have a certificate to work as a professional engineer in California, it lasts for two years. When it's time to renew, these renewals happen in a rotating schedule four times a year. To keep your certificate active, you need to apply and pay a fee before it expires, using a form provided by the board.

When professional engineers renew their certificates, they must complete an online assessment that tests their understanding of California laws and board regulations. This assessment should be done within 60 days of the certificate's expiration or there might be disciplinary consequences, though it won't stop the certificate from being renewed. The board provides this assessment for free, focusing on the most common administrative and procedural violations among engineers and updating them on any changes to the laws. A specific crime related to this process doesn't apply here.

If you have a professional engineer certificate in CA, you can renew it up to five years after it expires by submitting an application and paying all outstanding fees. If you renew more than 60 days late, you'll need to pay an extra delinquency fee. The renewal becomes valid on the latest of three events: when you apply, when you pay the renewal fee, or when you pay the delinquency fee. The new expiration date will follow the guidelines in Section 6795.

If you have a suspended professional certificate, it can still expire and needs to be renewed just like an active certificate. However, renewing it doesn’t mean you can use it until the suspension is lifted. You cannot do the related work or anything that breaks the rules of the suspension until it's officially reinstated.

If someone's certificate has been revoked, it can still expire, but it can't be renewed. If the person wants to get it back after it's expired, they have to pay a fee equal to what they would have paid if they had renewed it on time, plus any late fees that were owed when it was revoked.

If your engineering registration certificate in California has expired for more than five years, you can't simply renew it. Instead, you have to apply for a new certificate, and you need to meet specific conditions. First, you must not have done anything illegal that would prevent you from getting a license. Second, you have to pass the necessary exam as if you were applying for the first time. The board might allow some fee waivers if they issue a certificate without an exam.

If a professional certificate that has expired or become overdue is renewed, the overseeing board still has full control over the certificate holder as if it had not expired. Any work done during the time the certificate was expired is considered legal and valid, except regarding liability, which remains unaffected by the expiration or renewal.

This law details how the money from fees and penalties related to the work of professional engineers, land surveyors, and geologists is handled. Each month, the department must total up the money, report it to the Controller, and then hand it over to the Treasurer, who puts it into the Professional Engineer’s, Land Surveyor’s, and Geologist’s Fund. This fund is only used for legal purposes tied to these professions. The law ensures all financial transactions are solely used to support the chapter’s objectives, effective from July 1, 2016.

This section allows the board to issue refunds for all fees as outlined in another part of the code.

This section outlines how fees are set for engineers in California. The board determines the fees for various engineering licensure and examination-related activities. For example, applying for a professional engineer license can cost up to $400, while certification as an engineer-in-training can cost up to $100. Exam fees can't exceed their actual development and administration costs. Renewals and retired licenses have their own fee limits, and there are specific fees for reinstating delinquent licenses and lodging exam appeals. Additionally, if you want to take exams in more than one engineering branch, you'll have to pay extra fees for each test beyond the first.