HRS §464-3

Federal employees exempt from state licensing

Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗

This section says that people who do professional engineering, architecture, land surveying, or landscape architecture only as employees or officers of the U.S. government do not need a state license. It applies only to those working for the federal government.

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The statute, as written — Persons exempt from licensure

A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.

Persons practicing professional engineering, architecture, land surveying, or landscape architecture solely as officers or employees of the United States shall be exempted from the provisions of this chapter.

Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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