I can look at this situation from both sides the fence: someone who has applied for licensure in another state and also as someone who has looked at and reviewed applications for someone wanting licensure in my home state. The main thing to remember and address while you are in the application process is that you are wanting to become a licensed professional in another state, so you have to "play by their rules". Whatever we have to do in our home state or however we think the Board we are applying to should conduct business doesn't mean anything. Submit your application, if you are short on any requirement, they will let you know. If you want to get licensed in LA, or any other state, do what you have to do to meet the requirements and move on. Stick with it and you will get the chance to be tested.
I would not doubt the need of 15hrs of surveying class to make up for the difference in the concept of surveying in Texas and Louisiana.
Measuring has the same concept most everywhere.
After that, most everything is different from where to find records, the laws to follow in reconstruction and the product for description and drawing requirements.
A Harris, post: 409677, member: 81 wrote: I would not doubt the need of 15hrs of surveying class to make up for the difference in the concept of surveying in Texas and Louisiana.
Measuring has the same concept most everywhere.
After that, most everything is different from where to find records, the laws to follow in reconstruction and the product for description and drawing requirements.
Texas and Louisiana are both outliers to either the typical Colonial or PLSS systems.
Paul in PA
I was 1st licensed in Ark., then Ok., then LA., then Texas and the NM. Ok was by far the hardest to get approved for, LA was the least applicable and Texas the hardest. I had to take a 4 hour test in Texas. My friend who was licensed in Texas 1st had to take the entire 8 hours for LA. I somewhat agree with this since Texas law puts way more emphases on senior rights than most PLSS states that tend to look more at color of title, example a couple of my friends here in Texas will argue that a deed call for 1320 over rules a call for a 1/16th line even when the GLO plat shows the 1/16ths were only 1315 and the grantor never owned any property in the adjoining 1/16th.
A Harris, post: 409677, member: 81 wrote: I would not doubt the need of 15hrs of surveying class to make up for the difference in the concept of surveying in Texas and Louisiana.
Measuring has the same concept most everywhere.
After that, most everything is different from where to find records, the laws to follow in reconstruction and the product for description and drawing requirements.
The biggest problem with their course requirements is that they are almost solely based on course title not the course content. Which on one hand is understandable and shows that they are actually trying to make it to where folks with course work outside of state can sit for the exam on the other hand I was one class short a few years ago because I didn't have a class titles "Real Property", even though I had multiple Texas specific boundary law and legal principles classes and on only one was applicable.
So I signed up for a course at a community college titled Real Property Law, that was already approved by the LA board and was online and was specific to Texas law. I aced the course and took the final in person in less than 10 minutes while a bunch of soon to be real estate agents probably stayed for another hour.
I spent $500 and all I can say I learned is that I have a better understanding of landlord/tenant laws in Texas which is applicable to my small but growing rental business.
Bottom line is they call the shots is even if they don't make sense. Which is understandable in my book.
