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Wash. Rev. Code § 18.43.010 (2026)

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In order to safeguard life, health, and property, and to promote the public welfare, any person in either public or private capacity practicing or offering to practice engineering or land surveying, shall hereafter be required to submit evidence that he or she is qualified so to practice and shall be registered as hereinafter provided; and it shall be unlawful for any person to practice or to offer to practice in this state, engineering or land surveying, as defined in the provisions of this chapter, or to use in connection with his or her name or otherwise assume, use, or advertise any title or description tending to convey the impression that he or she is a professional engineer or a land surveyor, unless such a person has been duly registered under the provisions of this chapter.
[ 2011 c 336 s 480; 1947 c 283 s 1; Rem. Supp. 1947 s 8306-21. Prior: 1935 c 167 s 2; RRS s 8306-2.]

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases, 1952–2020 · leading case: Burg v. Shannon & Wilson, Inc., 43 P.3d 526 (Wash. Ct. App. 2002).
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Burg v. Shannon & Wilson, Inc., 43 P.3d 526 (Wash. Ct. App. 2002). “” RCW 18.43.010 (emphasis added). Appellants highlight the following portions of the RCW: As used in this chapter “misconduct or malpractice in the practice of engineering” shall include but not be limited to the following: *805 (2) Being willfully untruthful or deceptive in any…”
Yakima Fruit & Cold Storage Co. v. Cent. Heating & Plumbing Co., 503 P.2d 108 (Wash. 1972). “The contract called for respondent to design as well as to install the refrigeration system.”
Burg v. Shannon & Wilson, Inc., 43 P.3d 526 (Wash. Ct. App. 2002). “" RCW 18.43.010 (emphasis added). Appellants highlight the following portions of the RCW: As used in this chapter "misconduct or malpractice in the practice of engineering" shall include but not be limited to the following: (2) Being willfully untruthful or deceptive in any…”
Jones v. Bard, 246 P.2d 831 (Wash. 1952). “Appellant contends that he was not competent to testify as an expert witness because he is not a registered land surveyor within the meaning of RCW 18.43.010 et seq. (Rem. Supp. 1947, § 8306-21 et seq.”
Ritter v. Bd. of Reg. for Prof'l Engineers & Land Surveyors, 161 Wash. App. 758 (Wash. Ct. App. 2011). “” RCW 18.43.010. To effectuate this legislative intent, the Board may discipline a professional engineer for “any act involving moral turpitude, dishonesty, or corruption relating to the practice of the person’s profession.”
Ritter v. State, Bd. of Reg., 255 P.3d 799 (Wash. Ct. App. 2011). “" RCW 18.43.010. To effectuate this legislative intent, the Board may discipline a professional engineer for "any act involving moral turpitude, dishonesty, or corruption relating to the practice of the person's profession.”
Fisheries Engineers Inc. v. State Of Washington (Wash. Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 2× “” Tappel based his claim on RCW 18.43.010, which requires that all persons who practice engineering be qualified and registered as a professional engineer and prohibits an 2 No.”
Martin v. TX Eng'g, Inc., 719 P.2d 1360 (Wash. Ct. App. 1986). · cites it 3× “RCW 18.43.010 requires any person who practices engineering must be registered within the State.”
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