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Online license renewal for architects began on October 1, 2025. Click here for renewal FAQs.

Online license renewal for landscape architects began on October 1, 2025.  Click here for renewal FAQs.

Online certificate renewal for certified interior designers will begin on November 1, 2025.  Click here for renewal FAQs.

To renew your license or certificate, please scroll down the home page and select "Online Services."

Notice to Architect Applicants: If you are offering or proposing architectural services prior to licensure, please review the requirements for solicitation prior to licensure in Rule 2.7. Individuals meeting the conditions of Rule 2.7 are prohibited from rendering additional architectural services beyond the offer or proposal until the individual has an active license.

Proposed Military Licensing Rules (November 2020​)

Wed, 11/18/2020 - 00:00

This is an official notification to all Mississippi-registered architects, landscape architects and certified interior designers of important proposed rule changes. The Mississippi State Board of Architecture, Landscape Architecture Advisory Committee, and Interior Design Advisory Committee recently adopted revised rules that were filed with the Mississippi Secretary of State on November 16, 2020. Please review the proposed rules (see links below), which will bring the military licensing rules into compliance with Senate Bill 2117 (2020 Legislative Session), the “Military Family Freedom Act.”

Proposed Rule (Architects)

Proposed Rule (Landscape Architects)

Proposed Rule (Certified Interior Designers)

The Board invites your comments or questions regarding the proposed rules. Send them by email to jcothron@msboa.ms.gov (or by postal mail to the Board office) by December 30, 2020.