Joint Practice Firms

Purpose:

The purpose or the offer to practice of any combination of the following professional services in this state by licensed individuals under a single legal entity. Professional services are:

Architecture
Landscape Architecture
Land Surveying
Professional Engineering

Prerequisites:

You must be registered with the Secretary of State in Connecticut as a domestic or foreign firm at the time of this application.

Required Documentation:

A complete Licensee Responsible for Signing and Sealing form signed by the licensee and the firm for each individual for each professional service.

Ownership Requirements:

All legal entity types must have two-thirds ownership by CT licensed individuals.
Service or profession offered must be identified.
Applicant must have a CT licensed individual identified for each service or profession offered.
Each service or profession offered must have a CT licensed individual(s) that must own 20%. For example - A Joint Practice offering architecture and land surveying must have two-thirds ownership by CT licensed individuals and a licensed architect and a licensed land surveyor must own 20% of the firm.

New Application:

Legal entities (both in-state and out-of-state) must register their business with the CT Secretary of State’s Office prior to applying.
If your legal entity will provide other services in Connecticut in addition to architecture like engineering, land surveying or landscape architecture, you must apply as a Joint Practice Firm.
Application fee of $565.00 is non-refundable.