Verify a North Carolina Certified Public Accountant license

liveNC Board of Accountancy · profession key cpa

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How North Carolina Certified Public Accountant license verification works

A Certified Public Accountant in North Carolina is licensed by the NC Board of Accountancy. PrimaryCheck looks the license up live at the board's public verification system (board lookup) by license number, or by name when no number is supplied. The record the board publishes is captured as evidence, hashed, and rendered into a proof PDF.

Fields returned for this board: name certificate_number status original_certification_date expiration_date address firm phone cpe_carry_forward documents.

Board note: NC-BOA: State Board of CPA Examiners Licensee Search on GL Suite (ASP.NET WebForms, plain httpx, no captcha): POST LicenseeSearch.aspx txtLName/txtFName/txtCert + ddlState=100038 (blank option; event validation) → LicenseeSearchResults.aspx grid (Details | Name | City | Certificate Number) → LicenseeDetails_WithDocs.aspx?EntityID= (name parts, certificate number, status Active/Inactive/Deceased…, original certification + expiration dates, address, firm, phone, CPE, Board documents). cpa only; firms are a separate search. Live 2026-11-04.

What a Certified Public Accountant license check returns

Field check	Passes when
`license_number`	Equal to the board's number, ignoring prefix and leading zeros
`name`	Last name or declared alias matches; first name exact or nickname
`license_type`	The record is a Certified Public Accountant license, strictly (no near-miss types)
`status`	The board shows an active status; probation is active with a flag
`expires`	Expiration is on or after today, where the board publishes it
`disciplinary_actions`	Recorded and flagged with any order documents; never silently dropped

Verdicts: verified, discrepancy, not_found, unable_to_verify (with a reason), pending. See how verdicts are decided.

Verify a North Carolina Certified Public Accountant license by API

POST https://api.primarycheck.com/v1/verifications
{
  "person": { "firstName": "…", "lastName": "…" },
  "claims": [
    { "type": "license", "state": "NC", "profession": "cpa", "number": "…" }
  ],
  "purpose": "employment",
  "consent": { "consentId": "cons_…" }
}

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