Verify a Washington Certified Public Accountant license

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How Washington Certified Public Accountant license verification works

A Certified Public Accountant in Washington is licensed by the WA 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: license_number name preferred_name suffix status issued expires address board_order.

Board note: WA-ACB: Board of Accountancy licensee dataset on data.wa.gov (6du3-3h9e; Board: 'provides this data to aid in verifying credentials and disciplinary history', updated nightly); SODA query per lookup, freshness gate 3 days; only 'Licensed to practice public accounting' is active; board_order column links the disciplinary order PDF (flagged, never auto-failed); no DOB (name-only >1 hit = ambiguous). Captured 2026-11-03.

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 Washington Certified Public Accountant license by API

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

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