Verify a Maryland Certified Public Accountant license

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How Maryland Certified Public Accountant license verification works

A Certified Public Accountant in Maryland is licensed by the MD 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 full_name first_name middle_name last_name suffix former_name category expiration city state zip.

Board note: MD-DLLR: Board of Public Accountancy on the Maryland Labor Public Query (calling_app CPA; category ACTIVE C.P.A.; plain HTTPS, no captcha). Active licensees only; no DOB, no discipline. Name search pages 50 rows per 'Next 50' postback. Live 2026-11-04 on 5405.

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 Maryland Certified Public Accountant license by API

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

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