Georgia · Geologist seal requirements
Georgia Geologist seal requirements: proper sizing, signing and sealing of documents
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Georgia registers geologists under O.C.G.A. ch. 43-19, and § 43-19-19 gives the registrant a seal of a design authorised by the board bearing the registrant's name and the legend "Registered Professional Geologist" or "Certified (subspecialty) Geologist." Rule 265-4-.07 adds only that the seal must "comply in all respects with the sample, including size and format", and reproduces that sample — a rope-edged circle reading the registrant's name, "GEORGIA REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL GEOLOGIST" and "No. 0000" over an outline of the state and a rock hammer. No diameter appears in the statute or in the rule text; the Board's own FAQ describes the sample as circular with a 1.5 inch outer circle and a 1 inch inner circle.
The rule specifies both circles: the outer at 1½ inches and the inner at 1 inch. The Board furnishes the seal design at licensure. Two points worth flagging. First, the statute offers a genuine wording choice — the subspecialty form "Certified (subspecialty) Geologist" sits alongside "Registered Professional Geologist". Second, the diameter is not in the code at all: it comes from the sample drawing incorporated by r. 265-4-.07 and from the Board's FAQ, which is the only place the 1.5 inch / 1 inch figures are written out.
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Georgia Geologist seal
- Seal requirements
- O.C.G.A. § 43-19-19; Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 265-4-.07, r. 265-5-.02
- Legend (any one)
- “Registered Professional Geologist” · “Certified (subspecialty) Geologist”
- Diameter
- No dimension is stated in words anywhere in the code: r. 265-4-.07 requires only that the seal "comply in all respects with the sample, including size and format", and O.C.G.A. § 43-19-19 states none. The Board's FAQ describes the approved sample: "The seal design is to be circular in form, the diameter of the outer circle being 1.5 inches, and the diameter of the inner circle being 1 inch."
- Expiration date
- Nothing in § 43-19-19 or r. 265-4-.07 calls for an expiration or renewal date, and the approved sample carries only the registrant's name and registration number.(O.C.G.A. § 43-19-19; Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 265-4-.07)
- Signature date
- Both the statute and r. 265-5-.02 require the document to be signed and impressed with the seal; neither prescribes a date beside the signature or on the seal.(O.C.G.A. § 43-19-19; Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 265-5-.02)
- City on seal
- No provision of the statute or of chapter 265-4 or 265-5 calls for the registrant's city, address or place of business on the seal.(O.C.G.A. § 43-19-19; Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 265-4-.07, r. 265-5-.02)
- "Each registrant under this chapter, upon issuance of a certificate of registration, may use a seal of such design as is authorized by the board, bearing the registrant's name and the legend 'Registered Professional Geologist' or 'Certified (subspecialty) Geologist.'"(O.C.G.A. § 43-19-19)
- "All drawings, reports, or other geologic papers or documents involving the practice of geology, as defined in this chapter, which shall have been prepared or approved by a registered geologist or a subordinate employee under his direction for the use of or for delivery to any person or for public record within this state shall be signed by him and impressed with the seal provided for in this Code section or the seal of a nonresident practicing under this chapter, either of which shall indicate his responsibility for them."(O.C.G.A. § 43-19-19)
- "All drawings, reports, plats, or other geologic papers or documents involving public geologic work as defined in the Act which shall have been prepared or approved by a registered geologist or a subordinate employee under his direction for the use of or for delivery to any person or for public record within this State shall be signed by him and impressed with said seal or the seal of a nonresident practicing under the provisions of the Act, either of which shall indicate his responsibility for them."(Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 265-5-.02)
- "Each registrant hereunder, upon issuance of a certificate may purchase a seal bearing the registrant's name and the legend 'Registered Professional Geologist'. The seal shall comply in all respects with the sample, including size and format." The sample printed with the rule shows the registrant's name around the top, "GEORGIA REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL GEOLOGIST" around the bottom, and "No. 0000" at the centre over an outline of Georgia and a rock hammer, inside a rope-patterned outer ring with a star at each side.(Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 265-4-.07 and the sample image printed with it)
- "The seal authorized by the Board for registrants may be of the crimp type and/or rubber stamp facsimile or may be computer generated."(Board of Geology FAQ, Georgia Secretary of State)
Georgia geologist seal questions
Does your seal follow the statutory legend or the wording on the Board's sample?▾
The statutory legend is "Registered Professional Geologist", but the sample the Board approved — and to which r. 265-4-.07 requires the seal to conform in all respects — reads "GEORGIA REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL GEOLOGIST", with the state name leading. (O.C.G.A. § 43-19-19; Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 265-4-.07)
Are you reading r. 265-1-.08, which is the Board's own seal, rather than r. 265-4-.07?▾
Rule 265-1-.08 is titled "Seal" but is the Board's own corporate seal — "The Board shall adopt a seal for its own use and shall have the words 'Georgia State Board of Registration for Professional Geologists' inscribed thereon" — and has nothing to do with a registrant's stamp. (Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 265-1-.08)
Is the document going to another person or into the public record in Georgia?▾
Georgia's statute is permissive about owning a seal ("may use a seal") but mandatory about using one: public geologic documents prepared or approved by the registrant must be signed and impressed with it. (O.C.G.A. § 43-19-19; Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 265-5-.02)