Nebraska · Geologist seal requirements
Nebraska Geologist seal requirements: proper sizing, signing and sealing of documents
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Nebraska licenses professional geologists through the Nebraska Board of Geologists, and Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-3529(3)(a) fixes the seal's contents: State of Nebraska, the geologist's name, the license number, and the words "Licensed Professional Geologist." No diameter appears in the statute or in 171 Neb. Admin. Code ch. 6 — the statute leaves the design to the Board and the rule requires only legibility. The signature must run across the face of the seal and the date must accompany it, or the seal is invalid.
Rule 6.1.6 still reads "signed across the face of the seal," wording that predates the 2026 amendment of § 81-3437.01(2). The statute now permits the signature and date across or adjacent to the seal, and the statute controls; as of August 2026 the Board had not conformed the rule text. Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 81-3529 and 81-3530 were amended by Laws 2025, LB38, §§ 24 and 25 — two of the roughly thirty sections of the Geologists Regulation Act that LB38 changed — and the Board's conforming Title 171 revisions, approved 7/9/2025, took effect December 24, 2025. That date is the Secretary of State's: the state rules repository records an effective date of December 24, 2025 for every chapter of Title 171, and the filed copy of the seal chapter is docketed as "171 NAC 6 (12-24-2025).pdf." The Board's own Rules and Regulations webpage says December 25, 2025, but its handbook cover and introduction both say December 24, matching the filing. The Board publishes no seal artwork or dimension of its own — its Initial Licensure page tells licensees they "may use the company of their choice to obtain an official license seal" — so the statutory content list and the legibility rule are the only design constraints. Note also that § 81-3529(3)(a) requires the words "Licensed Professional Geologist" — older seals reading only "Professional Geologist" do not match the current statutory list.
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Nebraska Geologist seal
- Seal requirements
- Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-3529(3); Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-3530; 171 Neb. Admin. Code ch. 6
- Legend
- “State of Nebraska, Licensed Professional Geologist”
- Diameter
- No diameter is prescribed in the text. Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-3529(3)(a) lists the seal's required contents and says only that "The design of the seal shall be determined by the board"; 171 Neb. Admin. Code ch. 6, the Board's seal chapter as filed with the Secretary of State effective December 24, 2025, states no dimension and requires only that the seal be legible. The words diameter, inch and dimension appear nowhere in the chapter or in the Board's handbook.
- Expiration date
- No license expiration date appears among the seal's required contents; § 81-3529(3)(a) lists only State of Nebraska, the name, the license number and the words Licensed Professional Geologist. Expiration is relevant only as a prohibition on affixing the seal after the certificate expires.(Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-3529(3)(a), (3)(c))
- Signature date
- The seal is invalid unless signed across its face with the geologist's name and the date the material was signed, and the statute requires "the seal and the date of its placement" on all technical submissions and calculations.(171 Neb. Admin. Code § 6.1.7; Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-3529(3)(b), (3)(c))
- City on seal
- No city, county or address is required; the statutory list of seal contents does not include one and 171 Neb. Admin. Code ch. 6 adds none.(Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-3529(3)(a); 171 Neb. Admin. Code ch. 6)
- "Each professional geologist authorized to practice geology shall obtain a seal. The design of the seal shall be determined by the board. The following information shall be on the seal: State of Nebraska; the professional geologist's name; the professional geologist's license number; and the words Licensed Professional Geologist."(Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-3529(3)(a))
- "Whenever the seal is applied, the professional geologist's signature shall be across the seal. The board may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations for application of the seal."(Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-3529(3)(b))
- "The seal and the date of its placement shall be on all technical submissions and calculations whenever presented to a client or any public or governmental agency. It shall be unlawful for any person to affix such person's seal or to permit such seal to be affixed to any document after the expiration of the certificate or for the purpose of aiding or abetting any other person to evade or attempt to evade the act."(Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-3529(3)(c))
- "The seal and date shall be placed on all originals, copies, tracings, or other reproducible documents in such a manner that the seal, signature, and date will be reproduced. The application of a professional geologist's seal shall constitute certification that the work was done by such professional geologist or under the responsible charge of such professional geologist. In the case of multiple sealings, the first or title page shall be sealed and dated by all involved. In addition, each sheet shall be sealed and dated by the professional geologist responsible for each sheet. In the case of an organization, each sheet shall be sealed and dated by the professional geologist involved. The professional geologist in responsible charge shall seal and date the title or first sheet."(Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-3529(3)(d))
- "In the case of a temporary permit issued to an individual from another state, the licensee shall use his or her state of licensure seal and shall affix his or her signature and temporary permit to all of his or her work."(Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-3529(3)(e))
- "A professional geologist shall affix such professional geologist's seal and signature on geologic reports, documents, maps, plans, logs, and sections, or other public records offered to the public and prepared while in responsible charge or under the direct supervision of the professional geologist."(Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-3530)
- "The seal used by a professional geologist shall be legible, whether an embossing, computer generated, or other type of seal. In the absence of legibility, the seal is invalid."(171 Neb. Admin. Code § 6.1.2)
- "The responsible professional geologist shall identify all work that they have prepared, as well as all work that has been prepared under their direct supervision, by applying their seal to the cover page of geologic reports or other geologic documents bound in book form as well as on each and every original sheet of unbound geologic drawings, cross sections, or maps whenever these documents are presented to a client or any public or governmental agency."(171 Neb. Admin. Code § 6.1.3)
- "Sealing of documents, when the underlying work was not performed by or under the direct supervision of a professional geologist is prohibited."(171 Neb. Admin. Code § 6.1.4)
- "Preliminary documents shall identify the purpose of the document, the professional geologist of record with their license number and the release date by placing the following text or similar wording instead of a seal: 'This preliminary document is released for the purpose of (purpose of document) under the authority of (professional geologist and license number) on (date).'"(171 Neb. Admin. Code § 6.1.5)
- "When sealing plans or documents on which two or more professional geologists have worked, the seal of each professional geologist shall be placed on the plan or document with a notation describing the work done under each professional geologist's direct supervision."(171 Neb. Admin. Code § 6.1.6)
- "No seal shall be valid unless signed across the face of the seal with the professional geologist's name and the date on which the material was signed."(171 Neb. Admin. Code § 6.1.7)
- "Professional geologists are responsible for providing adequate security over their seal and signature wherever it appears, regardless of whether the seal and signature is produced electronically or by other means."(171 Neb. Admin. Code § 6.1.8)
Nebraska geologist seal questions
Does your signature run across the face of the seal?▾
Nebraska treats this as a validity condition, not a formality: "No seal shall be valid unless signed across the face of the seal with the professional geologist's name and the date on which the material was signed." (171 Neb. Admin. Code § 6.1.7; Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-3529(3)(b))
Is the seal legible?▾
An illegible seal is invalid under the rule, whatever its form — embossed, computer generated or otherwise. (171 Neb. Admin. Code § 6.1.2)
Will the seal, signature and date survive reproduction?▾
The statute requires the seal and date on all originals, copies, tracings or other reproducible documents "in such a manner that the seal, signature, and date will be reproduced." (Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-3529(3)(d))
Sealing a set produced by an organization?▾
The statute splits the work: "In the case of an organization, each sheet shall be sealed and dated by the professional geologist involved. The professional geologist in responsible charge shall seal and date the title or first sheet." Outside the organizational case, a multiple sealing puts every involved geologist's seal on the first or title page, and each sheet is sealed and dated by the geologist responsible for that sheet. (Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-3529(3)(d))
Are you releasing a preliminary document?▾
Preliminary documents get release wording instead of a seal — the rule's prescribed text "or similar wording" — identifying the purpose of the document, the professional geologist of record with license number, and the release date. (171 Neb. Admin. Code § 6.1.5)
Working in Nebraska on a temporary permit?▾
A temporary permit holder does not get a Nebraska seal — the licensee uses the seal from the jurisdiction of verified licensure and accompanies it with the template the Board issues. (Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-3529(3)(e); 171 Neb. Admin. Code § 3.2.3)