Minnesota · Interior Designer seal requirements
Minnesota Interior Designer seal requirements: proper sizing, signing and sealing of documents
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Minnesota certifies interior designers, and the seal is permissive rather than mandatory: under Minn. Stat. § 326.12, subd. 2 and Minn. R. 1800.4300 a certificate holder "may" obtain a seal bearing the holder's name and the legend "certified interior designer". What is mandatory is the certification block — Minn. Stat. § 326.12, subd. 3 and Minn. R. 1800.4200 require the signature, the prescribed certification wording, the certificate number and the date. No diameter is prescribed anywhere in the statute or in chapter 1800.
Minn. Stat. § 326.221 does not exist, and Minnesota Rules chapter 1805 is not this Board's chapter. Both are widely cited for the Minnesota seal; the Board's chapter is 1800, and the operative parts are 1800.4300 and 1800.4200. The board regulates architects, engineers, land surveyors, landscape architects, geoscientists and certified interior designers under one statute, so § 326.12 sets out every profession's legend in a single sentence; only "certified interior designer" applies here.
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Minnesota Interior Designer seal
- Legend
- “certified interior designer”
- Diameter
- No diameter is prescribed. Minn. Stat. § 326.12, subd. 2 states no dimension, and Minn. R. 1800.4300, the rule part titled "Seal", specifies only the name and legend.
- Expiration date
- No expiration or renewal date appears on the seal. Minn. Stat. § 326.12, subd. 2 and Minn. R. 1800.4300 call for the name and the legend only; the date required by subd. 3 is the date the signature was affixed, on the document.(Minn. Stat. § 326.12, subds. 2, 3; Minn. R. 1800.4300)
- Signature date
- The date on which the signature was affixed must accompany the signature, certification and certificate number.(Minn. Stat. § 326.12, subd. 3; Minn. R. 1800.4200, subp. 4)
- City on seal
- No city, address or place of business is required. Minn. Stat. § 326.12, subd. 2 and Minn. R. 1800.4300 name only the holder's name and the legend.(Minn. Stat. § 326.12, subd. 2; Minn. R. 1800.4300)
- Each licensee or certificate holder may, upon licensure or certification, obtain a seal bearing the licensee's or certificate holder's name and the legend "licensed architect," "licensed professional engineer," "licensed land surveyor," "licensed landscape architect," the appropriate licensed professional geoscientist legend as defined by the board, or "certified interior designer."(Minn. Stat. § 326.12, subd. 2)
- Plans, specifications, plats, reports, and other documents prepared by a licensee or certificate holder may be stamped with the seal during the life of the license or certificate. A rubber stamp facsimile thereof may be used in lieu of the seal on tracings from which prints are to be made or on papers which would be damaged by the regular seal.(Minn. Stat. § 326.12, subd. 2)
- It shall be unlawful for any one to stamp or seal any document with the stamp or seal after the license or certificate has expired, been revoked or suspended, unless said license or certificate shall have been renewed or reissued.(Minn. Stat. § 326.12, subd. 2)
- The stamped seal may be used on documents in addition to the signed and dated certification required under part 1800.4200.(Minn. R. 1800.4300)
- Each plan, drawing, specification, plat, report, or other document prepared by a certified interior designer must bear the signature of the certified person preparing it, or of the certified person under whose direct supervision it was prepared. Each signature shall be accompanied by a certification that the signer is certified under sections 326.02 to 326.15, by the person's certificate number, and by the date on which the signature was affixed.(Minn. Stat. § 326.12, subd. 3)
- The prescribed certification wording for a certified interior designer is: "I hereby certify that this plan, specification, or report was prepared by me or under my direct supervision and that I am a duly Certified Interior Designer under the laws of the state of Minnesota," followed by signature, typed or printed name, date, and certificate number.(Minn. R. 1800.4200, subp. 4)
- The required signature and certification must appear on all pages of plans and drawings that must be signed, but only on the first page of specifications, plats, reports, or other documents that must be signed.(Minn. Stat. § 326.12, subd. 3; Minn. R. 1800.4200, subp. 3)
- A stamp, printed signature, or electronically created signature has the same force and effect as an actual signature if it creates an accurate depiction of the certified professional's actual signature.(Minn. Stat. § 326.12, subd. 3)
- The signature and certification requirement does not apply to documents of an intraoffice or intracompany nature, or that are considered to be drafts or of a preliminary, schematic, or design development nature by the certified individuals who would normally be responsible for their preparation.(Minn. Stat. § 326.12, subd. 3)
Minnesota interior designer seal questions
Is a seal even required in Minnesota?▾
No. Both the statute and the rule say a certificate holder "may" obtain a seal, and Minn. R. 1800.4300 describes the stamped seal as something used "in addition to" the certification block. It is the signed, numbered and dated certification under Minn. R. 1800.4200 that is mandatory. (Minn. Stat. § 326.12, subd. 2; Minn. R. 1800.4300; Minn. R. 1800.4200, subp. 1)
Does the certification go on every sheet?▾
On plans and drawings, yes — every page. On specifications, plats and reports it goes only on the first page. (Minn. Stat. § 326.12, subd. 3; Minn. R. 1800.4200, subp. 3)