Nevada Interior Designer seal requirements: proper sizing, signing and sealing of documents

Nevada Interior Designer seal

Board

State Board of Architecture, Interior Design and Residential Design

Seal requirements

NRS 623.185; NAC 623.755, 623.763, 623.766

Legend

“Registered Interior Designer”

Diameter

The seal is not circular and no diameter is given. NAC 623.755(1)(a) requires the seal to "be an equilateral triangle, each side of which must be 2 1/2 inches."

Expiration date

NAC 623.755(1)(b) requires only the registrant's name and registration number in the seal, and NRS 623.185(1) adds only the legend. No expiration date is required on the seal; NRS 623.185(3) instead makes it unlawful to use the seal at all once the certificate has expired.(NAC 623.755(1)(b); NRS 623.185(1), (3))

Signature date

The date goes on the document, not inside the seal: NRS 623.185(2) requires documents issued for official use to be "signed, sealed and dated," and NAC 623.766(2) requires each document submitted to a public authority to bear the date, seal and signature.(NRS 623.185(2); NAC 623.766(2))

City on seal

No city is required in the seal (NAC 623.755(1) prescribes only name and registration number). Separately, NAC 623.766(1)(a) requires plans submitted to a public authority to include the name, address and telephone number of the person or firm submitting them.(NAC 623.755(1); NAC 623.766(1)(a))

• "Each registered interior designer shall obtain and possess an embossed seal, a seal designed as a rubber stamp or a seal in electronic format which must: (a) Be an equilateral triangle, each side of which must be 2 1/2 inches; (b) Contain the name of the registrant and his or her number of registration; and (c) Conform to the following design [design shown in the rule]."(NAC 623.755(1))
• "Upon being issued a certificate of registration, each registered architect, registered interior designer or residential designer shall obtain a seal of the design authorized by the Board, bearing the architect's, registered interior designer's or residential designer's name, the number of the certificate of registration, and the legend 'Registered Architect,' 'Registered Interior Designer' or 'Residential Designer.'"(NRS 623.185(1))
• "Each plan, specification, report or other document issued by a registrant must be signed and must be sealed or stamped by him or her either manually or electronically."(NAC 623.755(2))
• "A plan, specification, report or other document issued by a registered architect, registered interior designer or residential designer for official use must be signed, sealed and dated by him or her."(NRS 623.185(2))
• "Any plan, drawing, specification or other document prepared by a registered interior designer must contain a statement that the plan, study, drawing, specification or other document was prepared by a registered interior designer registered pursuant to the provisions of this chapter."(NRS 623.185(4))
• "Each registrant shall validate a stamp or seal either manually or electronically. The seal, signature and date must produce a clearly visible and legible image on any copy or reproduction of the document to which they are affixed."(NAC 623.763(1))
• "[P]lans, specifications, reports and any other documents which are issued by a registrant with the intent that they be considered as formal or final documents must be stamped with the seal of the registrant before they are submitted to any public authority."(NAC 623.763(4))
• "A registrant is not required to stamp the following documents: (a) An as-built plan, record plan or bid document; (b) A report that includes observations concerning the progress of the construction of a project; or (c) An estimate of the costs of a project."(NAC 623.763(5))
• "Each document submitted to a public authority must bear the date, the original or electronic seal and signature of the registrant who provided the responsible control under which the work indicated on the sheet was performed."(NAC 623.766(2))
• "It is unlawful for a person to stamp or seal any plan, specification, report or other document with the seal after the certificate of registration ... has expired or has been suspended or revoked, unless the certificate has been renewed or reissued."(NRS 623.185(3))

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