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Iowa renumbered these rules in 2026. Both boards now sit within the Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing (Iowa Code §§ 542B.3, 544A.1(2)), and the Iowa Administrative Code recorded the move as an editorial change in IAC Supplement 6/24/26: the Engineering and Land Surveying Examining Board's rules were transferred out of 193C to 481—Chapters 1045 through 1057, so the seal rule long cited as 193C—6.1(542B) is now 481—1050.1(542B), and the architects' rules moved from 193B Chapter 4 to 481—Chapter 1064. The operative text is unchanged — 481—1050.1 still carries ARC 7669C (effective 4/10/24) and 481—1064.1 still carries ARC 7759C (effective 5/22/24) — but both boards' own web pages still link the superseded 193C and 193B chapter listings, so a licensee following the board's own links lands on the old numbering.
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Frequently asked questions about Iowa digital architect stamps and seals.
Once you are licensed in Iowa, you can generate your seal here and download it immediately. Fill in the form and position your signature if you want one. The layout follows Iowa Admin. Code r. 481—1064.1(7) (Seal and certificate of responsibility); Iowa Code § 544A.28, which is the provision the Architectural Examining Board, Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing will measure the seal against.
Iowa’s architect stamp rule is Iowa Admin. Code r. 481—1064.1(7) (Seal and certificate of responsibility); Iowa Code § 544A.28, administered by the Architectural Examining Board, Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing, a different body from the engineering board. The seal must carry “Licensed Architect”, and an outside circle with a diameter of approximately 1¾ inches. This is the only diameter prescribed anywhere in Iowa's seal rules.
A further 8 requirements, each tied to the subsection that imposes it, are itemised in the Iowa requirements section on this page.
An outside circle with a diameter of approximately 1¾ inches. This is the only diameter prescribed anywhere in Iowa's seal rules. This is set by IAC 481—1064.1(7)"a"(1).
The architect's seal reads "Licensed Architect", not "Registered Architect". One of the two sample images printed in the rule is lettered "LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ARCHITECT", but the operative text at 1064.1(7)"a"(2) prescribes the words "Licensed Architect". (IAC 481—1064.1(7)"a"(2), 1064.1(7)"a"(4))
No. IAC 481—1064.1(7)"a"(2) prescribes the name of the licensed architect and the words "Licensed Architect", and Iowa Code chapter 544A is captioned Licensed Architects; the board's rule offers no "registered" form at all. "Registered" is a live memory rather than an invention — Iowa Code § 544A.30 provides that a person registered as an architect on July 1, 2017 is deemed licensed, and seals cut before that changeover are still in drawers. There is a third wording in circulation too, and it comes from the rule itself: one of the two sample seals printed at "a"(4) is lettered "LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ARCHITECT". The operative text controls over the illustration, so the words to put on the seal are the ones in "a"(2). (IAC 481—1064.1(7)"a"(2), (4); Iowa Code ch. 544A; Iowa Code § 544A.30)
No. IAC 481—1064.1(7)"a"(4) asks only that the seal "substantially conform" to the samples the rule prints, and it prints two arranged differently: one arcs the title around the top of the outer band with a star at each lower side, "IOWA" across the bottom and the name and license number in the center; the other arcs the architect's name around the top and the title around the bottom, with the license number and "IOWA" in the center. What is actually fixed is the content list in "a"(1) through "a"(3), not where each element sits. (IAC 481—1064.1(7)"a"(1)–(4))
The rule asks for the word "Iowa", not "State of Iowa". IAC 481—1064.1(7)"a"(3) lists the contents as "The Iowa license number and the word 'Iowa'", and in both sample seals printed at "a"(4) the word stands alone — in a band across the bottom in one layout and in the center in the other. Nothing in the rule or in Iowa Code § 544A.28 calls for the longer form. (IAC 481—1064.1(7)"a"(3), (4); Iowa Code § 544A.28(1))
One figure, stated as an approximation, and only for the outside circle: "An outside circle with a diameter of approximately 1¾ inches." There is no minimum, no maximum and no inner-circle dimension. Iowa Code § 544A.28(1) leaves design, content and size to the board, and this is the only diameter the board has designated — it is also the only diameter anywhere in Iowa's seal rules, since the engineering and land surveying board's rule at 481—1050.1 states none. (IAC 481—1064.1(7)"a"(1); Iowa Code § 544A.28(1); IAC 481—1050.1)
No. IAC 481—1064.1(7)"c" also requires an information block on the first page or an attached cover sheet of each technical submission going to a client or any public agency, carrying the prescribed certification wording, signature and date, printed or typed name, license number, the line "My license renewal date is June 30, ______" — June 30, where the engineering and land surveying board's block reads December 31 — and the pages or sheets covered by the seal. Each professional consultant contributing applies a seal to an information block of their own, and the seal and original signature go only on a final technical submission. (IAC 481—1064.1(7)"c"; Iowa Code § 544A.28(2)"b")
