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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4/10/24) and 481—1064.1 still carries ARC 7759C (effective 5/22/24) — but both boards' own web pages still link the superseded 193C and 193B chapter listings, so a licensee following the board's own links lands on the old numbering.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 land surveyor 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—1050.1(542B) (Seal and certificate of responsibility); Iowa Code § 542B.16, which is the provision the Engineering and Land Surveying Examining Board, Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing will measure the seal against.
Iowa’s land surveyor seal rule is Iowa Admin. Code r. 481—1050.1(542B) (Seal and certificate of responsibility); Iowa Code § 542B.16, administered by the Engineering and Land Surveying Examining Board, Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing. The seal must carry any one of “Professional Land Surveyor”, “Licensed Professional Land Surveyor”, and no diameter is prescribed. The same rule governs the engineer's and the land surveyor's seal, and neither Iowa Code § 542B.16 nor 481—1050.1 states a dimension; the statute requires a legible seal.
A further 7 requirements, each tied to the subsection that imposes it, are itemised in the Iowa requirements section on this page.
Iowa Admin. Code r. 481—1050.1(542B) (Seal and certificate of responsibility); Iowa Code § 542B.16 governs the Iowa land surveyor’s seal but does not prescribe a diameter. Sizes quoted for Iowa elsewhere generally come from stamp suppliers’ catalogues rather than from the rule. What the rule does require is that your name and license number stay clearly legible.
No. IAC 481—1050.1(3) prints separate wording for land surveying: "I hereby certify that this land surveying document was prepared and the related survey work was performed by me or under my direct personal supervision and that I am a duly licensed Professional Land Surveyor under the laws of the State of Iowa." The rule then allows one deletion the engineering block has no equivalent of — for maps or acquisition plats prepared from public records or previous measurements by others, the phrase "and the related survey work was performed" may be removed. (IAC 481—1050.1(3))
No, and the state name is not even among the seal's statutory contents. Iowa Code § 542B.16(1) requires the licensee's name, the Iowa license number and the words "professional land surveyor" — nothing else. The word "IOWA" comes from the sample seals printed at IAC 481—1050.1(1), which the rule asks the seal to substantially conform to, and there it is the single word "IOWA" in a band across the bottom, with the title arced around the top. (Iowa Code § 542B.16(1); IAC 481—1050.1(1))
Not necessarily. Iowa Code § 542B.16(1) requires the seal to bear the words "professional engineer" or "professional land surveyor", "or both, as the case may be", so one seal may carry both titles for a person holding both licenses. The certification blocks do not merge with it: IAC 481—1050.1(3) prints one block for engineering documents and a differently worded one for land surveying documents, and each still has to appear on the work it certifies. (Iowa Code § 542B.16(1); IAC 481—1050.1(3))
Yes, and they sit outside chapter 542B entirely. Iowa Code § 355.7(15) and § 355.8(21) require a plat of survey and a subdivision plat to carry a statement that the work was done and the plat prepared by the surveyor or under the surveyor's direct personal supervision, to be signed and dated by the surveyor, and to bear the surveyor's Iowa license number and legible seal. Iowa Code § 355.11 requires a United States public land survey corner certificate to be signed, dated and to bear the license number and seal — the word "legible" is absent there — and to be recorded with the county recorder within thirty days after completion of the surveying. (Iowa Code §§ 355.7(15), 355.8(21), 355.11(2), (2)"f")
