Kansas Landscape Architect seal requirements: proper sizing, signing and sealing of documents

Kansas Landscape Architect seal

Board

Kansas State Board of Technical Professions

Seal requirements

K.S.A. 74-7023(d); K.A.R. 66-6-1

Legend

“LICENSED, KANSAS, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT”

Diameter

The outer circle of the seal is 1 5/8 inches in diameter and the inner circle is 1 1/16 inches in diameter.

Expiration date

The prescribed impression contains only "LICENSED", "KANSAS", the number of the license certificate, the licensee's name and the licensee's profession. No expiration or renewal date appears in the seal, though stamping a document after the license has expired or been revoked is unlawful.(K.A.R. 66-6-1(a); K.S.A. 74-7023(d))

Signature date

The date is applied across the seal together with the handwritten or authenticated digital signature after the seal has been applied; it is not engraved in the stamp.(K.A.R. 66-6-1(b)(1))

City on seal

The regulation prescribes the contents of the inner circle and of the band between the two circles and nowhere calls for a city, town or place of business.(K.A.R. 66-6-1(a))

• Each licensee shall obtain a seal of a distinctive design authorized by the board, bearing the licensee's name and number and a uniform inscription formulated by the board. Documents signed by the licensee in the licensee's professional capacity shall be stamped with the seal during the duration of the license.(K.S.A. 74-7023(d))
• It shall be unlawful for anyone to stamp any document with the seal after the license has expired or has been revoked, unless the license has been renewed or reissued. No person shall tamper with or revise the seal without express written approval by the board.(K.S.A. 74-7023(d))
• Each licensee, within 30 days of a license being issued, shall obtain a seal of the design approved by the board in compliance with K.S.A. 74-7023, and amendments thereto, and this regulation.(K.A.R. 66-6-1(a))
• The seal shall be made of two concentric circles. The outer circle shall be 1 5/8 inches in diameter. The inner circle shall be 1 1/16 inches in diameter and shall contain the words "LICENSED" at the top of the circle and "KANSAS" at the bottom of the circle and the number of the license certificate in the center.(K.A.R. 66-6-1(a))
• The area between the two circles shall, except as provided in this subsection, contain the licensee's name as it appears on that individual's license at the top of the circle and the licensee's profession at the bottom of the circle.(K.A.R. 66-6-1(a))
• The seal may contain, before the licensee's surname, an abbreviated form of the licensee's given name or a combination of initials representing the licensee's given name. The seal may be a rubber stamp, an embossed seal, or a digital seal.(K.A.R. 66-6-1(a))
• The regulation prescribes "the licensee's profession" without naming it. The board publishes the words for the five technical professions it licenses — PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER, ARCHITECT, PROFESSIONAL SURVEYOR, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT or PROFESSIONAL GEOLOGIST — and its worked example of a landscape architect's seal reads "LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT" in the band beneath the licensee's name.(K.A.R. 66-6-1(a); KSBTP, "Seal Examples" (2017009), ksbtp.ks.gov)
• After the licensee's seal has been applied to any document, the licensee shall apply the licensee's handwritten or authenticated digital signature and the date across the seal. The application of the licensee's seal and signature and the date shall constitute certification that the document on which the seal was applied was created by the licensee or under the licensee's responsible charge.(K.A.R. 66-6-1(b)(1))
• Any licensee may use a digital signature if the digital signature authentication process is unique to the licensee using the digital signature, is able to be verified, is under the sole control of the licensee using the digital signature, and is linked to an electronic document bearing the digital signature in such a manner that the signature is invalidated if any data in the document is altered.(K.A.R. 66-6-1(b)(3))
• Each transmitted or stored electronic document containing a digital signature shall bear the signature, date of signing, and seal, which shall be a confirmation that the electronic document was not altered after the initial digital signing of the document. If the electronic document is altered, the signature, date, and seal shall be void.(K.A.R. 66-6-1(b)(4))
• Except as provided in K.S.A. 74-7031, 74-7032, 74-7033, 74-7034 or 74-7042a and amendments thereto, each document, including drawings, technical reports, original land descriptions for the purpose of conveying an interest in real property, records, and papers, shall be sealed, signed, and dated by the licensee who prepared the document or by the licensee who is in responsible charge. The licensee shall seal, sign, and date only work within the licensee's area of licensure and competence.(K.A.R. 66-6-1(c)(1))
• Documents required to be sealed, signed, and dated shall include any document submitted to any public or governmental agency, a client, or a user for final approval or recording, and each revision to a sealed, signed, and dated document, which shall be identified and sealed, signed, and dated by the licensee responsible for the revision.(K.A.R. 66-6-1(c)(2))
• For a set of drawings the seal, signature and date shall be applied on each drawing sheet; or only on the first sheet of a multisheet set if a digital signature authentication process meeting all the requirements of the regulation and capable of digitally linking all drawing sheets to a licensee's area of responsibility is used; or in a certification block on the cover sheet or first drawing sheet displaying the seal, signature and date of each licensee in responsible charge and designating the sheets for which each licensee is responsible.(K.A.R. 66-6-1(d)(1)(A))
• For multiple seals, each licensee shall affix that individual's seal and signature to the document and shall designate the specific subject matter for which that licensee is responsible, in a note under that licensee's seal or in the title or index sheet indicating the document to which the seal applies.(K.A.R. 66-6-1(d)(2))
• A working drawing or preliminary document need not be sealed, signed and dated if it contains a statement in large, bold letters stating "PRELIMINARY, NOT FOR CONSTRUCTION, RECORDING PURPOSES, OR IMPLEMENTATION" or words of comparable meaning; published standard details, drawings or specifications adopted by a municipal, county or public agency and incorporated in that agency's own projects likewise need not be sealed, but shall be referenced within the project's set of drawings when used.(K.A.R. 66-6-1(e))

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