Montana · Landscape Architect seal requirements
Montana Landscape Architect seal requirements: proper sizing, signing and sealing of documents
As of
Montana's landscape architect seal is defined by Mont. Admin. R. 24.114.1410(1), which requires four elements: the landscape architect's name, the Montana license number, the licensed landscape architect's signature, and the words "LICENSED LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, STATE OF MONTANA." The statute behind it, Mont. Code Ann. § 37-66-308(2), requires the same wording plus the name and any other words the board considers necessary, and requires the seal on all drawings and on title pages of specifications. Neither the statute nor the rule prescribes any diameter.
ARM 24.183.1001, sometimes cited for Montana seals, is "Form of Corner Records — Information to Be Included" and does not concern seals. ARM 24.183.511 was rewritten effective December 24, 2016; pre-2016 text still circulating on third-party republishers refers to a "Licensed Professional Engineer" legend and to facsimiles, and that version is superseded. Mont. Admin. R. 24.114.1410 was adopted in 2009 (2009 MAR p. 413, eff. 4/17/09) and last amended effective 11/10/2017; its authority is Mont. Code Ann. § 37-65-204 and it implements § 37-66-308. Montana licenses architects and landscape architects through a single board.
Generate a Montana Landscape Architect seal to this specification
Board approved
Your Montana Landscape Architect seal from pedigitalstamps.com meets every requirement on this page — the required wording and the layout set out in Mont. Code Ann. § 37-66-308(2); Mont. Admin. R. 24.114.1410. Fill in your details and download it in seconds.
Every format you need is included — PNG, PDF, SVG and CAD — ready to place in Bluebeam, Acrobat or AutoCAD.
Montana Landscape Architect seal
- Seal requirements
- Mont. Code Ann. § 37-66-308(2); Mont. Admin. R. 24.114.1410
- Legend
- “Licensed Landscape Architect, State of Montana”
- Diameter
- No diameter is prescribed. Mont. Code Ann. § 37-66-308(2) states no dimension, and Mont. Admin. R. 24.114.1410, the rule in which the Board sets out the seal's contents, likewise contains no size, shape or dimension.
- Expiration date
- The seal's contents are listed exhaustively in Mont. Admin. R. 24.114.1410(1) — name, Montana license number, signature and the prescribed words. No renewal or expiration date appears there, and Mont. Code Ann. § 37-66-308(2) adds none.(Mont. Code Ann. § 37-66-308(2); Mont. Admin. R. 24.114.1410(1))
- Signature date
- The signature is required — it is one of the four elements the seal itself must contain under Mont. Admin. R. 24.114.1410(1), and subsection (3) defines what counts as a signature. Neither the rule nor Mont. Code Ann. § 37-66-308 requires a date to be shown.(Mont. Admin. R. 24.114.1410(1), (3); Mont. Code Ann. § 37-66-308(2))
- City on seal
- The prescribed wording is "LICENSED LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, STATE OF MONTANA"; no city or place of business is required by the statute or the rule.(Mont. Code Ann. § 37-66-308(2); Mont. Admin. R. 24.114.1410(1))
- Each landscape architect must have a seal approved by the board that must contain the name of the landscape architect and the words "Licensed Landscape Architect, State of Montana" and other words or figures that the board considers necessary.(Mont. Code Ann. § 37-66-308(2))
- All drawings and title pages of specifications prepared by a landscape architect or under the supervision of a landscape architect must be stamped with the landscape architect's seal.(Mont. Code Ann. § 37-66-308(2))
- This section may not be construed to permit the seal of a landscape architect to serve as a substitute for the seal of a licensed architect, a licensed professional engineer, or a licensed professional land surveyor.(Mont. Code Ann. § 37-66-308(2))
- Every licensed landscape architect must have a seal that contains the name of the landscape architect, the landscape architect's Montana license number, the signature of the licensed landscape architect, and the words "LICENSED LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, STATE OF MONTANA."(Mont. Admin. R. 24.114.1410(1))
- For the purpose of sealing printed drawings, specifications, and other appropriate documents, each landscape architect must obtain an embossing or rubber stamp and a reproduction facsimile of the seal to be used on documents prepared by or under the supervision of a licensed landscape architect. The seal or reproducible facsimile must be applied on all original drawings to produce legible reproduction on all copies or prints made from the drawings.(Mont. Admin. R. 24.114.1410(2))
- A signature is an original manual signature of the landscape architect or a digital signature. A digital signature must either have an electronic authentication process attached or must be logically associated with an electronic document and unique to the person using it; capable of verification; under the sole control of the person using it; and linked to a document in such a manner that the digital signature is invalidated if any data in the document are changed.(Mont. Admin. R. 24.114.1410(3))
- When the efforts of more than one licensed landscape architect combine to produce documents requiring a seal, only one licensed landscape architect is required to affix a seal to the document.(Mont. Admin. R. 24.114.1410(4))
- Each holder of a license shall display it in the licensee's principal office, place of business, or place of employment.(Mont. Code Ann. § 37-66-308(1))
Montana landscape architect seal questions
Does your seal include the signature as one of its own elements?▾
Montana is one of the states that puts the signature inside the seal: Mont. Admin. R. 24.114.1410(1) lists "the signature of the licensed landscape architect" as a required element of the seal itself, not merely as something written across it. (Mont. Admin. R. 24.114.1410(1))
Are you sealing work that actually requires an architect's, engineer's or surveyor's seal?▾
Mont. Code Ann. § 37-66-308(2) says the landscape architect's seal may not serve as a substitute for the seal of a licensed architect, professional engineer, or professional land surveyor. (Mont. Code Ann. § 37-66-308(2))