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

Nevada Landscape Architect seal

Board

State Board of Landscape Architecture

Seal requirements

NRS 623A.195; NAC 623A.140; NAC 623A.440

Legend

“landscape architect”

Diameter

No diameter is prescribed. NRS 623A.195(1) leaves the design to the Board — the Board issues the seal itself — and NAC 623A.140 and NAC 623A.440, the regulations governing the official stamp and its use, state no dimension.

Expiration date

The expiration date is required, but it is written across the stamp rather than engraved in it: NAC 623A.440(3) requires the registrant to place the original signature, the date of execution and the expiration date of the registration across the stamp on the front page. NRS 623A.195(1) limits the stamp's own inscription to the registrant's name, certificate number and the title "landscape architect".(NRS 623A.195(1); NAC 623A.440(3))

Signature date

Documents issued for official use must be signed, sealed and dated on the title page with a permanently legible imprint of the seal and signature, and the date of execution must be placed across the stamp on the front page.(NRS 623A.195(2); NAC 623A.440(1), (3))

City on seal

The inscription authorized by NRS 623A.195(1) is limited to the registrant's name, the certificate of registration number and the title "landscape architect"; no city or place of business is required.(NRS 623A.195(1))

• Upon issuing a certificate of registration, the Board shall issue to the holder of the certificate of registration a seal of the design authorized by the Board, bearing the name of the holder of the certificate of registration, the number of the certificate of registration and the title "landscape architect."(NRS 623A.195(1))
• A plan, specification, report or other document issued by a holder of a certificate of registration for official use must be signed, sealed and dated on the title page by him or her with a permanently legible imprint of his or her seal and signature.(NRS 623A.195(2))
• It is unlawful for a person to stamp or seal any plan, specification, report or other document with the seal of a holder of a certificate of registration after the certificate of registration has expired or has been suspended or revoked, unless the certificate of registration has been renewed or reissued.(NRS 623A.195(3))
• A registrant must have an official stamp issued by the Board; the stamp is issued after the certificate of registration is issued and the fee is paid.(NAC 623A.140(1), (2))
• In addition to an official stamp, a registrant may obtain an electronic official stamp from the Board by submitting to the Board a request for an electronic official stamp and the fee for the electronic official stamp.(NAC 623A.140(3))
• The use of any stamp other than the official stamp or an electronic official stamp is prohibited.(NAC 623A.140(4))
• All submitted instruments of service, including, without limitation, landscape architectural plans, specifications, reports, papers and other professional documents relating to the practice of landscape architecture, must be stamped, signed and dated by the registrant who prepared them or under whose direct supervision they were prepared.(NAC 623A.440(1))
• A registrant shall use the original stamp provided by the Board pursuant to NAC 623A.140 and place his or her original signature, the date of execution and the expiration date of the registration across the stamp, on the front page of the work prepared by him or her.(NAC 623A.440(3))
• Where a document contains work of more than one discipline or professional, the registrant must add a notation which clearly denotes the sheets that he or she prepared.(NAC 623A.440(4))
• Signing or sealing instruments of service which were not prepared by the registrant or under his or her direct supervision is a ground for disciplinary action.(NRS 623A.280)

Nevada landscape architect seal questions