Ohio · Landscape Architect seal requirements
Ohio Landscape Architect seal requirements: proper sizing, signing and sealing of documents
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Ohio prescribes the landscape architect's seal by rule: Ohio Admin. Code 4703:1-3-01(A) fixes it at two inches in diameter with a concentric circle one and three-eighths inches in diameter, the words "state of Ohio" at the top of the annular space and "landscape architect" at the bottom, and the landscape architect's name and registration number horizontally within the inner circle. Sealing is mandatory — Ohio Rev. Code § 4703.36(C) requires the seal on all plans, specifications, drawings and other documents prepared by or under the landscape architect's direct supervision — and the seal is applied over an ink or electronic signature. Embossing seals, rubber stamps, electronically generated seals and other reproducible facsimiles are all allowed.
Ohio's rule prescribes the legend but not a diameter. Sizes quoted around the web for Ohio come from stamp vendors' catalogues, not from the Administrative Code. Rule 4703:1-3-01(B), effective April 1, 2008, cross-refers to "division (D) of section 4703.32 of the Revised Code"; in the version of § 4703.32 effective December 19, 2013 the landscape architect stamp provision sits at division (F). The rule is promulgated under Ohio Rev. Code § 4703.33 and amplifies § 4703.32. The landscape architects board is separate from the Ohio Architects Board, whose seal rule (4703-3-01) is a different rule.
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Ohio Landscape Architect seal
- Legend
- “landscape architect”
- Diameter
- Two inches in diameter, with a concentric inner circle one and three-eighths inches in diameter.
- Expiration date
- The design in paragraph (A) is closed — "state of Ohio" and "landscape architect" in the annular space, name and registration number in the inner circle — and no licence expiration or renewal date appears anywhere in the rule.(Ohio Admin. Code 4703:1-3-01(A))
- Signature date
- Rule 4703:1-3-01(B) requires the seal to be applied over an ink or electronic signature but sets no date beside it, and paragraphs (A) and (C) put no date field in the design or in the electronic seal.(Ohio Admin. Code 4703:1-3-01(A), (B), (C))
- City on seal
- Paragraph (A) states the full contents of the seal and no address or city is among them.(Ohio Admin. Code 4703:1-3-01(A))
- Each person registered by the board shall secure a seal of the design prescribed by the board. All plans, specifications, drawings, and other documents prepared by, or under the direct supervision of, the landscape architect shall be imprinted with the seal in accordance with the requirements of the board.(Ohio Rev. Code § 4703.36(C))
- The seal shall be circular in shape and two inches in diameter. Concentric with the outside of the seal there shall be a circle one and three eighths inches in diameter. In the annular space are the words "state of Ohio" at the top and "landscape architect" at the bottom, and the name of the landscape architect and the landscape architect's registration number are placed horizontally within the inner circle.(Ohio Admin. Code 4703:1-3-01(A))
- The seal may be an individual embossing seal, rubber stamp seal, electronically generated seal or other reproducible facsimile.(Ohio Admin. Code 4703:1-3-01(A))
- The application of the seal over an ink or electronic signature to the first sheet of bound sets of drawings (with index of drawings included), title page of specifications and to other drawings and contract documents shall constitute the landscape architect stamp referred to in the Revised Code.(Ohio Admin. Code 4703:1-3-01(B))
- An electronic seal and signature may be used in place of the original provided it is a unique identification of the professional, is verifiable, is under the professional's direct and sole control, is linked to the document so that changes are readily determined and visually displayed, is invalidated if the document is altered after it is affixed, the document is available in view-only format for electronic transmission, and the graphic image is acceptable to the board and contains the same words with substantially the same appearance and size as the physical seal.(Ohio Admin. Code 4703:1-3-01(C))
- Each landscape architect, upon registration by the Ohio landscape architects board, may obtain a stamp of the design authorized by the board, bearing the name of the registrant, date of registration, number of certificate, and the legend "registered landscape architect," "professional landscape architect," or "landscape architect." All professional documents, including maps, plans, designs, drawings, specifications, estimates, and reports, issued by a registrant may be stamped only while the registrant's certificate is in full force and effect.(Ohio Rev. Code § 4703.32(F))
Ohio landscape architect seal questions
Does the statute's choice of three legends mean an Ohio landscape architect can pick any of them?▾
Ohio Rev. Code § 4703.32(F) lists "registered landscape architect," "professional landscape architect," or "landscape architect," but it authorises only a stamp "of the design authorized by the board," and the board's design rule places the words "landscape architect" at the bottom of the annular space with "state of Ohio" at the top. (Ohio Rev. Code § 4703.32(F); Ohio Admin. Code 4703:1-3-01(A))
Does the Ohio seal carry a date of registration?▾
The statute describes the stamp as bearing the registrant's name, date of registration, certificate number and legend, but the board's design rule places only the name and the registration number inside the inner circle and provides no date field. (Ohio Rev. Code § 4703.32(F); Ohio Admin. Code 4703:1-3-01(A))