Rhode Island · Landscape Architect seal requirements
Rhode Island Landscape Architect seal requirements: proper sizing, signing and sealing of documents
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Rhode Island defines the seal in the Board's own regulation: 420-RICR-00-00-1 § 1.4(R) requires an embossed circular seal or rubber stamp carrying the landscape architect's name, the registration number, the word "Registered" above the State's emblem and the words "Landscape Architect" below the registration number. The design and size are whatever the Board approves — no diameter is stated — and § 5-51-11(a)(3) has the Board furnish a copy of the authorized seal from which the registrant has one made. Under § 1.9(B) the seal is applied and then signed and dated, and § 5-51-13(b)(3) requires all final drawings and documents to be dated and to bear the signature and seal.
The seal statute is R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-8-14, "Certificates of registration — Enrollment cards — Seals." § 5-8-11 (qualifications for registration) and § 5-8-12 are frequently cited in its place and govern nothing about the stamp. The engineering rule was amended effective 03/07/2024. The regulation is 420-RICR-00-00-1, filed as an amendment effective May 1, 2023. The Board sits within the Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation and is administered through the Division of Design Professionals.
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Rhode Island Landscape Architect seal
- Legend
- “Registered Landscape Architect”
- Diameter
- No diameter is prescribed. § 1.4(R) defines the seal as one "of a design and size approved by the Board," leaving both to the Board rather than fixing a dimension, and R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-51-11 states none.
- Expiration date
- § 1.4(R) enumerates the seal's contents — name, registration number, "Registered" above the State's emblem, "Landscape Architect" below the number — and no expiration or renewal date appears there or in § 5-51-11.(420-RICR-00-00-1 § 1.4(R); R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-51-11)
- Signature date
- The seal or stamp "shall be applied to the document and signed and dated by the registered landscape architect," and final drawings and documents for use in the state "shall be dated, and shall bear the signature and seal" of the preparer.(420-RICR-00-00-1 § 1.9(B); R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-51-13(b)(3))
- City on seal
- § 1.4(R) lists the required elements and includes no address, city or place of business.(420-RICR-00-00-1 § 1.4(R))
- "'Seal' means an embossed circular seal or rubber stamp of a design and size approved by the Board. It shall contain the name of the landscape architect, the registration number, the word 'Registered' above the State's emblem, and the words 'Landscape Architect' below the registration number."(420-RICR-00-00-1 § 1.4(R))
- "For the purpose of signing drawings, plans, specifications, reports and other contract documents, each registered landscape architect shall have an individual seal or stamp as described in definitions."(420-RICR-00-00-1 § 1.9(A))
- "The seal/stamp shall be applied to the document and signed and dated by the registered landscape architect. The stamp or seal may be electronic. The stamp shall bear an original or an electronic signature."(420-RICR-00-00-1 § 1.9(B))
- "No landscape designs, specifications or other landscape documents submitted to a federal, state or municipal agency for permit or authorization shall be submitted without the seal or stamp of the R.I. registered landscape architect in responsible charge of the work."(420-RICR-00-00-1 § 1.9(C))
- For the purpose of signing all final drawings, plans, specifications, reports and other contract documents, each licensed landscape architect shall obtain an individual seal and a rubber stamp (a facsimile of the seal) to be used on documents prepared by him or her or under his or her supervision; a firm of more than one licensed landscape architect may use a single seal identifying a partner, officer, director, member or manager as personally responsible for the professional services provided.(R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-51-11(a)(1), (2))
- "The board shall furnish a copy of the authorized seal from which the applicant can have a seal and stamp made."(R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-51-11(a)(3))
- "The application of the seal impression, 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 registered landscape architect stamp." The rubber stamp may be applied on all tracings to produce legible reproduction on all copies or prints made from the tracings.(R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-51-11(b), (c))
- "All final drawings, specifications, plans, reports, or other papers or documents involving the practice of landscape architecture ... for use in this state shall be dated, and shall bear the signature and seal of the landscape architect or landscape architects who prepared or personally supervised their preparation."(R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-51-13(b)(3))
- The landscape architect in responsible charge is required to stamp all drawings, reports, documents, specifications or other submissions which are required to be so signed or identified, and is professionally accountable for their accuracy and correctness.(420-RICR-00-00-1 § 1.12(D)(4))
Rhode Island landscape architect seal questions
Does your Rhode Island seal carry the State's emblem?▾
§ 1.4(R) does not merely require words — it places the word "Registered" above the State's emblem and the words "Landscape Architect" below the registration number, so the emblem is part of the prescribed design. (420-RICR-00-00-1 § 1.4(R))
Who decides the size?▾
The Board does. § 1.4(R) approves both design and size, and § 5-51-11(a)(3) has the Board furnish a copy of the authorized seal from which the applicant has a seal and stamp made — so the design comes from the Board rather than from a dimension in the rule. (420-RICR-00-00-1 § 1.4(R); R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-51-11(a)(3))
Is an electronic seal alone enough?▾
The stamp or seal may be electronic, but § 1.9(B) still requires the document to be signed and dated and the stamp to bear an original or an electronic signature. (420-RICR-00-00-1 § 1.9(B))