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The engineering and surveying board's legal name is the "state board of licensure for professional engineers and professional surveyors" (NMSA 1978 § 61-23-5(A); 16.39.1.8(A) NMAC); its own website styles it "New Mexico Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers & Professional Surveyors". NMAC prints the engineer and surveyor legends in lower case — "professional engineer", "professional surveyor" — while capitalizing "New Mexico" in the same sentence; the rule prescribes the words and does not address letter case. Do not copy 16.39.1.8(B) NMAC, which describes an embossed 1¾-inch seal of two concentric circles reading "state of New Mexico": that is the board's own official seal, not a licensee's. For architects, NMSA 1978 § 61-15-7(A) states the legend as "Registered Architect--State of New Mexico" on one line while 16.30.3.18(A) NMAC splits the same words across the upper and lower arcs; the rule governs the layout. Engineers and surveyors licensed before the current rules who have kept the license without lapse may retain a previously approved seal (16.39.3.12(D), 16.39.5.11(D) NMAC). Both seal sections were last amended 12/16/2022 and remain the current text; the statute behind them has since moved ahead of the rule, in that NMSA 1978 §§ 61-23-19(B) and 61-23-27.8(B) now let the board "approve alternative authentications to physical or electronic seals", wording that 16.39.3.3 NMAC still quotes in its older, shorter form.
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Once you are licensed in New Mexico, you can generate your seal here and download it immediately. Fill in the form and position your signature if you want one. The layout follows 16.30.3.18 NMAC (Individual Seal and Document Identification); NMSA 1978 § 61-15-7(A), which is the provision the New Mexico Board of Examiners for Architects will measure the seal against.
New Mexico’s architect stamp rule is 16.30.3.18 NMAC (Individual Seal and Document Identification); NMSA 1978 § 61-15-7(A), administered by the New Mexico Board of Examiners for Architects, a different body from the engineering board. The seal must carry “REGISTERED ARCHITECT”, and two concentric circles, the outer 1¾ inches in diameter and the inner 1¼ inches. The rule states one design and offers no alternative.
A further 8 requirements, each tied to the subsection that imposes it, are itemised in the New Mexico requirements section on this page.
Two concentric circles, the outer 1¾ inches in diameter and the inner 1¼ inches. The rule states one design and offers no alternative. This is set by 16.30.3.18(A) NMAC.
The New Mexico Board of Examiners for Architects, under 16.30.3.18 NMAC — not the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors. The engineering board's seal rule, 16.39.3.12 NMAC, does not reach architects and prescribes a different object entirely: three concentric circles of 1½, 1 and ½ inches carrying "professional engineer" and "New Mexico," against the architect's two circles of 1¾ and 1¼ inches carrying "STATE OF NEW MEXICO" and "REGISTERED ARCHITECT." Nothing about the two designs is interchangeable. (16.30.3.18(A) NMAC; 16.30.3.1 NMAC; cf. 16.39.3.12(C)(1) NMAC)
The statute and the rule state the same legend in two different arrangements, and the rule governs the face. NMSA 1978 § 61-15-7(A) gives the legend on one line as "Registered Architect--State of New Mexico," while 16.30.3.18(A) NMAC splits those words across the annular space between the two circles: the upper portion bears "STATE OF NEW MEXICO" and the lower portion bears "REGISTERED ARCHITECT." A seal set from the statutory wording puts the two phrases in the wrong order and on the wrong arc. (16.30.3.18(A) NMAC; NMSA 1978 § 61-15-7(A))
No, and the prohibition runs twice. 16.30.3.18(A) NMAC provides that in no event shall the seal contain more than one name of an architect, and 16.30.3.18(B)(3) NMAC provides that placing multiple architectural seals on plans, specifications or reports shall not be permitted — the architect-of-record must seal, sign and date all construction drawings, specifications and reports prepared by or under that architect's supervision. The engineering board's rule runs the other way for engineers, who may seal one document two or more at a time provided a note under the seal designates the subject matter each is responsible for. (16.30.3.18(A) and (B)(3) NMAC; cf. 16.39.3.12(G) NMAC)
The architect's name and address — a page element separate from the name inside the seal, and one an engineer's sealed page does not carry. 16.30.3.18(B)(1) NMAC requires each original sheet of construction drawings, each cover sheet of specifications submitted for permitting, and reports to bear the imprint of the seal with that architect's signature and the date of the signature closely aligned to the seal, and then requires the name and address of the architect to appear on the sealed page as well. The engineers' and surveyors' rule asks only for the original signature and its date adjacent to the seal. (16.30.3.18(B)(1) NMAC; cf. 16.39.3.12(A) NMAC)
Clear the previous architect off the sheets and give written notice first. 16.30.3.18(C)(1) NMAC requires the successor architect to use his or her own title block, seal and signature, and to remove the original architect's title block, seal and signature before sealing, signing and dating the drawings, after notifying the original architect by certified letter. Sealing over or beside the first architect's block is not an option the rule allows. (16.30.3.18(C)(1) NMAC)
