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The seal design rule for engineers and land surveyors is 21 NCAC 56 .1102; .1103 governs how the seal is used, and summaries that cite .1103 for the seal's appearance are citing the wrong rule. 21 NCAC 56 .0104 describes the Board's own official seal — the Great Seal of the State with the Board name on the perimeter — and is not the licensee's seal. The Code and the statutes name the engineering and surveying board the "North Carolina State Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors" (21 NCAC 56 .0101; G.S. 47-30(d)), while the Board itself uses the shorter "North Carolina Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors" on its own site; the Code form is used here. The architect rule, 21 NCAC 02 .0206, was readopted effective June 1, 2026 and is the current text; the readoption added language to Paragraph (d) permitting unlocked copies of sealed construction documents to be provided for plan review approval stamps or contractor material takeoffs where document content is not effectively being altered. North Carolina also registers interior designers through the architecture board under the same rule, but their seal is two concentric ovals two inches tall by 2.75 inches wide bearing "Registered Interior Designer" (21 NCAC 02 .0206(a)(5)(B)) — a different credential from an architect and not a circular seal. The North Carolina Administrative Code is published by the Office of Administrative Hearings on a server that answers over HTTP only, which is why the rule links here are http:// rather than https://.
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Frequently asked questions about North Carolina digital land surveyor stamps and seals.
Once you are licensed in North Carolina, 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 21 NCAC 56 .1102 (Design); 21 NCAC 56 .1103; 21 NCAC 56 .1604(d); N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 89C-16(c), 47-30(d), which is the provision the North Carolina State Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors will measure the seal against.
North Carolina’s land surveyor seal rule is 21 NCAC 56 .1102 (Design); 21 NCAC 56 .1103; 21 NCAC 56 .1604(d); N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 89C-16(c), 47-30(d), administered by the North Carolina State Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors. The seal must carry “Professional Land Surveyor”, and two concentric circles, 1½ to 1¾ inches in diameter — the same rule and the same range as the engineer seal.
A further 7 requirements, each tied to the subsection that imposes it, are itemised in the North Carolina requirements section on this page.
Two concentric circles, 1½ to 1¾ inches in diameter — the same rule and the same range as the engineer seal. This is set by 21 NCAC 56 .1102.
No. G.S. 89C-16(c) provides that a professional engineer practicing land surveying shall use the licensee's land surveyor seal. The two seals come off one design rule, 21 NCAC 56 .1102, and differ only in the legend that sits in the innermost circle beside the license number — "Professional Engineer" against "Professional Land Surveyor" — so a dual licensee carries two nearly identical seals and has to pick the right one for the work in front of him. The statute forecloses the substitution: surveying work takes the land surveyor seal even where the same person holds the engineering license. (N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89C-16(c); 21 NCAC 56 .1102)
With the exact marking the rule names, and no other. 21 NCAC 56 .1604(d) requires all plats to be sealed, signed and dated by the Professional Land Surveyor unless they are marked "Preliminary Plat - Not for recordation, conveyances, or sales." A general "preliminary" or "not final" note is not the phrase the rule recognizes, and without it the plat is one the surveyor was required to seal, sign and date. (21 NCAC 56 .1604(d))
Yes, even though only one sheet carries the certificate. G.S. 47-30(d) provides that where a plat consists of more than one sheet, only one sheet must contain the certification and all other sheets must be signed and sealed. The certificate on the sheet that carries it must include the source of information for the survey, data indicating the ratio of precision or positional accuracy of the survey before adjustments, and the seal and signature pursuant to Chapter 89C. (N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47-30(d))
On the first sheet of the survey or the title sheet, and not on the seal. 21 NCAC 56 .1103(a)(6) requires the name, address and license number of the licensee's firm on each sheet of engineering drawings, but for surveys it asks for them only on the first sheet or title sheet — the same rule, two different placements depending on which kind of drawing is in front of you. The seal face itself carries North Carolina, the licensee's name, the license number and the legend, and nothing else. (21 NCAC 56 .1103(a)(6); 21 NCAC 56 .1102)
