Reference

PE seal requirements by state

Seal requirements for professional engineers in every US state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and two Canadian provinces.

Each entry gives the licensing board, the wording the requirements set for the seal, the diameter they set, and whether an expiration date, a signature date or a city has to appear — with a link to the provision it comes from.

JurisdictionPE legendDiameterExpiration dateSignature dateCity on seal
Alabama“Licensed Professional Engineer”1⅝–2 inNoYesNo
Alaska“Registered Professional Engineer”no size specifiedNoYesNo
Arizona“Registered Professional Engineer”1½ inNoYesNo
Arkansas“Licensed Professional Engineer”1¼–2 inNoYesNo
British Columbia“Professional Engineer, Province of British Columbia”no size specifiedNoYesNo
California“Professional Engineer”min 1½ inNoYesNo
Colorado“COLORADO LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER”1⅝ inNoYesNo
Connecticut“LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER”1½ inNoYesNo
Delaware“professional engineer”no size specifiedNoYesNo
District of Columbia“Professional Engineer”no size specifiedNoYesNo
Florida“PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER”min 1⅞ inNoYesNo
Georgia“Registered Professional Engineer”1½ inNoYesNo
Hawaii“Licensed Professional Engineer”1½ inYesNoNo
Idaho—no size specifiedNoYesNo
Illinois“Licensed Professional Engineer of Illinois”no size specifiedYesYesNo
Indiana“PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER”1⅝–1⅞ inNoYesNo
Iowa“Professional Engineer”no size specifiedYesYesNo
Kansas“PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER”1⅝ inNoYesNo
Kentucky“Licensed Professional Engineer”1⅜–1⅝ inNoYesNo
Louisiana“Professional Engineer”1⅝–2 inNoYesNo
Maine“Licensed Professional Engineer”1¾ inNoYesNo
Maryland“Professional Engineer”1⅝–2 inYesYesNo
Massachusetts“Professional Engineer”1½ inNoYesNo
Michigan“Licensed Professional Engineer”no size specifiedNoNoNo
Minnesota“Licensed Professional Engineer”no size specifiedNoYesNo
Mississippi“Licensed Professional Engineer”1⅝–2 inNoYesNo
Missouri“Professional Engineer”1¾ inNoYesNo
Montana“Professional Engineer”1⅝–2 inNoYesNo
Nebraska“Professional [Discipline] Engineer”no size specifiedNoYesNo
Nevada“Professional Engineer”1.7 inYesYesNo
New Hampshire“Professional Engineer”1-9/16 inNoYesNo
New Jersey“Licensed Professional Engineer”1½ inNoYesNo
New Mexico“professional engineer”1½ inNoYesNo
New York“Licensed Professional Engineer”1¾ inNoNoNo
North Carolina“Professional Engineer”1½–1¾ inNoYesNo
North Dakota“Registered Professional Engineer”1¾ inNoYesNo
Ohio“Registered Professional Engineer”no size specifiedNoYesNo
Oklahoma“Licensed Professional Engineer”1⅝–1⅞ inNoYesNo
Ontario“Licensed Professional Engineer”no size specifiedNoYesNo
Oregon“REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER”min 2 inYesNoNo
Pennsylvania“Registered Professional Engineer”1¾ inNoYesNo
Puerto Rico“Ingeniero Licenciado”2 inNoYesNo
Rhode Island“Registered Professional Engineer”no size specifiedNoYesNo
South Carolina“Registered Professional Engineer”min 1½ inNoYesNo
South Dakota“Professional Engineer”1–2 inNoYesNo
Tennessee“REGISTERED ENGINEER”no size specifiedNoYesNo
Texas“Licensed Professional Engineer”no larger than 2 inNoYesNo
Utah“Professional Engineer”min 1½ inNoYesNo
Vermont“Licensed Professional Engineer”1½ inNoNoNo
Virginia“PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER”2 inNoYesNo
Washington“REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER”no size specifiedNoYesNo
West Virginia“Registered Professional Engineer”no size specifiedNoYesNo
Wisconsin“WISCONSIN and PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER”1⅝–2 inNoYesYes
Wyoming“Professional Engineer”1¾ inNoYesNo

Still being verified

These jurisdictions have a working generator, but their requirements have not been read against the board’s own source yet, so there is no requirements page for them. They will appear here once they have.