Mississippi · Engineer seal requirements
Mississippi PE seal requirements: size, wording, and the rule that sets them
As of
Mississippi's seal rule is Rule 6.2 of 30 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 901, Ch. 6, in the Board rules approved November 21, 2025. Licensee seals are circular in form and from 1 5/8 inches to 2 inches in diameter, and the rule prescribes the wording by illustration: the licensee's name across the top of the outer ring, "STATE OF MISSISSIPPI" across the bottom, and "LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER" with the license number in the inner circle. The Board states that Mississippi has no rule dictating where you sign your name or place the date, and that the seal may bear the name you normally use in practice rather than your full legal name. Architects are licensed by a separate agency whose rule fixes the seal at 1 ½ inches and will not let the license go active until the Board has received and approved a seal sample.
Rule 6.2(1) sets a two-inch diameter for the seal of the Board itself, which is imprinted on the certificates the Board issues. It is not the licensee's seal, and the two are often conflated. Separately, Miss. Code Ann. § 73-13-83 prints the post-July 1, 2004 surveyor legend as "Professional Surveyor" while the Board's current rule illustration reads "LICENSED PROFESSIONAL SURVEYOR"; the illustration is the design the Board has authorized, which the statute defers to.
Mississippi Engineer seal
- Legend
- “Licensed Professional Engineer”
- Diameter
- Circular in form and from 1 5/8 inches to 2 inches in diameter.
- Expiration date
- The rule prescribes the design by illustration: name, "STATE OF MISSISSIPPI", "LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER" and the license number. No date of any kind appears on the seal.(30 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 901, Ch. 6, Rule 6.2(2)(b); Miss. Code Ann. § 73-13-29)
- Signature date
- Each sheet of plans, drawings, documents, specifications and reports must be signed, sealed and dated. The Board states it has no rule on where the date is placed.(30 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 901, Ch. 6, Rule 6.2(3)(a)(1))
- City on seal
- The rule does not require a city on the seal.(30 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 901, Ch. 6, Rule 6.2(2)(b); Miss. Code Ann. § 73-13-29)
- The prescribed illustration carries the licensee's name across the top of the outer ring and "STATE OF MISSISSIPPI" across the bottom, with "LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER" and the license number in the inner circle. The PE illustration shows the number bare, while the surveyor illustration prefixes it "PS-".(Rule 6.2(2)(b))
- The statute requires a seal of the design authorized by the board, bearing the licensee's name and the legend "licensed professional engineer".(Miss. Code Ann. § 73-13-29)
- Each sheet of plans, drawings, documents, specifications and reports must be signed, sealed and dated by the licensee in Responsible Charge. Where sheets are bound in one volume, the licensee may sign, seal and date only the title or index sheet if it clearly identifies all the other sheets.(Rule 6.2(3)(a)(1) and 6.2(3)(b))
- Electronic or digital signatures must have an electronic authentication process attached to or logically associated with the document that is unique to the individual, capable of verification, under the individual's sole control, and linked so that the signature is invalidated if any data in the document is changed.(Rule 6.2(3)(d))
- Any hard copy printed from the transmitted electronic file must bear the facsimile of the signature and seal, and any alteration to the file voids the facsimile of the signature.(Rule 6.2(3)(d))
- Revisions affecting public health and safety, or state and local codes, may be made only if they are subsequently signed, sealed and dated by the licensee who made them or under whose Responsible Charge they were made.(Rule 6.2(3)(e))
- Seals obtained before this rule was adopted, in conformance with prior Board rules, are acceptable.(Rule 6.2(2)(c))
- The seal does not have to bear your full legal name; it may bear the name you normally use every day in your practice.(Board Seals & Signatures page)
Mississippi engineer seal questions
Is the minimum diameter of a Mississippi PE seal 1½ inches?▾
The floor is 1 5/8 inches, not 1½. The 1½-inch figure belongs to the architect rule, which is a different board. (Rule 6.2(2)(b); 30 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 201, Ch. 3, Rule 3.4)
Is the two-inch seal in Mississippi Rule 6.2(1) the licensee's seal?▾
The two-inch seal in Rule 6.2(1) is the seal of the Board, imprinted on certificates the Board issues. It is not the licensee's seal. (Rule 6.2(1))
Does the signature have to go across a Mississippi PE seal?▾
Mississippi has no rule dictating where you sign your name — across, under, or next to your seal — and no rule on the placement of the date. Any instruction that the signature must cross the seal is invented. (Board Seals & Signatures page)
Can a Mississippi PE seal say "Professional Engineer" or "P.E."?▾
The legend is "Licensed Professional Engineer". Neither bare "Professional Engineer" nor "P.E." appears in the rule illustration or the statute. (Rule 6.2(2)(b); Miss. Code Ann. § 73-13-29)
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