Reference

Land Surveyor seal requirements by state

Seal requirements for land surveyors in every US state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and two Canadian provinces. In many jurisdictions land surveyors answer to a different board than engineers, under different requirements.

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.

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