Arkansas · Land Surveyor seal requirements
Arkansas Land Surveyor seal requirements: size, wording, and the rule that sets them
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Land surveyors in Arkansas seal under 17 CAR § 285-602(b) (Seals), administered by the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors. The seal reads “Licensed Professional Surveyor”. From one and one-quarter inch (1 ¼ in.) to two inches (2 in.) in diameter, with a milled edge.
The Board's rules were recodified into the Code of Arkansas Rules of 2024, which is what renumbered the seal rule out of the Board's pre-2024 article numbering into 17 CAR § 285-602. The substance is unchanged from the text effective June 1, 2022. Seals previously acquired in compliance with then current rules need not be changed.
Arkansas Land Surveyor seal
- Seal rule
- 17 CAR § 285-602(b) (Seals)
- Legend
- “Licensed Professional Surveyor”
- Diameter
- From one and one-quarter inch (1 ¼ in.) to two inches (2 in.) in diameter, with a milled edge.
- Expiration date
- The mandatory design carries STATE OF ARKANSAS, the legend, the number, a signature line and the licensee's name. No expiration or renewal date.(17 CAR § 285-602(b)(1), (d)(1)(A))
- Signature date
- Each page of final drawings and plats, the signature page of reports and the cover sheet of specifications must be dated, signed and stamped when issued.(17 CAR § 285-602(b)(2); Ark. Code § 17-48-105)
- City on seal
- The rule does not require a city on the seal.(17 CAR § 285-602(b)(1), (d)(1)(A))
- The seal bears the licensee's name, license number, and the legend "licensed professional surveyor". Arkansas licenses professional surveyors; "land surveyor" is not the title used here.(17 CAR § 285-602(b)(1))
- The printed surveyor design runs LICENSED PROFESSIONAL SURVEYOR around the border, with STATE OF ARKANSAS, the number, a ruled signature line and the licensee's name in the center.(17 CAR § 285-602(d)(1)(A))
- Each page of final drawings and plats, the signature page of reports and the cover sheet of specifications must be dated, signed, and stamped when issued.(17 CAR § 285-602(b)(2))
- Each licensed professional surveyor shall procure a personal seal in a form approved by the Board and affix signature and seal to all maps, plats, surveys, or other documents before delivery to any client.(Ark. Code § 17-48-105)
Arkansas land surveyor seal questions
Does an Arkansas land surveyor's seal say "Land Surveyor"?▾
It does not. Arkansas licenses professional surveyors, and the legend the rule prescribes is "licensed professional surveyor" — the word "land" appears neither in the legend nor in the name of the board, the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors. A seal reading "Licensed Professional Land Surveyor" departs from both the legend and the board-authorized design. (17 CAR § 285-602(b)(1); 17 CAR § 285-602(d)(1)(A))
Is the Arkansas surveyor's seal laid out like the Arkansas engineer's?▾
No, and the two designs are printed side by side in the rule that makes them mandatory. On the surveyor's seal LICENSED PROFESSIONAL SURVEYOR runs around the ring, with STATE OF ARKANSAS, the number, a ruled line marked SIGNATURE and the licensee's name stacked inside it. The engineer's seal letters nothing around the ring at all: STATE OF ARKANSAS and LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER both sit stacked in the center, above the number and the name. Copying the engineer's arrangement produces a surveyor seal that does not match the authorized design. (17 CAR § 285-602(d)(1)(A))
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