Mississippi · Land Surveyor seal requirements
Mississippi Land Surveyor seal requirements: size, wording, and the rule that sets them
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Land surveyors in Mississippi seal under 30 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 901, Ch. 6, Rule 6.2 (Seals), administered by the Mississippi Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Surveyors. The seal reads “Licensed Professional Surveyor”. Circular in form and from 1 5/8 inches to 2 inches in diameter.
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 Land Surveyor seal
- Legend
- “Licensed Professional Surveyor”
- Diameter
- Circular in form and from 1 5/8 inches to 2 inches in diameter.
- Expiration date
- The surveyor illustration carries name, "STATE OF MISSISSIPPI", "LICENSED PROFESSIONAL SURVEYOR" and the number prefixed "PS-". No date is on the seal.(30 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 901, Ch. 6, Rule 6.2(2)(b); Miss. Code Ann. § 73-13-83)
- Signature date
- Each sheet of maps, plats, charts, documents and reports for land surveying practice must be signed, sealed and dated.(30 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 901, Ch. 6, Rule 6.2(3)(a)(2))
- 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))
- The prescribed illustration carries the licensee's name across the top and "STATE OF MISSISSIPPI" across the bottom, with "LICENSED PROFESSIONAL SURVEYOR" and the license number shown with a "PS-" prefix in the inner circle.(Rule 6.2(2)(b))
- A licensee holding both licenses may use one dual seal reading "LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR" with both numbers, prefixed "PE-" and "PS-".(Rule 6.2(2)(b); Miss. Code Ann. § 73-13-83)
- Each sheet of maps, plats, charts, documents and reports for land surveying practice must be signed, sealed and dated by the licensee in Responsible Charge.(Rule 6.2(3)(a)(2))
- Surveyors licensed after June 30, 1991 but before July 1, 2004 took the legend "Registered Professional Land Surveyor", and those seals remain in use.(Miss. Code Ann. § 73-13-83)
Mississippi land surveyor seal questions
Does a Mississippi surveyor's seal say "Professional Land Surveyor"?▾
Not since 2004 — the word "Land" dropped out of the legend. Miss. Code Ann. § 73-13-83 provides that from and after July 1, 2004 each person licensed as a professional surveyor obtains a seal bearing the licensee's name and the legend "Professional Surveyor", and the Board's current rule illustration, which is the design the statute defers to, reads "LICENSED PROFESSIONAL SURVEYOR". Only surveyors licensed after June 30, 1991 but before July 1, 2004 hold the legend "Registered Professional Land Surveyor", and those seals remain in use. (Miss. Code Ann. § 73-13-83; 30 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 901, Ch. 6, Rule 6.2(2)(b) and (2)(c))
Does a Mississippi surveyor's license number take a prefix on the seal?▾
The Board's illustration shows it prefixed "PS-", and this is where the surveyor's seal parts company with the engineer's: the engineer illustration in the same rule shows the number bare. Rule 6.2(2)(b) prescribes the wording only by reproducing seal images — there is no prose sentence anywhere in the rule or the statute on how to format the number — so the artwork is the whole instruction, and copying the engineer's treatment onto a surveyor's seal departs from it. (30 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 901, Ch. 6, Rule 6.2(2)(b))
Does a Mississippi engineer and surveyor need two seals?▾
No — the rule illustrates one dual seal, reading "LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR" and carrying both numbers, prefixed "PE-" and "PS-". Note that the rule's dual legend drops the second "Professional", while the statute words the same dual legend "Professional Engineer and Professional Surveyor"; and a dual licensee who qualified after June 30, 1991 but before July 1, 2004 holds the older form, "Registered Professional Engineer and Professional Land Surveyor". (30 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 901, Ch. 6, Rule 6.2(2)(b); Miss. Code Ann. § 73-13-83)
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