Nevada · Land Surveyor seal requirements
Nevada Land Surveyor seal requirements: size, wording, and the rule that sets them
As of
Land surveyors in Nevada seal under NAC 625.610; NRS 625.383, administered by the State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors. The seal reads “Professional Land Surveyor”. Approximately 1.7 inches in diameter. The rule gives one approximate figure, not a minimum and not a range.
The 1 7/8 inch figure often attached to Nevada is the architect seal under NAC 623.750, which is a different board. NAC 625.610 was not touched by the board's 2024-2025 rulemaking, LCB File R007-24, which amended the professional land surveyor standards of practice at NAC 625.655 and 625.666.
Nevada Land Surveyor seal
- Seal rule
- NAC 625.610; NRS 625.383
- Legend
- “Professional Land Surveyor”
- Diameter
- Approximately 1.7 inches in diameter. The rule gives one approximate figure, not a minimum and not a range.
- Expiration date
- NAC 625.610 governs both licensees. The expiration date is optional on the stamp, but if the stamp omits it the surveyor writes it beside the seal, and surveying maps and records issued as final documents must bear it.(NAC 625.610(3)(e), (4) and (8)(d))
- Signature date
- Signature across or adjacent to the stamp with the date of stamping or sealing; the date of signing must appear on all surveying maps and records submitted for permits or issued as final.(NAC 625.610(4) and (8)(c))
- City on seal
- The rule does not require a city on the seal.(NAC 625.610(3))
- The stamp bears the licensee's name and license number and the legend "Professional Land Surveyor," with "State of Nevada" completing the ring.(NRS 625.383(1); NAC 625.610(2))
- A professional land surveyor shall not use the legend "Professional Engineer."(NRS 625.383(3))
Nevada land surveyor seal questions
Can a Nevada land surveyor's stamp say "Professional Engineer"?▾
The statute forbids it outright: a professional land surveyor shall not use the legend "Professional Engineer". The surveyor's legend is "Professional Land Surveyor", and where an engineer's stamp must state the particular discipline for which the engineer is qualified — with a separate stamp required for each discipline, civil and structural excepted — the surveyor's legend admits no discipline at all. Nor does the rule offer a combined design: a stamp must conform to one of the designs printed in NAC 625.610(2). (NRS 625.383(1), (3); NAC 625.610(2), (3)(d))
Does a Nevada record of survey need more than a surveyor's stamp?▾
Yes. NRS 625.350(2)(f) requires a record of survey to show the signature and the validated stamp of the surveyor who performed the survey, and "validated" is a term of art: under NAC 625.610(4) a stamp is validated by adding a legible signature across or adjacent to the face of the image, the date of stamping or sealing, and — if the stamp itself does not carry it — the license expiration date, with the name, discipline and license number left legible. A stamp on its own is not a validated stamp. The map must also carry a separate certificate prepared by the surveyor, and the exemption for as-built and record plans in NAC 625.610(12)(a) is written for engineering plans, not for a record of survey. (NRS 625.350(2)(f), (g); NAC 625.610(4), (12)(a))
Can a Nevada land surveyor stamp after retiring from practice?▾
No, and retirement is a separate prohibition from expiry. NRS 625.565 makes it unlawful for any person to impress a document with the stamp of a professional land surveyor after that surveyor's license has expired or been suspended or revoked, and then makes it separately unlawful after the professional land surveyor has retired from the practice of land surveying — an event that need not coincide with the license lapsing. Violation is a gross misdemeanor, and the prohibition reaches anyone using the stamp, not only its owner. (NRS 625.565(4), (5), (7))
Does a Nevada land surveyor re-stamp when the license expires?▾
Not for work already issued. Surveying maps and records submitted to obtain permits, released for construction, or issued as formal or final documents must bear the licensee's signature, stamp, the date of signing and the expiration date of the license — but if the license expires after the document has been submitted, released or issued, the licensee is not required to sign, stamp or seal it again to show an updated expiration date. That relief ends the moment changes are made to the document after issue. (NAC 625.610(8), (9))