# Title 8 — Architecture, Board of

## Article 8-06 — Miscellaneous Provisions

## Chapter 8-06-01 — Architect's or Landscape Architect's Stamp

### § 8-06-01-01. Issuance and use.

At the time of the issuance of the certification of registration, the board shall require the certificate
holder to acquire, at the certificate holder's expense, a stamp or indicia to be used by the certificate
holder in the conduct of the certificate holder's practice and to be impressed upon drawings, plans, and
other documents prepared by the certificate holder. The board shall adopt rules governing the technical
requirements of such stamp and indicia and the certificate holder's signature.
History: Amended effective February 1, 2005; January 1, 2014.
General Authority: NDCC 43-03-08
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-03-22
### § 8-06-01-02. Design of stamp.

1. Each licensed architect's or landscape architect's stamp shall be no less than one and
one-half inches and no more than two inches in diameter. It shall contain the name of the
licensed architect or landscape architect; the individual's license number, the word
"DATE:__/__/____" and the words "LICENSED ARCHITECT - STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA"
or "LICENSED LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT - STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA" as appropriate.
This stamp shall be as per the format below:

(Example - Architect's stamp) (Example - Landscape architect's stamp)
The stamp designed and adopted by the board in the rules and regulations dated __________, as
it appears below, will be accepted for persons licensed prior to the effective date of those rules.
(Example - North Dakota current stamps)
2. The format of the stamp may be a rubber stamp, an embosser, or a digital image.
3. Each licensee is responsible for procuring the licensee's own stamp.
History: Effective January 1, 2014.
General Authority: NDCC 43-03-08
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-03-22
### § 8-06-01-03. Use of the stamp.

1. The stamp shall be imprinted on all documents prepared by the licensed architect or
landscape architect to be used for construction or technical submissions whether the project
or building type is exempt or not exempt under North Dakota statutes.

2. Documents to be used for construction shall be imprinted as follows:
a. On each final drawing sheet; and
b. On the cover, title, certification, or index page or each set of the project manual or
specifications.
3. Documents to be used for technical submissions shall be imprinted as follows:
a. On each final design drawing; and
b. On the cover, title, certification, or index page of each set.
4. Letter-formatted reports or professional opinions shall be imprinted at the end of the letter in
the area of the letter's salutation.
(Example of architect's digital or wet stamp) (Example of landscape architect's digital or wet stamp)

(Examples of architect's and landscape architect's wet signature of digital stamp for permitting process)
5. The original signature of the licensed architect or landscape architect named on the stamp
shall appear across the face of each original stamp imprint, along with the date of signing.
This signature may be either digital or wet. Documents with digital stamp, signature, and date
that are submitted for building permitting shall have a wet signature and date written over the
digital stamp, signature, and date. This requirement is for any project or building type whether
exempt or not exempted under statutes of North Dakota. The digital signature with date and
the wet stamp shall approximate the format shown below:
6. The stamp appearing on any drawings, project manual or specification, technical submissions,
or letter-formatted reports or opinions shall be prima facie evidence that said technical
submission was prepared by or under the responsible control of the individual name on the
stamp only if the stamp has been signed and dated.
History: Effective January 1, 2014.
General Authority: NDCC 43-03-08
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-03-22
