Written by Acorn Sales Company, manufacturing stamps and seals since 1964 · Reviewed by Holly R, VP of Sales and Marketing at Acorn Sales, against no New Jersey board; the profession is not licensed by the Division of Consumer Affairs and New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs, Professional and Occupational Boards and Committees listing (no geologists board) on 21 September 2026 · Updated 21 September 2026
New Jersey looks like a licensing state for geology because it has one of the most demanding environmental regimes in the country, and it is not. The Division of Consumer Affairs maintains forty nine professional and occupational boards and committees, covering everything from court reporting to polysomnography, and its published listing contains no geologists board and no geology committee. What New Jersey has instead is the Licensed Site Remediation Professional, administered by the Department of Environmental Protection under the site remediation program. That is a remediation credential, held by engineers and geologists alike, and it is not a geologist license.
So nothing is prescribed for a geologist device here, which means nothing is restricted either. No required diameter, no required legend, no authorized artwork and no filing step. Your stamp is a design decision rather than a compliance one, and Acorn will cut it to whatever you want on it: your own name, your firm name, a monogram, your logo, or a credential you actually hold.
Put your own name, your firm name, and any credential you actually hold, named with the state or program that issued it. Leave off “Licensed” and “Registered” and any state-issued title unless the state issued you one, because that is the part some states do restrict. A device reading New Jersey with a geologist legend asserts a credential this state does not grant.
New Jersey geologist seal requirements at a glance
| Requirement | New Jersey rule | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Seal required | Not licensed here | New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs, Professional and Occupational Boards and Committees listing (no geologists board) |
| Required elements | New Jersey licenses no geologists and issues no geologist seal | New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs, Professional and Occupational Boards and Committees listing |
| Size and shape | No dimension exists. | New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs, Professional and Occupational Boards and Committees listing |
| Device allowed | Not a regulated purchase. | New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs, Professional and Occupational Boards and Committees listing |
| Signature and date | Not addressed, because New Jersey issues no geologist credential. | N.J.A.C. 13:40-8.1 |
| What must be sealed | No New Jersey document requires a geologist seal. | N.J.A.C. 13:40-8.1 |
| Electronic seal | Not applicable. | N.J.A.C. 13:40-8.1A |
| Renewal and lapse | Not applicable. | New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs, Professional and Occupational Boards and Committees listing |
| Firm requirements | Not applicable. | N.J.A.C. 13:40-10 |
| Regulator | No New Jersey board; the profession is not licensed by the Division of Consumer Affairs | New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs, Professional and Occupational Boards and Committees listing, read in full, which names the Division’s forty nine boards and committees and contains no geologists board |
Is a seal required in New Jersey?
New Jersey does not license or certify professional geologists, and no New Jersey board issues a geologist seal. The Division of Consumer Affairs maintains forty nine professional and occupational boards and committees, and its published listing contains no geologists board and no geology committee. It contains the State Board of Architects, the State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, the State Board of Professional Planners, the Licensed Landscape Architect committee and the Interior Design Examination and Evaluation Committee, and nothing for geology. There is therefore no New Jersey geologist license number to inscribe and no legend fixed by any board.
What must appear on the seal
- New Jersey licenses no geologists and issues no geologist seal
There is nothing to specify, because no New Jersey board authorizes a geologist seal design. A geologist licensed elsewhere who works in New Jersey should keep the issuing state’s name on the device rather than lettering New Jersey, which would assert a credential this state does not grant.
Size and shape
No dimension exists. New Jersey prescribes no geologist seal. The sources here are the Division of Consumer Affairs listing of all forty nine professional and occupational boards and committees and found no geologists board.
Embosser, rubber stamp or digital
Not a regulated purchase. Any New Jersey geologist device is a private identification stamp with no statutory effect, and no New Jersey agency is obliged to accept it in place of a licensed professional’s seal.
Signing and dating
Not addressed, because New Jersey issues no geologist credential. Where a New Jersey submission must be sealed, the duty runs to the professional engineer or land surveyor under N.J.A.C. 13:40-8.1, or to the architect or landscape architect under N.J.A.C. 13:27.
New Jersey has an LSRP, not a licensed geologist
New Jersey looks like a licensing state for geology because it has one of the most demanding environmental regimes in the country. It is not. The Division of Consumer Affairs lists forty nine professional and occupational boards and committees, covering everything from court reporting to polysomnography, and there is no geologists board among them. What New Jersey has instead is the Licensed Site Remediation Professional, administered by the Department of Environmental Protection under the site remediation program. That is a remediation credential, held by engineers and geologists alike, and it is not a geologist license.
Which documents must be sealed
No New Jersey document requires a geologist seal. New Jersey’s distinctive environmental credential is the Licensed Site Remediation Professional, administered by the Department of Environmental Protection under the site remediation program, which is a remediation credential rather than a geologist license and is not one of the Division of Consumer Affairs boards. Where an engineering document supporting a remediation or construction filing has to be sealed, that seal is the professional engineer’s under N.J.A.C. 13:40-8.1.
Electronic and digital seals
Not applicable. The FIPS PUB 186-4 digital seal standard at N.J.A.C. 13:40-8.1A applies to professional engineers and land surveyors. New Jersey has no geologist credential and therefore no electronic geologist seal standard.
Renewal, lapse and retirement
Not applicable. With no credential there is no renewal cycle, no lapse, no number to change and no device to surrender.
Firm requirements
Not applicable. New Jersey issues no geology firm certificate of authorization. The certificates of authorization this state does issue are for architecture and landscape architecture through the State Board of Architects and for engineering and land surveying through the State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors under N.J.A.C. 13:40-10.
What to check before you order
There is no New Jersey geologist seal to order, because New Jersey does not license or certify geologists and no board authorizes a design. If you hold a geologist license from Pennsylvania, Delaware, New York or another state, order that state’s seal to that state’s rule and do not have a supplier letter New Jersey onto a geologist device. For New Jersey work a plain name and firm stamp is the honest option. Where a New Jersey submission must be sealed, that seal is the professional engineer’s, and N.J.A.C. 13:40-8.1(a) restricts the engineer to a digital seal or an impression type seal and refuses rubber stamp facsimiles.
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Frequently asked questions
Does New Jersey require a geologist to have a seal?
No, and it could not, because it issues no geologist credential. The Division of Consumer Affairs listing includes the State Board of Architects, the State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, the State Board of Professional Planners, the Licensed Landscape Architect committee and the Interior Design Examination and Evaluation Committee, and nothing for geology.
Is the LSRP a geologist license?
No. The Licensed Site Remediation Professional is a remediation credential administered by the Department of Environmental Protection under the site remediation program, held by engineers and geologists alike, and it is not one of the Division of Consumer Affairs boards. It is a real credential you can name accurately on a stamp; it is not a geologist license and does not carry a prescribed seal design from a professional board.
What can I put on a New Jersey geologist stamp?
Whatever is true of you. Your name as you use it professionally, your firm name, contact details, a monogram or logo, and the exact name of any credential you hold with the state or program that issued it named alongside. Since nothing is prescribed, a round die, an oval, a square and a rectangular text block are equally acceptable.
What should I keep off it?
New Jersey paired with a geologist legend. Pennsylvania licenses geologists on the same board as its engineers and land surveyors, and Indiana and North Carolina each have their own geology boards, so a professional who crosses the river should carry the issuing state’s seal rather than a New Jersey one.
What size and shape should it be?
Any size and any shape, because no dimension exists. Because nothing is prescribed, the size is yours. The round dies Acorn makes most often for unregulated devices fall between 1-1/2 and 2 inches, which is a legibility judgment from our own production rather than any rule.
Who seals a New Jersey submission that has to be sealed?
The professional engineer or land surveyor under N.J.A.C. 13:40-8.1, or the architect or landscape architect under N.J.A.C. 13:27. Geological work in New Jersey is documented and signed rather than sealed, and where an engineering document supporting a remediation or construction filing has to carry a seal, that seal is the engineer’s.
Why can a New Jersey engineer not use a rubber stamp?
Because N.J.A.C. 13:40-8.1(a) recognizes only a digital seal or an impression type seal and refuses rubber stamp facsimiles. That restriction is worth knowing if you are coordinating a submission with a New Jersey engineer, because it changes how the sealed original has to be produced.
Does New Jersey set a digital seal standard I have to meet?
Not for you. The FIPS PUB 186-4 digital seal standard at N.J.A.C. 13:40-8.1A applies to professional engineers and land surveyors. New Jersey has no geologist credential and therefore no electronic geologist seal standard.
Will a New Jersey agency accept my geologist stamp?
Not in place of a licensed professional’s seal. Any New Jersey geologist device is a private identification stamp with no statutory effect. It is still useful for attribution on your own report, which is the job it is actually doing.
Does a New Jersey geology firm need a certificate of authorization?
No. New Jersey issues no geology firm certificate of authorization. The certificates this state does issue are for architecture and landscape architecture through the State Board of Architects, and for engineering and land surveying through the State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors under N.J.A.C. 13:40-10.
