Written by Acorn Sales Company, manufacturing stamps and seals since 1964 · Reviewed by Holly R, VP of Sales and Marketing at Acorn Sales, against la Junta Examinadora de Diseñadores y Decoradores de Interiores de Puerto Rico (the Board of Examiners of Interior Designers and Decorators), within the Departamento de Estado and Ley Núm. 125 de 8 de junio de 1973, según enmendada (not published in readable form) on 21 September 2026 · Updated 21 September 2026
Puerto Rico licenses this profession, which most US states do not, and the seal question is still open. The Departamento de Estado lists a Junta Examinadora for Diseñadores y Decoradores de Interiores among its examining boards, created by Ley Núm. 125 de 8 de junio de 1973, as amended, licensing interior designers and interior decorators as a single regulated field, and it administers the theoretical and practical examinations. Whether that Act requires a seal, and what it would carry, is not settled by anything the board publishes.
The board’s page at the Departamento de Estado carries the examination applications, a reasonable-accommodation regulation and two board resolutions, and no seal specification, no reglamento and no statute text. So the honest answer is to put the question to the Junta before you order anything, rather than to infer a requirement from another board’s regime.
What can be said with confidence is what not to copy. Reglamento Núm. 7717, Art. XIII prescribes a two inch circular seal carrying the name, the profession written as Arquitecto or Arquitecto Paisajista, the license serial number, Puerto Rico and the expiration date, and forbids any other content, emblem or shield. That specification belongs to the Junta Examinadora de Arquitectos y Arquitectos Paisajistas under Ley Núm. 173 de 1988, a different Act and a different board. Copying it for an interior designer would assert a credential from the wrong board. In the meantime, put your own name, your firm name, and any credential you actually hold, such as NCIDQ, on anything you use. Leave off “Licensed” and “Registered” and any government-issued title unless the Junta issued you one, because that is the part that is restricted.
Puerto Rico interior designer seal requirements at a glance
| Requirement | Puerto Rico rule | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Seal required | Not verified | Ley Núm. 125 de 8 de junio de 1973, según enmendada (not published in readable form) |
| Required elements | Not verified: the seal elements, if any, would be set by Ley Núm. 125 de 1973 or the board’s reglamento, neither of which we obtained | Ley Núm. 125 de 1973 (not published in readable form) |
| Size and shape | Not verified. No dimension is published in the sources we reached. The Departamento de Estado’s page for this board carries the theoretical and practical examination applications, a reasonable-accommodation. | Departamento de Estado, Junta Examinadora de Diseñadores y Decoradores de Interiores page (no seal specification published) |
| Device allowed | Not verified. No device type is published in the sources we reached, and nothing is permitted or forbidden on the material available. Note for context that Art. 16 of Ley Núm. 173, which governs the. | Ley Núm. 125 de 1973 (not published in readable form) |
| Signature and date | Not verified. No signature or date requirement is published in the sources we reached for this profession. | Ley Núm. 125 de 1973 (not published in readable form) |
| What must be sealed | Not verified. Which documents a licensed diseñador or decorador de interiores must seal or sign, if any, would be set by Ley Núm. 125 de 1973 or a reglamento, neither of which we obtained. What is certain. | Departamento de Estado, listing of Juntas Examinadoras |
| Electronic seal | Not verified. No electronic seal or signature standard is published in the sources we reached for this profession. | Ley Núm. 125 de 1973 (not published in readable form) |
| Renewal and lapse | Not verified as to the seal. | Departamento de Estado, Junta Examinadora de Diseñadores y Decoradores de Interiores, Resolución 2018-001 and the 2025 amnesty resolution |
| Firm requirements | Not verified. The mainland certificate of authorization model does not fit Puerto Rico generally. For the professions under Ley Núm. 173 the place of the firm credential is taken by compulsory colegiación. | Ley Núm. 125 de 1973 (not published in readable form) |
| Regulator | La Junta Examinadora de Diseñadores y Decoradores de Interiores de Puerto Rico (the Board of Examiners of Interior Designers and Decorators), within the Departamento de Estado | Departamento de Estado de Puerto Rico, official listing of Juntas Examinadoras, which includes a board for Diseñadores y Decoradores de Interiores |
Is a seal required in Puerto Rico?
Puerto Rico does license this profession, which most US states do not, and the mainland format does not fit it either. The Departamento de Estado lists a Junta Examinadora for Diseñadores y Decoradores de Interiores among its examining boards, created by Ley Núm. 125 de 8 de junio de 1973, as amended, and licensing both interior designers and interior decorators as a single regulated field. Whether that Act requires a seal, and what it would carry, is not verified here. The Departamento de Estado’s page for the board links the examination applications and two board resolutions and does not publish the Act or a reglamento, and we did not obtain the text of Ley Núm. 125 de 1973 from an official source in this session.
What must appear on the seal
- Not verified: the seal elements, if any, would be set by Ley Núm. 125 de 1973 or the board’s reglamento, neither of which we obtained
Not verified. Do not borrow the architects’ specification. Reglamento Núm. 7717, Art. XIII prescribes a two inch circular seal carrying the name, the profession written as Arquitecto or Arquitecto Paisajista, the license serial number, Puerto Rico and the expiration date, and forbids any other content, emblem or shield. That belongs to the Junta Examinadora de Arquitectos y Arquitectos Paisajistas under Ley Núm. 173 de 1988, which is a different Act and a different board. Nothing in it reaches a diseñador de interiores.
Size and shape
Not verified. No dimension is published in the sources we reached. The Departamento de Estado’s page for this board carries the theoretical and practical examination applications, a reasonable-accommodation regulation and two board resolutions, and no seal specification. Ask the Junta.
Embosser, rubber stamp or digital
Not verified. No device type is published in the sources we reached, and nothing is permitted or forbidden on the material available. Note for context that Art. 16 of Ley Núm. 173, which governs the architects’ and engineers’ Juntas, leaves cyber and digitized seals and signatures to those boards to determine, and that it requires a handwritten signature; whether Ley Núm. 125 de 1973 takes a similar approach is unknown.
Signing and dating
Not verified. No signature or date requirement is published in the sources we reached for this profession.
Puerto Rico licenses interior designers, and the seal question is open
The first thing to know is that the profession is regulated here at all. Most US states do not license interior designers; of the twelve jurisdictions only New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah in a certification form, and Puerto Rico regulate them. The Departamento de Estado maintains a Junta Examinadora de Diseñadores y Decoradores de Interiores, created by Ley Núm. 125 de 8 de junio de 1973, as amended, and administers theoretical and practical examinations for it.
Which documents must be sealed
Not verified. Which documents a licensed diseñador or decorador de interiores must seal or sign, if any, would be set by Ley Núm. 125 de 1973 or a reglamento, neither of which we obtained. What is certain is that the profession is licensed: the Departamento de Estado maintains a Junta Examinadora for it and administers its theoretical and practical examinations.
Electronic and digital seals
Not verified. No electronic seal or signature standard is published in the sources we reached for this profession.
Renewal, lapse and retirement
Not verified as to the seal. What the board does publish is enforcement-adjacent: Resolución 2018-001 and an amnesty resolution of 2025, both posted at docs.pr.gov by the Departamento de Estado, which bear on license status rather than on a device. Ask the Junta about the consequences of expiry, suspension or revocation for any seal.
Firm requirements
Not verified. The mainland certificate of authorization model does not fit Puerto Rico generally. For the professions under Ley Núm. 173 the place of the firm credential is taken by compulsory colegiación of the individual, in the Colegio de Arquitectos y Arquitectos Paisajistas or the Colegio de Ingenieros y Agrimensores. Whether Ley Núm. 125 de 1973 imposes a comparable college membership requirement on interior designers is unknown to us.
What to check before you order
Do not order anything for a Puerto Rico interior designer until the Junta Examinadora de Diseñadores y Decoradores de Interiores tells you whether a seal is required and what it carries. Ley Núm. 125 de 8 de junio de 1973 creates the board, and its text and any reglamento are not published on the board’s page at the Departamento de Estado, so no diameter, legend or device type is verified. Do not copy the architects’ specification, a two inch circle carrying the name, the profession, the license serial number, Puerto Rico and an expiration date; that comes from Reglamento Núm. 7717 under a different Act and a different Junta, and its own terms forbid extra content on the face.
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Frequently asked questions
Does Puerto Rico license interior designers?
Yes. The Departamento de Estado maintains a Junta Examinadora de Diseñadores y Decoradores de Interiores, created by Ley Núm. 125 de 8 de junio de 1973, as amended, and administers theoretical and practical examinations for it. Interior designers and interior decorators are licensed as a single regulated field.
Is a seal required for a Puerto Rico interior designer?
That is the open question. Any seal requirement would sit in Ley Núm. 125 de 1973 or in a reglamento of the Junta, and neither is published on the board’s page at the Departamento de Estado. Ask the Junta directly rather than relying on a supplier’s description.
What would go on a Puerto Rico interior designer seal?
The elements, if any, would be set by the Act or by the board’s reglamento. Nothing in the published material specifies them, so this is a question to put to the Junta along with the requirement itself.
What size would a Puerto Rico interior designer seal be?
No dimension is published in the material the Departamento de Estado posts for this board, which carries the two examination applications, a reasonable-accommodation regulation and two board resolutions. Ask the Junta.
Can I use the architects specification instead?
No. Reglamento Núm. 7717, Art. XIII describes a two inch circle carrying the name, the profession as Arquitecto or Arquitecto Paisajista, the license serial number, Puerto Rico and the expiration date, and forbids any other content, emblem or shield. It is made under Ley Núm. 173 de 1988 for a different Junta, and nothing in it reaches a diseñador de interiores.
Is a handwritten signature required in Puerto Rico?
No signature or date requirement is published for this profession. For context, Art. 16 of Ley Núm. 173, which governs the architects and engineers Juntas, requires a handwritten signature and leaves cyber and digitized seals and signatures to those boards to determine. Whether Ley Núm. 125 de 1973 takes a similar approach is not settled by the published material.
Which documents would a Puerto Rico interior designer seal or sign?
That would be set by Ley Núm. 125 de 1973 or a reglamento. What is certain is that the profession is licensed and the Departamento de Estado administers its examinations, so the scope question belongs with the Junta as well.
Is there an electronic seal standard in Puerto Rico for this profession?
None is published for interior designers. The electronic question for the architects and engineers boards is left to those boards by Art. 16 of Ley Núm. 173, and that provision does not reach this credential.
What happens if my Puerto Rico license lapses or is suspended?
The board publishes enforcement-adjacent material rather than a seal rule: Resolución 2018-001 and an amnesty resolution of 2025, both posted at docs.pr.gov by the Departamento de Estado, which bear on license status rather than on a device. Ask the Junta about the consequences of expiry, suspension or revocation for any seal.
Does a Puerto Rico interior design firm need a certificate?
The mainland certificate of authorization model does not fit Puerto Rico generally. For the professions under Ley Núm. 173 the place of the firm credential is taken by compulsory colegiación of the individual, in the Colegio de Arquitectos y Arquitectos Paisajistas or the Colegio de Ingenieros y Agrimensores. Whether Ley Núm. 125 de 1973 imposes a comparable college membership requirement on interior designers is a question for the Junta.
