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Kansas gives a newly licensed architect 30 days to obtain the seal, a deadline very few states impose. The fixed geometry of 1 5/8 inch outer and 1 1/16 inch inner circles, and why the lower ring reads the single word ARCHITECT.

Indiana forbids signing across the architect seal, a habit Washington and North Carolina actively teach. The size band, the wording alternative that lets your signature sit elsewhere on the sheet, and which documents have to be sealed.

A Mississippi architect's license is not valid until the seal is sent to the board and approved, within 60 days of the registration letter date. How to use the seal correctly, and what discipline follows if you miss the window.

Maryland architects may only sign and seal reports, drawings and plans when they meet the conditions set out in the Business Occupations and Professions Article. Which documents qualify, when the stamp goes on, and what the rules expect of the licensee.

Nebraska lets an architect seal be a rubber stamp, an electronically generated file or an embosser, and the size is not fixed. What the Nebraska statute requires on the face of the seal, and when an architect has to use it.

The date beside a Hawaii architect seal is your license expiration date, not the day you signed, and a die captioned DATE invites the mistake. The three line block that goes below the seal, the two circle geometry, and which documents need sealing.

The seal may be electronic on Guam, but the signature may not: facsimile and computer generated signatures and dates are both barred. What must appear on the seal, the one line certification that goes beside it, and which documents have to be sealed.

More than 1,700 architects practice in Georgia, and none of them can submit permit drawings without a seal matching the state's specifications. What the Georgia architectural seal design has to show, how embossing compares with ink, and what to settle before ordering.

An Arkansas architect seal is two concentric circles at 1.5 and 1 inch, reading Registered Architect and State of Arkansas. Why the engineers' rule at another agency gives a different size, and the record-copy legend you must letter out in full.

No diameter appears anywhere in the Alaska architect rule: the board prescribes the seal by publishing artwork and hands out downloadable CAD files instead. How to scale the artwork so it stays legible, and where the signature and date belong.