A Florida landscape architect seal must show the words STATE OF FLORIDA and LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, your name as the certificate of registration gives it, and your certificate number. No diameter and no shape are prescribed. What the rule sets instead is a performance test: the impression has to survive onto a duplicate. This page covers the wording, the devices, sealing duties and what happens when registration ends.
Engineer Seal Stamps compliance desk. Checked against Fla. Admin. Code r. 61G10-11.010(1). Sources read September 2026.
| Requirement | What the rule says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Is a seal needed | Yes. Final work filed for public record is signed, dated and sealed, and the three marks together evidence what they are attached to. | Fla. Stat. § 481.321(1) |
| Fixed phrases | STATE OF FLORIDA, and LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, in exactly those terms. | Fla. Admin. Code r. 61G10-11.010(1) |
| Your own details | Your name in the form the certificate of registration gives it, alongside the certificate number. | Fla. Admin. Code r. 61G10-11.010(1) |
| Dimensions | Not addressed. The rule fixes content and capability only, setting no diameter, no outline and no floor. | Fla. Admin. Code r. 61G10-11.010 (silent) |
| Permitted devices | Ink, embossing, or an impression that is computer generated. | Fla. Admin. Code r. 61G10-11.010(1) |
| How it is judged | By what shows on a duplicate of the drawing rather than on the sheet in your hand. | Fla. Admin. Code r. 61G10-11.010(1) |
| What goes with it | A signature and a date, working with the seal as one set of three marks. | Fla. Stat. § 481.321(1) |
| Sheets that carry it | Plans, specifications and reports you prepare or issue that go into the public record. Permit documents come within it by rule. | Fla. Stat. § 481.321(3), (4) |
| Electronic sealing | Permitted, under a rule of its own. | Fla. Stat. § 481.321(1) |
| Once registration ends | The seal goes back or is destroyed, and the electronic signature is canceled at the same time. | Fla. Stat. § 481.321(2) |
Licensed in more than one place? Check each jurisdiction in landscape architect seal requirements by state.
What wording does a Florida landscape architect seal carry?
Four items, two of them fixed phrases. The rule names the state line and the professional line in specific terms, and ties the remaining two to your certificate of registration.
- STATE OF FLORIDA
- LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
- Your name, in the form the certificate of registration shows it
- Your certificate number
The professional line is two words, not three. Other states put registered or licensed in front of the title, and a die ordered from one of those templates carries a legend Florida does not call for. Your name follows the certificate rather than a preferred or shortened form. A closer look at Florida landscape architect seal design shows how the four lines are usually arranged.
Does the rule set a size or a shape?
No. Rule 61G10-11.010 fixes what the seal says and what it has to be able to do, without setting a diameter, an outline or a floor. The electronic transmission rule adds nothing on dimensions either.
Florida architects and interior designers work under a different board and a different rule chapter, so a dimension quoted for those seals does not carry across to this one. In the absence of a stated figure, the sensible measure is whatever holds all four lines legibly at the scale your sheets are reproduced. How size choices play out on a Florida landscape architect stamp works through the trade-offs.
Which devices satisfy the rule?
Three formats are contemplated: ink, embossing, and a computer generated impression. The rule speaks in terms of capability rather than naming a product, so the question is what the device can deliver.
An inked stamp is the safe buy. The test is what appears on a duplicate, and an inked impression reproduces without argument. An embossed impression can satisfy the rule where it is opaque and permanent, but a raised mark alone is the format most likely to disappear in reproduction.
What does the duplication test mean in practice?
It means the impression is judged on the copy, not on the original. A seal that looks crisp on the sheet in front of you but drops out when the set is printed, scanned or transmitted has not done what the rule asks.
That is the reason to test a device on the reproduction path your projects actually use, including specification pages and other articles of service as well as drawings. A fuller run through the Florida landscape architect stamp requirements covers where those checks fit in an office workflow.
What has to accompany the seal on a document?
A signature and a date. Florida treats the three marks as a set, and together they stand as evidence of the authenticity of what they are attached to.
A sealed sheet with no date is therefore incomplete, and so is a dated sheet with no signature. The habit worth building is to treat the three as one action rather than as a seal plus two afterthoughts.
Which documents must be sealed?
Plans, specifications and reports that you prepare or issue and that are filed for public record. By rule, permit documents come within the duty as well.
Two tests run together there: the document is final work you prepared or issued, and it goes into the public record or into a permit application. Work that meets both is sealed. A walk through the Florida landscape architect stamp guidelines gives more examples of documents that qualify.
Can you seal electronically?
Yes. Florida permits an electronic seal under a dedicated rule, which is why the statute speaks of stamping or sealing electronically rather than only of a physical impression.
The wording requirement does not change with the format. An electronic seal still shows the state line, the professional line, your certificate name and your certificate number, and it still travels with a signature and a date.
What happens to the seal when registration ends?
Florida takes it back. The seal is returned or destroyed, and the electronic signature is canceled at the same time, so both the physical and the electronic route close together.
That is a firmer position than the silence many states keep on lapsed credentials, and it means retiring a die is a step to plan rather than a matter of personal housekeeping.
What should you confirm before ordering?
Your name exactly as the certificate of registration prints it, and your certificate number. Those two are the only variable content on the device, since the other two lines are fixed phrases.
Because no dimension is prescribed, the remaining decision is the size that keeps four lines readable after reproduction. Bring a sample of the sheets you issue when you are choosing.
How do you check an impression before use?
Stamp a test impression, read the two fixed phrases letter by letter, then check your name and number against the certificate itself.
Then copy the test sheet and read the copy. The rule is written around what shows on a duplicate, so the copy is the version that decides whether the device is adequate.
Frequently asked questions
Should the legend read registered landscape architect?
No. The rule calls for LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT. Longer forms belong to other states' wording and are not what this rule asks for.
Is there a minimum diameter I should hold to?
None is stated. The rule covers content and capability and stops there, so legibility after reproduction is the working constraint.
Can I use an embosser on its own?
Embossing is among the formats the rule contemplates, but the impression has to be opaque and permanent and has to show on a duplicate. That test is what an unfilled raised impression tends to fail.
Does the name on the seal have to match my certificate?
Yes. The rule ties it to the name as it appears on the certificate of registration rather than to the form you prefer.
What happens to my electronic signature if my registration ends?
It is canceled along with the return or destruction of the seal, so the electronic route closes at the same time as the physical one.
Do specification pages need the seal, or only drawings?
Specifications are named alongside plans and reports, so a specification filed for public record falls within the duty.
Read your name and certificate number off the certificate of registration, then order a device sized to stay legible on a copy from the Florida landscape architect stamps and seals collection.
