A Guam landscape architect seals under the general opening of 22 GCA § 32116(d), which requires a seal in the design the Board authorizes carrying your registered name, registration number and professional designation, with a handwritten signature, date and certification statement beside it. The section has no landscape architecture paragraph and sets no size. This page separates what the shared provision settles from what it leaves open.
Engineer Seal Stamps compliance desk. Checked against 22 GCA § 32116 and the Guam Board of Registration for Professional Engineers, Architects and Land Surveyors. Sources read September 2026.
| Requirement | What the rule says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Registration | The Board registers or licenses landscape architects to practice on Guam, and every registrant obtains a seal. | 22 GCA §§ 32103(c)(1), 32116(d) |
| Profession-specific paragraph | None. The section's detailed paragraphs address architects and land surveyors only. | 22 GCA § 32116(d) (no landscape-architect-specific document paragraph) |
| Face content | Registered name, registration number and professional designation. | 22 GCA § 32116(d) |
| Design | Set by the Board; the statute prints no layout and no designation wording. | 22 GCA § 32116(d) |
| Size | The chapter gives no measurement of any kind for any of its professions. | 22 GCA § 32116(d) (no dimension) |
| Accepted forms | An image, imprint or other medium with Board approval, provided the mark stays permanent. | 22 GCA § 32116(d) |
| Signing | Your own signature and the date, written by hand next to the seal, with the certification statement. | 22 GCA § 32116(d) |
| Electronic use | The seal may be an approved electronic image, but facsimile and computer-generated signatures and dates are refused. | 22 GCA § 32116(d) |
| Documents covered | No list for this profession; the general provision ties the seal to your professional work. | 22 GCA § 32116(d) (no landscape-architect-specific document paragraph) |
| Firm seal | None prescribed, and no firm number is required on the document. | 22 GCA § 32116(d) (no firm seal provision) |
To compare Guam with every other jurisdiction, see our table of landscape architect seal requirements by state.
Which part of Guam law governs a landscape architect's seal?
The general opening of 22 GCA § 32116(d). Under § 32103(c)(1), a landscape architect is someone the Board has registered or licensed to practice landscape architecture on Guam, and § 32116(d) requires every registrant to obtain a seal in a Board-authorized design.
The section's detailed paragraphs belong to other professions: (d)(9) to architects and (d)(10) to land surveyors, as our pages on architect seal requirements on Guam and what Guam asks of a land surveyor's seal explain. No paragraph speaks to landscape architecture alone, so everything settled for your seal comes from the general text.
What must a Guam landscape architect seal carry?
Three entries: the name on your registration, the number the Board assigned and your professional designation, set in the Board's authorized design. Those are the general elements of § 32116(d), and no profession-specific paragraph adds anything to them for landscape architects.
The statute does not print the designation wording. Request the authorized landscape architect design and the exact designation text from the Board together, since the two decide how your seal reads.
How do you sign and date a sealed landscape plan?
By hand, next to the seal, with a certification statement. Section 32116(d) requires you to write your signature and the date beside the seal and to add a first-person statement that you prepared the work or held responsible control over it.
The statute's wording closes with the words “under my responsible control,” so the statement reads as your own certification. Facsimile signatures are refused, and so are computer-generated signatures and dates.
Can a landscape architect seal and sign electronically on Guam?
Only the seal can be electronic. An electronic seal image is possible when the Board approves it, but the signature cannot be, because § 32116(d) refuses facsimile signatures along with computer-generated signatures and dates.
The section is also silent on certificate authorities, encryption standards and any way of verifying a signature. A digital plan can carry an approved seal image, while the signature and date next to it are still written by hand.
Does Guam set a diameter or shape for this seal?
No. The chapter sets no diameter, no shape and no minimum letter height for any of its professions, landscape architects included, so the seal's size is a matter for the Board's authorized design rather than the statute.
When the Board supplies its design, check the space around it as well. The signature, date and statement all go beside the seal, so the title block needs room for more than the impression.
What kinds of seal satisfy the permanence test?
Any form the Board has approved that leaves a lasting mark. Section 32116(d) lets the seal take the form of an image, an imprint or another approved medium, with one condition: it has to remain a permanent mark on the sealed document.
On that wording, an inked rubber stamp, an embossed impression and an approved seal image can each qualify. Every form has to clear the same two hurdles: the Board's approval and a mark that is permanent.
Which landscape architecture documents must be sealed?
The section does not list them. Section 32116(d) has no paragraph naming the documents a landscape architect must seal; the general provision simply attaches the seal to a registrant's professional work, without a catalog of drawing types.
The architect list in (d)(9) and the surveyor list in (d)(10) are written for those professions and do not carry over. Where the statute is silent, the Board and the permitting authority are the ones who can say which submissions they expect sealed.
Do a firm seal or the surveyor staffing rule apply to landscape practices?
Neither. Section 32116(d) prescribes no firm seal and asks for no firm number on a sealed document, and the staffing rule in (d)(10)(A)(i) is written for surveying offices, not landscape architecture practices.
That rule requires a surveying office to be run by a licensed professional land surveyor. A landscape practice answers to the general provision only: your own seal, signature, date and statement.
What happens to the seal if your registration expires?
The chapter is silent. Nothing in § 32116(d) says what becomes of the seal after expiration, suspension or revocation, or whether a registration number is ever reissued, so the statute gives no lapse rule for a landscape architect.
Beyond the statute, the Board's own rules sit in 25 GAR ch. 1, and draft amendments the Board has posted do not have the force of law.
What should you get from the Board before ordering?
Two things the statute does not supply: the authorized landscape architect design and the exact designation wording. With both in hand, confirm your registered name and registration number against your Board record.
Plan space beside the seal for the handwritten signature, date and statement, and leave signature stamps out of the order, since facsimiles are refused. Our page on Guam notary stamp and embosser rules covers a separate Guam seal.
Frequently asked questions
Do the expiration date and discipline fields on Guam engineer seals apply to me?
Do not assume so. Section 32116(d) mentions those elements, but they are drafted with professional engineers in mind, as our page on the fields required on Guam professional engineer seals explains. The Board's authorized landscape architect design settles what your seal carries.
Can someone else sign for me?
No. Section 32116(d) calls for the registrant's written signature and treats a facsimile signature as unacceptable, so the signature beside your seal has to be yours, in your own hand.
Can I seal a plan prepared outside my control?
The statement you sign beside the seal certifies that you prepared the work or that it was under your responsible control. A plan that fits neither description does not match that statement.
Is the statement the same one other Guam registrants sign?
Yes. The short statement comes from the general provision of § 32116(d), which applies to every registrant. The surveyor paragraph, (d)(10), adds requirements of its own for land surveyors.
Which board regulates landscape architects on Guam?
The Guam Board of Registration for Professional Engineers, Architects and Land Surveyors. Its name leaves out landscape architects, but § 32103(c)(1) defines a landscape architect by reference to registration with this Board.
After the Board confirms your design and designation wording, browse our Guam stamps and seals to order a seal that matches it.
