A Mississippi engineer's seal is circular, runs from 1 5/8 inches to 2 inches in diameter, and carries two pieces of text: your name and the legend Licensed Professional Engineer. The Board sets no rule on where the signature or the date sits. Embossed, rubber stamp and digital formats are all open to a licensee. This page covers the wording, the size range, the sealing duty and what to send us.
Engineer Seal Stamps compliance desk. Checked against Miss. Code Ann. § 73-13-29 and the Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Surveyors. Sources read September 2026.
| Requirement | What the rule says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Seal wording | Your name, plus the legend Licensed Professional Engineer. A surveyor's device reads Licensed Professional Surveyor instead. | Miss. Code Ann. § 73-13-29 |
| Shape | Circular. | 30 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 901, R. 6.2.2.b |
| Diameter | From 1 5/8 inches to 2 inches. | 30 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 901, R. 6.2.2.b |
| Devices allowed | Embossing, rubber stamp and digital formats are all available, and the choice of format belongs to the licensee. | Mississippi Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Surveyors, Seals & Signatures |
| Where the signature and the date go | Unruled. The Board states it has no rule dictating where the name is signed, across, under or next to the seal, and none on where the date goes. | 30 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 901, R. 6.2.3.a, R. 6.2.5 |
| Effect of sealing | Seal, signature and date together certify that the document was prepared by the licensee or under direct supervision. | 30 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 901, R. 6.2.3.a |
| Sheets carrying the seal | Every sheet of engineering plans, drawings, documents, specifications and reports. | 30 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 901, R. 6.2.3, R. 6.2.4 |
| Work of another engineer | A licensee who reviewed the work in sufficient depth to coordinate it fully and take responsibility for it may seal it. | 30 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 901, R. 6.2.3, R. 6.2.4 |
| Digital seals and signatures | Board guidance says the state neither prohibits nor restricts them; a Rule 6.2.3 provision on seals applied electronically, approved by the Board in November 2025, sits alongside that guidance, so the two do not yet agree. | 30 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 901, R. 6.2.3 (electronic and digital seals provision, Board approved 21 November 2025) |
| Use after a license lapses | The cited provisions do not address it. | Not addressed in the cited rules |
For the same rule in the other 53 jurisdictions, read professional engineer seal requirements by state.
What has to appear on a Mississippi engineer's seal?
Two things. Your name, and the legend Licensed Professional Engineer. The statute names nothing else, so a Mississippi die is a short layout once the name line is settled.
The legend is fixed wording rather than a description you can adjust. A surveyor's device reads Licensed Professional Surveyor, which is the second form the statute allows, and a supplier who substitutes a more familiar phrase cuts the wrong statutory title into your seal. We work from the legend in the statute rather than from a template, and the element list is set out again on what Mississippi PE stamp compliance asks of you.
What size and shape does the rule set?
Circular, with a diameter from 1 5/8 inches to 2 inches. Rule 6.2.2.b states the range rather than a single figure, so anything inside those two measurements is a compliant Mississippi die.
The range matters at the drafting stage. A 2 inch impression reads cleanly on a large format sheet; a 1 5/8 inch die suits a crowded title block and still satisfies the rule. Pick the size against the documents you seal most often. A fuller walk through the dimensions sits on the Mississippi engineering seal rules in detail.
Which device may a Mississippi licensee use?
All three in common use. The Board's own Seals and Signatures guidance lists embossing, rubber stamp and digital formats as available, and leaves the choice of format to the licensee's own practice.
Our recommendation is the inked rubber stamp, for one practical reason. Copies are what reach the client and the reviewing agency, and ink carries onto a copy while a raised impression often does not. Licensees who want the embossed look usually order both and emboss the record set only.
Where do the signature and the date go?
Wherever you put them. The Board says plainly that it has no rule on where the name is signed relative to the seal, whether across it, beneath it or beside it, and no rule on where the date goes.
That leaves one less thing to argue about with a reviewer. Pick a position that keeps the signature legible against the impression and hold to it across a set, since consistency across sheets is easier to check than a rule nobody wrote.
What does a sealed sheet actually certify?
Responsibility. Under Rule 6.2.3.a the seal, the signature and the date operate as one act, and together they certify that the document was prepared by the licensee or under that licensee's direct supervision.
Read as a single certification, the three marks stand or fall together. A sheet stamped but unsigned, or signed but undated, is an incomplete certification rather than a small clerical gap.
Which documents have to be sealed?
Every sheet of the plans, drawings, documents, specifications and reports a licensee produces in engineering practice. The duty runs sheet by sheet, not once per set, and it follows the person who carries responsibility for the work.
Three people can hold that responsibility under Rules 6.2.3 and 6.2.4: the licensee who prepared the document, the licensee under whose direct supervisory control it was prepared, and the licensee who reviewed it in sufficient depth to coordinate it fully and assume responsibility for work another professional engineer prepared.
Can you seal a document another engineer drew?
Only on the review standard the rule sets. The reviewing licensee has to have gone through the work in enough depth to fully coordinate it and assume responsibility for it. A glance and a signature do not meet that test.
The practical reading is that review sealing is available in Mississippi but priced in professional exposure rather than in time. Where an outside consultant produced a discipline you do not carry, the safer route is that consultant's own seal on those sheets.
Are electronic and digital seals settled in Mississippi?
Not yet. The Board's guidance states that Mississippi does not prohibit or restrict digital seals and signatures, while the Board approved a Rule 6.2.3 provision covering seals applied electronically in November 2025. The two sources do not line up.
Treat the question as live. If a client or agency asks for a digitally applied seal, confirm the current position with the Board before you commit a workflow to it. For the paper documents that still carry most Mississippi submittals, the physical device settles the question outright.
What happens to the seal when a license lapses?
The cited provisions are silent. Neither the statute nor the rules named here set out what may or may not be done with the device once a license is no longer current, so there is no Mississippi rule to quote on the point.
Silence in the rules is not permission in practice, since the certification you make with the seal speaks to current licensure. Renewal timing and the paperwork that goes with it are covered on how Mississippi engineering license renewal runs.
What do we need from you to make the seal?
Four things: your name exactly as you want it cut, the legend that fits your license, your chosen diameter inside the 1 5/8 to 2 inch range, and the device type. Nothing else is required to set the artwork.
We send a proof before anything is cut. Check the spelling of the name and the wording of the legend against your license record, because those two lines are the ones a reviewer reads first.
Mississippi geologists seal under a separate rule; see the Mississippi geologist seal and stamp requirements.
Frequently asked questions
Does the seal have to show my full legal name?
The statute requires your name and does not prescribe a form for it, and the rules cited here add nothing on the point. Give us the version you want cut and we will set it exactly as supplied.
Is a license number part of a Mississippi seal?
Not under the cited statute. Section 73-13-29 names your name and the legend, and stops there. A number can be added if you want one, but the rules quoted here do not call for it.
Can I use the same seal for engineering and surveying work?
The legend differs between the two, since the statute fixes either Licensed Professional Engineer or Licensed Professional Surveyor as the wording. A dual licensee should ask us about the correct device before ordering rather than adapting one legend to both roles.
Can I pick any diameter inside the stated range?
Yes. Rule 6.2.2.b gives 1 5/8 inches and 2 inches as the two ends of the range, so any circular die between them meets the dimension the rule sets.
Who sets these rules?
The Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Surveyors, through Part 901 of the administrative code and its own published guidance on seals and signatures. What the Board handles beyond seals is outlined on the work of the Mississippi engineering board.
I am not licensed in Mississippi yet. Can I order now?
The seal certifies licensed work, so the license details have to be real before the device is used. The steps that come first are laid out on how to obtain a Mississippi engineering license.
Send us the name, the legend and the diameter you want, and we will proof a compliant die before it is cut. Start from the Mississippi engineer stamps and seals and pick the format that suits the documents you seal.
