What a Virginia professional engineer stamp is for
A Virginia professional engineer stamp identifies the licensed engineer responsible for the work being certified. Under 18VAC10-20-760, affixing the seal, signature and date indicates direct control and personal supervision, together with acceptance of responsibility. The stamp creates your personalized seal impression; your professional obligations come from the work and the regulation, not from owning the stamp.
All final documents must be sealed, signed and dated as the rule specifies. That includes the cover sheet and each sheet of plans, plats or drawings. A professional who is licensed by the board must also meet the sealing requirements for their work that falls within the statutory exemption identified in subsection E. An exemption from licensure is not automatically an exemption from a licensee’s sealing duties.
The Virginia engineer seal design and number
The original seal is two inches in diameter and follows the board’s illustrated design in detail and size. The professional engineer illustration has a serrated circular border, Commonwealth of Virginia above, the licensed name and Lic. No. in the center, and Professional Engineer below. The illustration on a website or in a document may not be displayed to scale.
Use the last six-digit number shown on your license. The rule describes that number as permanent and allows leading zeros within it to be omitted from the seal. Enter the intended number in License Number and check it carefully in the preview. The form preserves the text you enter; it does not silently add a prefix or remove zeros.
The preview shows your entered details in a typographic layout with a caption explaining that the finished layout follows the board format. A housing photograph is also not a measurement of the die. The Shiny R-552 has published capacity for a 52 mm round impression, accommodating the required two-inch design; this product listing does not separately report the finished die measurement.
Your Virginia professional engineer stamp on a Shiny 552R
This product uses the Shiny R-552 round self-inking housing. Its internal pad inks the die between uses, and the open lower base helps with placement on a page. The pad may be re-inked or replaced. The product view shows the black housing, red side button and open light gray lower frame; the personalized stamp face is out of view.
The listed ink is water based. It does not dry on glossy paper or Mylar, so use a suitable paper surface for an inked impression. Choose supplies from this product’s own options when you need a refill or spare pad. Similar-looking self-inking housings can use different pads; the exact product and its compatible extras belong together.
Ordering a PE stamp Virginia engineers can personalize
Set Qty, enter Registrant Name and then License Number, and review the preview against your license. The nine ink options appear in the source order: Black, Pink, Red, Purple, Blue, Orange, Green, Dry and Brown. Choose the option you intend to order before reviewing extras and the running total. Special Instructions is available for an accompanying order note.
The digital file, refill bottle, replacement pad and pad-and-ink combination are independent checkboxes. The combination contains a pad and a bottle, so selecting the separate items as well adds additional supplies. The optional Virginia PE seal file is supplied as both JPG and PDF artwork after creation. It is separate from the physical self-inking stamp.
This Virginia PE stamp form collects the licensed name and number as permanent personalized details. The signature, signing date, address and project name required on final documents belong on those documents when they are certified. They are not extra engraving fields offered by this exact listing. Check your name, number, ink and extras together before proceeding.
Using your Virginia professional engineer seal on documents
Final documents must carry the professional’s or firm’s name, address and project name as well as the required seal, signature and date. For a project involving multiple professional services, each professional certifies the final documents for the component they completed or directly controlled and personally supervised. The professional responsible for compiling the project also certifies the cover sheet of the aggregate collection.
Advance or preliminary documents that are incomplete must be clearly identified that way. They need not be sealed, signed or dated under subsection D. That is a rule about the status and labeling of the document; it is not an optional stamp style or an alternative professional title you select in this product’s order form.
An electronic Virginia professional engineer stamp image can be part of an electronic document workflow, but artwork alone is not a completed certification. Subsection C requires the electronic seal, signature and date to identify the professional uniquely, be verifiable and remain under the professional’s direct control. All other requirements of the section still apply. The optional files provide seal artwork, not a signing or authentication service.
Virginia professional engineer stamp questions
- What size is required for a Virginia professional engineer stamp?
- The original seal must be two inches in diameter and match the board’s illustration. Shiny publishes a 52 mm round capacity for the R-552 housing. This exact listing does not separately report the finished die measurement, and photographs are not scale drawings.
- Should I enter my entire Virginia license identifier?
- The rule specifies the last six-digit number shown on the license; leading zeros in that number may be omitted from the seal. Enter the number you intend to appear and verify it in the preview. This form preserves your entry rather than automatically shortening it.
- Does the digital-file add-on include an electronic signature?
- No. The add-on provides JPG and PDF seal artwork after creation. The electronic signature, date and the unique-identification, verification and direct-control conditions in subsection C must be satisfied separately when certifying the document.
- Must every engineer on a multidisciplinary Virginia project use their seal?
- Each professional seals, signs and dates the final documents for the component they completed or that was completed under their direct control and personal supervision. The professional responsible for compiling the project also certifies its aggregate cover sheet.
- Are the signature and project address engraved on this stamp?
- This product’s permanent personalized fields are Registrant Name and License Number. The signature, date, address and project name are added to the appropriate final documents when they are certified, not engraved through extra fields on this listing.