Texas Administrative Code
Title 22 - EXAMINING BOARDS
Part 1 - TEXAS BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL EXAMINERS
Chapter 1 - ARCHITECTS
Subchapter F - ARCHITECT'S SEAL
Section 1.103 - Required Use of Seal and Retention of Sealed Documents
Universal Citation: 22 TX Admin Code ยง 1.103
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) Construction documents:
(1) On every Construction Document prepared
by an Architect or under an Architect's Supervision and Control, the Architect
shall affix or cause the affixation of:
(A)
the Architect's seal;
(B) the
Architect's signature (across the face of the seal's image or directly under or
adjacent to the seal's image); and
(C) the date of signing (including the month,
day, and year) before the Construction Document is issued by or under the
authority of the Architect.
(2) The Architect's seal and signature and
the date must be affixed in a manner that will be clearly visible and legible
on each copy of a Construction Document issued by or under the authority of the
Architect. The Architect's signature and the date may not conceal or obscure
the name or registration number on the seal.
(3) Construction Documents requiring a seal,
signature, and date include the following:
(A) each sheet of drawings or electronic
equivalent of a sheet of drawings;
(B) each specification: if a specification is
included in a bound grouping of specifications that includes a table of
contents or index listing each individual specification, the seal must be
placed in at least one conspicuous location on the bound document; any
individual specification sheet or electronic equivalent of a specification
sheet that is issued separately must be sealed individually;
(C) each sheet or electronic equivalent of a
sheet that identifies the project and provides a list of sealed Construction
Documents, such as a title sheet, table of contents, or index; and
(D) each architectural drawing and
specification that is part of an addenda, change order, construction change
directive, or other Supplemental Document.
(b) Documents issued for purposes other than regulatory approval, permitting, and construction:
(1) An architectural drawing or specification
issued by or under the authority of an Architect for a purpose other than
regulatory approval, permitting, or construction shall include:
(A) the Architect's name;
(B) the date the document is issued
(including the month, day, and year); and
(C) the following statement placed in a
conspicuous location on the document: "Not for regulatory approval, permitting,
or construction."
(2)
Each architectural drawing and specification included in a Feasibility Study
issued by or under the authority of an Architect must be sealed, signed, and
dated in the manner described in Subsection 1.103(a) or labeled with the
Architect's name and the date and clearly marked to indicate that it may not be
used for regulatory approval, permitting, or construction in the manner
described in Subsection 1.103(b).
(c) For a minimum of ten (10) years from the date of signature on each Construction Document and Prototypical Construction Document sealed by or under the authority of an Architect, the sealing Architect shall be responsible for the maintenance of the sealed, signed, and dated original document or a copy of the document bearing the clearly visible and legible seal, signature, and date.
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