NAC623.763. Validation and use of stamp or seal; responsibility of registrant.

     1. Each registrant shall validate a stamp or seal either manually or electronically. The seal, signature and date must produce a clearly visible and legible image on any copy or reproduction of the document to which they are affixed.

     2. When a registrant signs, stamps or seals a document containing the work of others, the registrant represents that the entire document has been prepared by the registrant or prepared under the responsible control of the registrant, unless the registrant includes a written statement adjacent to the signature, stamp or seal of the registrant identifying the portion of the document that was prepared by the registrant or prepared under the responsible control of the registrant.

     3. A registrant who signs, stamps or seals a document which was not prepared by the registrant but was prepared under the responsible control of the registrant is subject to disciplinary proceedings pursuant to chapter 623 of NRS for any errors in that document as if the document was prepared by the registrant.

     4. For the purposes of NRS 623.185, plans, specifications, reports and any other documents which are issued by a registrant with the intent that they be considered as formal or final documents must be stamped with the seal of the registrant before they are delivered to or filed with any public authority.

     5. A registrant is not required to stamp the following documents:

     (a) An as-built plan, record plan or bid document;

     (b) A report that includes observations concerning the progress of the construction of a project; or

     (c) An estimate of the costs of a project.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Architecture, Interior Design & Residential Design by R113-99, eff. 12-4-2000; A by R120-01, 3-4-2002; R012-06, 5-4-2006; R076-13, 2-26-2014)