(a) Each registrant under this part shall, upon registration, obtain a seal of the design authorized by the board, bearing the registrant’s name and the legend “Registered Land Surveyor.”
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 62-18-119

  • Board: means the state board of examiners for land surveyors, provided for by this part. See Tennessee Code 62-18-102
  • Land surveyor: means a person who is engaged in the practice of land surveying. See Tennessee Code 62-18-102
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
(b) Maps, plats, surveys or other documents issued by a registrant shall be stamped with the seal during the life of the registrant’s certificate, but it is unlawful for anyone to stamp or seal any documents with the seal after the certificate of the registrant named on the certificate has expired or has been revoked, unless the certificate has been renewed or reissued.
(c)

(1) No surveyor shall affix a seal or stamp to any document that has not been prepared by that surveyor or under that surveyor’s individual supervision.
(2) The survey used in making plats must be made by the surveyor or the surveyor’s employees or members of a partnership, firm or joint stock association of which the surveyor is a member, and the surveyor affixing the surveyor’s seal to the survey must be in responsible charge of those making the surveys in such association with the surveyor.
(d) The board may adopt rules and regulations pertaining to the affixing to and endorsement of the registrant’s seal on surveying documents that may be necessary to implement compliance with this section.
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