Hey guys, does anyone have a snip of the special Texas preliminary stamp that they started requiring a few months ago? I feel like I'm going insane because at my last job it was a huge deal that this stamp is on every drawing, but now nobody seems to know what I'm talking about and I can't find it.
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Texas special preliminary stamp?
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On the Texas Board's website - go here and see their response to prelmiinary drawings and the security of electronic drawings and seals:
TX PE Board Policy response
In this response they refer to Board Rule 137.33 - see especially item e
§137.33 SEALING PROCEDURES
(a) The purpose of the engineer’s seal is to assure the user of the engineering product that the work has been performed or directly
supervised by the professional engineer named and to delineate the scope of the engineer’s work.
(b) License holders shall only seal work done by them, performed under their direct supervision as defined in §131.2 of this title, relating to
Definitions, or shall be standards or general guideline specifications that they have reviewed and selected. Upon sealing, engineers take full
professional responsibility for that work.
(c) When a license holder reviews and elects to use standards or general guideline specifications, those items shall be clearly labeled as
such, shall bear the identity of the publishing entity, and shall be:
(1) individually sealed by the license holder; or
(2) specified on an integral design/title/contents sheet that bears the engineer’s seal, signature, and date with a statement
authorizing its use.
(d) License holders shall take reasonable steps to ensure the security of their physical or electronic seals and electronic signatures. For
electronic seals and electronic signatures, the engineer must have reasonable security measures in place to protect these files. In the event
of loss of a seal or electronic signature, the engineer will, as soon as possible, but within 30 days of discovery, give written notification of
the facts concerning the loss to board.
(e) Preliminary documents released from a license holder's control shall identify the purpose of the document, the engineer(s) of record and
the engineer license number(s), and the release date by placing the following text or similar wording on the title sheet of bound engineering
reports, specifications, details, calculations or estimates, and each sheet of plans or drawings regardless of size or binding, instead of a seal:
"This document is released for the purpose of (Examples: interim review, mark-up, drafting) under the authority of (Example: Leslie H.
Doe, P.E. 0112) on (date). It is not to be used for (Examples: construction, bidding, permit) purposes."
(f) License holders shall affix their seal and original signature or electronic seal and signature with the date on the final version of their
engineering work before such work is released from their control.
(1) The signature and date shall not obscure the engineer's name or license number in the seal.
(2) Engineering work required to bear a seal and signature includes the original title sheet of bound engineering reports,
specifications, details, calculations or estimates, and each original sheet of plans or drawings regardless of size or binding.
(3) All other engineering work, including but not limited to research reports, opinions, recommendations, evaluations, addenda,
documents produced for litigation, and engineering software shall bear the engineer's printed name, date, signature and the
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designation "P.E." or other terms as described in §137.1 of this chapter (relating to License Holder Designations). A seal may be
added on such work if required or at the engineer's discretion.
On the Texas Board's website - go here and see their response to prelmiinary drawings and the security of electronic drawings and seals:
TX PE Board Policy response
In this response they refer to Board Rule 137.33 - see especially item e
§137.33 SEALING PROCEDURES
(a) The purpose of the engineer’s seal is to assure the user of the engineering product that the work has been performed or directly
supervised by the professional engineer named and to delineate the scope of the engineer’s work.
(b) License holders shall only seal work done by them, performed under their direct supervision as defined in §131.2 of this title, relating to
Definitions, or shall be standards or general guideline specifications that they have reviewed and selected. Upon sealing, engineers take full
professional responsibility for that work.
(c) When a license holder reviews and elects to use standards or general guideline specifications, those items shall be clearly labeled as
such, shall bear the identity of the publishing entity, and shall be:
(1) individually sealed by the license holder; or
(2) specified on an integral design/title/contents sheet that bears the engineer’s seal, signature, and date with a statement
authorizing its use.
(d) License holders shall take reasonable steps to ensure the security of their physical or electronic seals and electronic signatures. For
electronic seals and electronic signatures, the engineer must have reasonable security measures in place to protect these files. In the event
of loss of a seal or electronic signature, the engineer will, as soon as possible, but within 30 days of discovery, give written notification of
the facts concerning the loss to board.
(e) Preliminary documents released from a license holder's control shall identify the purpose of the document, the engineer(s) of record and
the engineer license number(s), and the release date by placing the following text or similar wording on the title sheet of bound engineering
reports, specifications, details, calculations or estimates, and each sheet of plans or drawings regardless of size or binding, instead of a seal:
"This document is released for the purpose of (Examples: interim review, mark-up, drafting) under the authority of (Example: Leslie H.
Doe, P.E. 0112) on (date). It is not to be used for (Examples: construction, bidding, permit) purposes."
(f) License holders shall affix their seal and original signature or electronic seal and signature with the date on the final version of their
engineering work before such work is released from their control.
(1) The signature and date shall not obscure the engineer's name or license number in the seal.
(2) Engineering work required to bear a seal and signature includes the original title sheet of bound engineering reports,
specifications, details, calculations or estimates, and each original sheet of plans or drawings regardless of size or binding.
(3) All other engineering work, including but not limited to research reports, opinions, recommendations, evaluations, addenda,
documents produced for litigation, and engineering software shall bear the engineer's printed name, date, signature and the
Page 83 of 114
Effective September 5, 2023
TBPELS Acts and Rules
designation "P.E." or other terms as described in §137.1 of this chapter (relating to License Holder Designations). A seal may be
added on such work if required or at the engineer's discretion.
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