# Business Occupations and Professions (GBO)

## Title 15. Professional Land Surveyors

### Subtitle 5. Miscellaneous Provisions

#### Section 15-501

(a) Each professional land surveyor and each licensed property line surveyor may obtain a seal for use as required under Sec. 15-502 of this subtitle.

(b) The seal shall:

  (1) be of a design determined by the Board; and

  (2) include:

    (i) the legend:

      (1) "professional land surveyor"; or

      (2) "licensed property line surveyor"; and

    (ii) the name of the licensee who holds the seal.

#### Section 15-502

(a) Before a professional land surveyor or licensed property line surveyor issues to a client or submits to a public authority any plan, plat, report, or specification, the professional land surveyor or licensed property line surveyor who prepared the document shall endorse on the document the licensee's:

  (1) name; and

  (2) seal or a facsimile of the seal.

(b) A public authority may not accept any surveying plan, plat, report, or specification unless the document is endorsed as required under subsection (a) of this section.

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Md. Code Ann., Bus. Occ. & Prof. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)