# Business Occupations and Professions (GBO)

## Title 3. Architects

### Subtitle 5. Miscellaneous Provisions

#### Section 3-501

(a) Before a licensed architect issues to a client or submits to a public authority any final drawing, plan, specification, report, or other document required for the issuance of a building permit, the licensed architect who prepared or approved the document shall sign, seal, and date the document.

(b) Subject to exceptions stated and rights granted under Sec. 3-103 of this title, a public authority may not accept any architectural drawing, plan, specification, report, or other document, unless the document is endorsed as required under subsection (a) of this section.

#### Section 3-502

The Board may establish an electronic portal to allow the anonymous and confidential reporting of a suspected violation of Sec. 3-601, Sec. 3-602, Sec. 3-603, or Sec. 3-604 of this title.

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