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Or. Rev. Stat. § 672.025 (2026)

Practice of land surveying without registration prohibited; seal required

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      672.025 Practice of land surveying without registration prohibited; seal required. (1) No person shall practice land surveying in this state unless the person is registered and has a valid certificate to practice land surveying issued under ORS 672.002 to 672.325.

      (2) Every registered professional land surveyor shall, upon registration, obtain a seal of the design authorized by the State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying. Every final document including drawings, specifications, designs, reports, narratives, maps and plans issued by a registrant shall be stamped with the seal of and signed by the registrant. The signature and stamp of a registrant constitute a certification that the document was prepared by the registrant or under the registrant’s supervision and control.

      (3) Notwithstanding the provisions of ORS 672.005 (1), a registered professional engineer not also registered as a professional land surveyor shall not establish, reestablish or restore land boundaries, corners or monuments between lands not held in common ownership or intended for conveyance. [Formerly 672.420; 1977 c.620 §2; 1979 c.817 §1; 1981 c.159 §1; 1995 c.33 §3; 1997 c.210 §4]

 

      672.027 [1985 c.418 §2; repealed by 1991 c.67 §177]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1977–2004 · leading case: Becklin v. Bd. of Examiners for Eng'g & Land Surveying, 97 P.3d 1216 (Or. Ct. App. 2004).
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Becklin v. Bd. of Examiners for Eng'g & Land Surveying, 97 P.3d 1216 (Or. Ct. App. 2004). “020, ORS 672.025, and ORS 672.045. Petitioner filed an answer in which he denied the allegations and asserted affirmative defenses to the allegations, including the defense that he was subject to statutory exceptions from the registration requirement under ORS 672.”
Voelz v. Bd. of Eng'g Examiners, Etc., 568 P.2d 700 (Or. Ct. App. 1977). “Petitioner admitted with respect to certain of the charges that errors or omissions were in fact made by him, including in six instances a failure to apply his official seal to a survey as required by ORS 672.025(2) and (3), and also his failure to sign a survey as required…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 672.025(2) — 1 case
Voelz v. Bd. of Eng'g Examiners, Etc., 568 P.2d 700 (Or. Ct. App. 1977). “Petitioner admitted with respect to certain of the charges that errors or omissions were in fact made by him, including in six instances a failure to apply his official seal to a survey as required by ORS 672.025(2) and (3), and also his failure to sign a survey as required…”
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