2013 New York Consolidated Laws
EDN - Education
Title 8 - THE PROFESSIONS
Article 147 - (7300 - 7308) ARCHITECTURE
7307 - Special provisions.

 
    § 7307. Special  provisions.  1.  Every  architect  shall have a seal,
  approved by the board, which shall contain the name of the architect and
  either the words "Registered Architect" and such other words or  figures
  as   the   board   may   deem   necessary.   All  working  drawings  and
  specifications,  prepared  by  such  architect  or  by  a  full-time  or
  part-time  subordinate  employed under his supervision, shall be stamped
  with such seal and shall  also  be  signed  on  the  original  with  the
  personal  signature  of such architect when filed with public officials.
  Except for plans and specifications excluded from the provisions of this
  article by  section  seventy-three  hundred  six  of  this  article,  no
  official of this state, or of any county, city, town or village therein,
  charged with the enforcement of laws, ordinances or regulations relating
  to  the  construction  or  alteration  of buildings or structures, shall
  accept or approve any plans or specifications that are not stamped:
    a. With the seal of an architect or professional  engineer  registered
  in  this  state and bearing the authorized facsimile of the signature of
  such architect or professional engineer; or
    b. With the official seal and authorized facsimile of the signature of
  an architect or professional engineer not a resident of this  state  and
  having  no  established  business  in  this  state,  but  who is legally
  qualified to practice as such in his own state or country, provided that
  such person holds  a  limited  permit  issued  by  the  department,  and
  provided further that the plans or specifications are accompanied by and
  have attached thereto written authorization issued by the department for
  the specific project.
    2.  Engineers, land surveyors, architects and landscape architects may
  join in the formation of a joint  enterprise,  or  a  partnership  or  a
  professional  service  corporation  or  a  design  professional  service
  corporation or may form any desired combination of such professions  and
  may  use  in  the  name  of  such  corporation  the  title of any of the
  professions which will be practiced. After the name of each  member  his
  or her profession shall be indicated.
    3.  A  firm name may be continued by employees having at least fifteen
  years  of  continuous  service  if  the  retired   members   and   legal
  representatives of deceased members consent to such continuance.
    4.  It  shall be lawful for a corporation organized and existing under
  the laws of the state of New York, and which on or  before  the  twelfth
  day  of  April  nineteen hundred twenty-nine and continuously thereafter
  was lawfully practicing in New York state  to  continue  such  practice,
  provided  that  the  chief  executive officer of such corporation in the
  state of New York shall be an architect licensed under this article, and
  provided further that the construction of buildings and structures shall
  be under the personal supervision of such architect and  that  drawings,
  plans, and specifications shall be prepared under the personal direction
  and  supervision  of  such  architect and bear the stamp of his official
  seal, and the drawings or specifications shall also  be  signed  on  the
  original,  with  the  personal  signature  of  such  architect.  No such
  corporation shall be permitted  to  change  its  name  and  continue  to
  practice   architecture,   except  upon  the  written  approval  of  the
  department.
    5. This article shall not  apply  to:  1.  Farm  buildings,  including
  barns,  sheds,  poultry  houses  and  other  buildings used directly and
  solely for agricultural purposes; nor to residence  buildings  of  gross
  area  of  fifteen  hundred  square  feet or less, not including garages,
  carports, porches, cellars, or uninhabitable basements or attics; or
    2. Alterations, costing ten thousand dollars or less, to any  building
  or  structure within the city of New York and twenty thousand dollars or
  less, to any building or structure outside the city of New York which do

  not involve changes affecting the structural  safety  or  public  safety
  thereof.