Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 327
Architects, Engineers, Land Surveyors and Landscape Architects
←327.392
Section 327.401.1
327.411→
August 28, 2015
Right to practice not transferable--corporation, certificate of authority required.
327.401. 1. The right to practice as an architect or to practice as
a professional engineer or to practice as a professional land surveyor or
to practice as a professional landscape architect shall be deemed a
personal right, based upon the qualifications of the individual, evidenced
by such individual's professional license and shall not be transferable;
but any architect or any professional engineer or any professional land
surveyor or any professional landscape architect may practice his or her
profession through the medium of, or as a member or as an employee of, a
partnership or corporation if the plans, specifications, estimates, plats,
reports, surveys or other like documents or instruments of the partnership
or corporation are signed and stamped with the personal seal of the
architect, professional engineer, professional land surveyor, or
professional landscape architect by whom or under whose immediate personal
supervision the same were prepared and provided that the architect or
professional engineer or professional land surveyor or professional
landscape architect who affixes his or her signature and personal seal to
any such plans, specifications, estimates, plats, reports or other
documents or instruments shall be personally and professionally responsible
therefor.
2. Any domestic corporation formed under the corporation law of this
state, or any foreign corporation, now or hereafter organized and having as
one of its purposes the practicing of architecture or professional
engineering or professional land surveying or professional landscape
architecture and any existing corporation which amends its charter to
propose to practice architecture or professional engineering or
professional land surveying or professional landscape architecture shall
obtain a certificate of authority for each profession named in the articles
of incorporation or articles of organization from the board which shall be
renewed in accordance with the provisions of section 327.171 or 327.261 or
327.351, as the case may be, and from and after the date of such
certificate of authority and while the authority or a renewal thereof is in
effect, may offer and render architectural or professional engineering or
professional land surveying or professional landscape architectural
services in this state if:
(1) At all times during the authorization or any renewal thereof the
directors of the corporation shall have assigned responsibility for the
proper conduct of all its architectural or professional engineering or
professional land surveying or professional landscape architectural
activities in this state to an architect licensed and authorized to
practice architecture in this state or to a professional engineer licensed
and authorized to practice engineering in this state or to a professional
land surveyor licensed and authorized to practice professional land
surveying in this state, or to a professional landscape architect licensed
and authorized to practice professional landscape architecture in this
state, as the case may be; and
(2) The person or persons who is or are personally in charge and
supervises or supervise the architectural or professional engineering or
professional land surveying or professional landscape architectural
activities, as the case may be, of any such corporation in this state shall
be licensed and authorized to practice architecture or professional
engineering or professional land surveying or professional landscape
architecture, as the case may be, as provided in this chapter; and
(3) The corporation pays such fees for the certificate of authority,
renewals or reinstatements thereof as are required.
(L. 1969 S.B. 117, A.L. 1981 S.B. 16, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1368, A.L. 1999
H.B. 343, A.L. 2003 S.B. 478, A.L. 2014 S.B. 809)
2003
1999
2003
327.401. 1. The right to practice as an architect or to practice as a
professional engineer or to practice as a professional land surveyor or to
practice as a landscape architect shall be deemed a personal right, based
upon the qualifications of the individual, evidenced by such individual's
professional license and shall not be transferable; but any architect or any
professional engineer or any professional land surveyor or any landscape
architect may practice his or her profession through the medium of, or as a
member or as an employee of, a partnership or corporation if the plans,
specifications, estimates, plats, reports, surveys or other like documents or
instruments of the partnership or corporation are signed and stamped with the
personal seal of the architect, professional engineer, professional land
surveyor, or landscape architect by whom or under whose immediate personal
supervision the same were prepared and provided that the architect or
professional engineer or professional land surveyor or landscape architect who
affixes his or her signature and personal seal to any such plans,
specifications, estimates, plats, reports or other documents or instruments
shall be personally and professionally responsible therefor.
2. Any domestic corporation formed under the corporation law of this
state, or any foreign corporation, now or hereafter organized and having as
one of its purposes the practicing of architecture or professional
engineering or professional land surveying or landscape architecture and any
existing corporation which amends its charter to propose to practice
architecture or professional engineering or professional land surveying or
landscape architecture shall obtain a certificate of authority for each
profession named in the articles of incorporation or articles of organization
from the board which shall be renewed in accordance with the provisions of
section 327.171 or 327.261 or 327.351, as the case may be, and from and after
the date of such certificate of authority and while the authority or a
renewal thereof is in effect, may offer and render architectural or
professional engineering or professional land surveying or landscape
architectural services in this state if:
(1) At all times during the authorization or any renewal thereof the
directors of the corporation shall have assigned responsibility for the
proper conduct of all its architectural or professional engineering or
professional land surveying or landscape architectural activities in this
state to an architect licensed and authorized to practice architecture in this
state or to a professional engineer licensed and authorized to practice
engineering in this state or to a professional land surveyor licensed and
authorized to practice professional land surveying in this state, or to a
landscape architect licensed and authorized to practice landscape architecture
in this state, as the case may be; and
(2) The person or persons who is or are personally in charge and
supervises or supervise the architectural or professional engineering or
professional land surveying or landscape architectural activities, as the
case may be, of any such corporation in this state shall be licensed and
authorized to practice architecture or professional engineering or
professional land surveying or landscape architecture, as the case may be, as
provided in this chapter; and
(3) The corporation pays such fees for the certificate of authority,
renewals or reinstatements thereof as are required.
1999
327.401. 1. The right to practice as an architect or to practice as
a professional engineer or to practice as a professional land surveyor
shall be deemed a personal right, based upon the qualifications of the
individual, evidenced by such individual's professional license and shall
not be transferable; but any architect or any professional engineer or any
professional land surveyor may practice his or her profession through the
medium of, or as a member or as an employee of, a partnership or
corporation if the plans, specifications, estimates, plats, reports,
surveys or other like documents or instruments of the partnership or
corporation are signed and stamped with the personal seal of the architect,
professional engineer or professional land surveyor by whom or under whose
immediate personal supervision the same were prepared and provided that the
architect or professional engineer or professional land surveyor who
affixes his or her signature and personal seal to any such plans,
specifications, estimates, plats, reports or other documents or instruments
shall be personally and professionally responsible therefor.
2. Any domestic corporation formed under the corporation law of this
state, or any foreign corporation, now or hereafter organized and having as
one of its purposes the practicing of architecture or professional
engineering or professional land surveying and any existing corporation
which amends its charter to propose to practice architecture or
professional engineering or professional land surveying shall obtain a
certificate of authority for each profession named in the articles of
incorporation or articles of organization from the board which shall be
renewed in accordance with the provisions of section 327.171 or 327.261 or
327.351, as the case may be, and from and after the date of such
certificate of authority and while the authority or a renewal thereof is in
effect, may offer and render architectural or professional engineering or
professional land surveying services in this state if:
(1) At all times during the authorization or any renewal thereof the
directors of the corporation shall have assigned responsibility for the
proper conduct of all its architectural or professional engineering or
professional land surveying activities in this state to an architect
licensed and authorized to practice architecture in this state or to a
professional engineer licensed and authorized to practice engineering in
this state or to a professional land surveyor licensed and authorized to
practice professional land surveying in this state, as the case may be; and
(2) The person or persons who is or are personally in charge and
supervises or supervise the architectural or professional engineering or
professional land surveying activities, as the case may be, of any such
corporation in this state shall be licensed and authorized to practice
architecture or professional engineering or professional land surveying, as
the case may be, as provided in this chapter; and
(3) The corporation pays such fees for the certificate of authority,
renewals or reinstatements thereof as are required.
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