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326.03 LICENSE OR CERTIFICATE REQUIRED.
<br />Subdivision 1.Plans; documents.No person, except an architect, engineer, land surveyor, landscape
<br />architect, geoscientist, or certified interior designer, licensed or certified as provided for in sections 326.02
<br />to 326.15 shall practice architecture, professional engineering, land surveying, landscape architecture, or
<br />professional geoscience, or use the title certified interior designer, respectively, in the preparation of plans,
<br />specifications, reports, plats or other architectural, engineering, land surveying, landscape architectural,
<br />geoscientific, or interior design documents, or in the observation of architectural, engineering, land surveying,
<br />landscape architectural, geoscientific, or interior design projects. In preparation of such documents, reasonable
<br />care shall be given to compliance with applicable laws, ordinances, and building codes relating to design.
<br />Subd. 2.Exceptions.Nothing contained in sections 326.02 to 326.15 shall prevent persons from
<br />advertising and performing services such as consultation, investigation, or evaluation in connection with,
<br />or from making plans and specifications for, or from supervising, the erection, enlargement, or alteration of
<br />any of the following buildings:
<br />(1) dwellings for single families, and outbuildings in connection therewith, such as barns and private
<br />garages;
<br />(2) two family dwellings;
<br />(3) any farm building or accessory thereto; or
<br />(4) temporary buildings or sheds used exclusively for construction purposes, not exceeding two stories
<br />in height, and not used for living quarters.
<br />Subd. 3.Recording.No plat, map, or drawing of any survey or subdivision of lands required by law to
<br />be filed or recorded with the county recorder or registered with the registrar of titles of any county, shall be
<br />filed, recorded, or registered therein unless there shall be endorsed thereon a certification by a licensed land
<br />surveyor.
<br />Subd. 4.Exception for persons elected in office.The provisions hereof shall not apply to any person
<br />holding an elective office when in discharging the duties thereof such person is required to do work or
<br />perform service of the character of work or service usually done or performed by an architect, engineer,
<br />land surveyor, landscape architect, or geoscientist.
<br />Subd. 5.Insurance companies; rating bureaus.The provisions of sections 326.02 to 326.15 shall not
<br />apply to inspection and service work done by employees of insurance companies, their agents, or insurance
<br />rating bureaus.
<br />History: (5697-2) 1921 c 523 s 2; 1933 c 404 s 1; 1945 c 380 s 2; Ex1967 c 28 s 2; 1975 c 83 s 1; 1975
<br />c 329 s 4,5; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1976 c 222 s 138; 1978 c 577 s 1,2; 1Sp1981 c 4 art 1 s 30; 1987 c 8 s 1; 1987
<br />c 384 art 1 s 30; 1989 c 329 art 5 s 15; 1990 c 562 art 5 s 11; 1992 c 507 s 6; 1995 c 206 s 8,9; 1998 c 324
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<br />Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
<br />Revisor of Statutes
<br />326.03MINNESOTA STATUTES 20221
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