The Board was mandated by the Texas Legislature to begin registering firms on January 1, 2000. There was an unwritten agreement not to begin enforcing the law until six months after the law went into effect. Firms should be registered as soon as possible. Any firm offering consulting engineering services in Texas must be registered before any services are offered.
Any firm offering engineering services in Texas is required to be registered.
Sole proprietorships are required to be registered to offer services to any client in Texas. Only individuals and firms offering engineering services to the public are required to be registered. Each year you must re-register or renew your registration and pay the fee that is set by the Board. The firm cannot offer engineering services and may have disciplinary action taken against the firm for illegally offering the services. Our clients never ask us to seal our drawings.