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This shall include, but shall not be limited to, the authority of officials of local building departments as defined in § 36-97, to require pursuant to the Uniform Statewide Building Code, state statutes, local ordinances, or code requirements that such work be prepared by a person licensed or certified pursuant to this chapter.B\n\nAny public body authorized by law to require that plans, specifications or calculations be prepared in connection with improvements to real property shall establish a procedure to ensure that such plans, specifications or calculations be prepared by an architect, professional engineer, land surveyor or landscape architect licensed or authorized pursuant to this chapter in any case in which the exemptions contained in §§ 54.1-401, 54.1-402 or § 54.1-402.1 are not applicable.\n\t\t\tDrafting of permits, reviewing of plans or inspection of facilities for compliance with an adopted code or standard by any public body or its designated agent shall not require the services of an architect, professional engineer, land surveyor or landscape architect licensed pursuant to this chapter.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":297680,"text":"Nothing contained in this chapter or in the regulations of the Board shall be construed to limit the authority of any public official authorized by law to approve plans, specifications or calculations in connection with improvements to real property. 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This law was first created in 1982. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 590 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1982 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1988, chapter 765; in 1992, chapters 780 and 783; in 1993, chapter 662; in 2009, chapter 309<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":78167,"section_number":"36-97","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/36-97\/"},{"id":55543,"section_number":"54.1-401","catch_line":"Exemptions","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-401\/"},{"id":55882,"section_number":"54.1-402","catch_line":"Further exemptions from license requirements for architects, professional engineers, and land surveyors","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-402\/"},{"id":76750,"section_number":"54.1-402.1","catch_line":"State and local government employees; license exemptions for persons employed prior to March 8, 1992","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-402.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":240617,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83060,"identifier":"54.1-410","token":"54.1\/II\/4\/1\/54.1-410","url":"\/54.1-410\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-410\/","token":"54.1\/II\/4\/1\/54.1-410","dublin_core":{"Title":"Other building laws not affected; duties of public officials","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-410","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Nothing contained in this chapter or in the regulations of the Board<\/span> shall be construed to limit the authority of any public official authorized by law<\/span> to approve plans, specifications or calculations in connection with improvements to real property<\/span>. This shall include, but shall not be limited to, the authority of officials of local building departments as defined in § 36-97<\/a>, to require pursuant to the Uniform Statewide Building Code, state statutes<\/span>, local ordinances<\/span>, or code requirements that such work be prepared by a person licensed or certified pursuant to this chapter. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any public body authorized by law<\/span> to require that plans, specifications or calculations be prepared in connection with improvements to real property<\/span> shall establish a procedure to ensure that such plans, specifications or calculations be prepared by an architect, professional engineer<\/span>, land surveyor<\/span> or landscape architect<\/span> licensed or authorized pursuant to this chapter in any case in which the exemptions contained in §§ 54.1-401<\/a>, 54.1-402<\/a> or § 54.1-402.1<\/a> are not applicable.\n\t\t\tDrafting of permits, reviewing of plans or inspection of facilities for compliance with an adopted code or standard by any public body or its designated agent shall not require the services of an architect, professional engineer<\/span>, land surveyor<\/span> or landscape architect<\/span> licensed pursuant to this chapter. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOTHER BUILDING LAWS NOT AFFECTED; DUTIES OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS (\u00a7 54.1-410)\n\nA. Nothing contained in this chapter or in the regulations of the Board shall be\nconstrued to limit the authority of any public official authorized by law to\napprove plans, specifications or calculations in connection with improvements to\nreal property. This shall include, but shall not be limited to, the authority of\nofficials of local building departments as defined in § 36-97, to require\npursuant to the Uniform Statewide Building Code, state statutes, local\nordinances, or code requirements that such work be prepared by a person licensed\nor certified pursuant to this chapter.\n\nB. Any public body authorized by law to require that plans, specifications or\ncalculations be prepared in connection with improvements to real property shall\nestablish a procedure to ensure that such plans, specifications or calculations\nbe prepared by an architect, professional engineer, land surveyor or landscape\narchitect licensed or authorized pursuant to this chapter in any case in which\nthe exemptions contained in §§ 54.1-401, 54.1-402 or § 54.1-402.1\nare not applicable.\n\t\t\tDrafting of permits, reviewing of plans or inspection of facilities for\ncompliance with an adopted code or standard by any public body or its designated\nagent shall not require the services of an architect, professional engineer,\nland surveyor or landscape architect licensed pursuant to this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 590, \u00a7 54-37.2; 1988, c. 765; 1992, cc. 780, 783; 1993, c.\n662; 2009, c. 309.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}