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New Jersey Ofce of the Attorney General
Division of Consumer Affairs
New Jersey State Board of Architects
124 Halsey Street, 3rd Floor, P.O. Box 45001
Newark, New Jersey 07101
(973) 504-6385
Certicate of Authorization
Instruction Sheet
The form must be typewritten or printed clearly, and separate sheets may be used for additional information. Please provide a
telephone number.
A nonrefundable application ling fee of $100.00, made payable to the New Jersey State Board of Architects, must be
submitted with the application.
A notary seal is required in the two areas provided on page two of the form. You also must provide the signatures of
the licensee who is “in responsible charge” and a corporate ofcer where indicated.
The “Details of Ownership” information must be submitted with all initial applications.
Domestic corporations (New Jersey corporations) must submit a certied copy of the Certicate of Formation or
incorporation, issued by the Division of Revenue in the New Jersey Department of the Treasury. To obtain the certicate,
call (609) 292-9292 or (609) 292-1730 or log onto www.nj.gov/njbgs.
Foreign corporations (out-of-state corporations) must present a certied copy of the Certicate of Formation or incorporation
issued by the home state. In addition, provide a certied copy of a Certicate of Authority to do business in New Jersey
which is issued by the Division of Revenue in the New Jersey Department of the Treasury. To obtain the certicate, complete
an Application for Public Records Filing for New Business Entities. For a copy of the application, call (609) 292-1730 or log
onto www.nj.gov/njbgs.
A copy of the most current annual report led with the Division of Revenue must be submitted with every application.
Any corporation or L.L.C. that offers or renders landscape architectural services but which does not have an ofcer or
employee who is licensed as a landscape architect by the New Jersey State Board of Architects and who serves as the
responsible licensee-in-charge, shall have a written contract with a landscape architect who is currently licensed by
the State Board prior to offering or rendering any such service in addition to being required to obtain a Certicate of
Authorization pursuant to N.J.S.A. 45:3A-16 and N.J.A.C. 13:27-8.11.
Any changes (corporate address, address of record, licensee in-responsible-charge, corporate ofcers, etc.) must be reported,
in writing, within 30 days of the change.
Return the Certicate of Authorization application along with the above-noted documentation to the following address:
New Jersey State Board of Architects
P.O. Box 45001
Newark, NJ 07101
Once your Certicate of Authorization application has been approved, you will be issued a certicate number, which
must be indicated in your title block.
Note: Applications submitted without the required documentation, or any application that has not been signed, dated
or notarized, will be returned.