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Professional Licensure Sealing and Signing
Since July 2009, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has used PKI based digital signatures in order to be in compliance with the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation (DPOR) requirements for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Certified Landscape Architects to sign and seal their work.
IdenTrust provides IdenTrust Global Common (IGC) certificates to both VDOT staff and consultants.
The cost of the certificate for VDOT staff will be covered by the department. Consultants will be responsible for purchasing their own certificates. The department utilizes Adobe Acrobat as the signing solution to place the seal and digital signature in the PDF file and recommend consultants use the same for consistency.
The Uniform Electronic Transactions Act Title 59.1, Chapter 42.1 does support Professional Engineers, Certified Landscape Architects and Land Surveyors to sign and seal their work electronically. The Purpose of UETA is to enable electronic commerce by providing that contracts and records are not invalid simply because they are in an electronic format rather than on paper. Also, Title 54.1, Chapter 4 of the Code of Virginia (1950), as amended, regarding Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Landscape Architects does not prohibit these individuals to sign and seal their work electronically.
VDOT recognizes the need for entities, citizens, and public employees to interoperate with the department's applications for the purpose of conducting business electronically. The agency uses IdenTrust Services to provide such persons and entities with compliant digital certificates. The digital certificates will be managed and controlled by IdenTrust Services as part of the IdenTrust Global Common (IGC). IdenTrust Services, LLC will supply Certification Authority (CA) service to entities and citizens located within or desiring to interface with the department in a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI).
Choosing Your Certificate
IGC Certificates
- Available to both unaffiliated (issued to a specific person) and affiliated (issued to a person who is affiliated with a specific organization).
- Require that the applicant provide proof of identity and in the case of the affiliated certificate, proof of organization affiliation.
- Offered in Basic Assurance for unaffiliated individuals and Medium Assurance for affiliated individuals.
- For your convenience, IGC Basic and Medium Assurance certificates can be purchased with or without a storage device (Smart card or USB token) according to your preference.
Simply select BUY NOW and the IdenTrust Certificate Selection Wizard will assist you in choosing a certificate that is accepted by the VDOT and will meet your business needs.
Other Resources
Learn more IGC Certificates:
- IGC Basic Unaffiliated Software
- IGC Basic Unaffiliated Hardware
- IGC Medium Assurance Affiliated Software
- IGC Medium Assurance Affiliated Hardware
If you have any questions about the implementation of digital signatures at VDOT, please call VDOT's Location & Design Helpdesk at 888-683-0345.
Special Instructions
If purchasing a large volume of certificates for your company, please contact [email protected] as further discounts may apply.
Important Information
Please note: ONLY THE SUBSCRIBER OF THE CERTIFICATE SHOULD HAVE EXCLUSIVE USE - THE DIGITAL CERTIFICATE IS YOUR FORM OF IDENTIFICATION, SIMILAR TO YOUR PASSPORT OR DRIVERS LICENSE. Under the Certificate Policies governing the issuance and use of certificates offered by IdenTrust, it is our responsibility as an Authorized Certification Authority to revoke the certificate in a case of loss or disclosure of the private key (Password) to anyone other than the subscriber.