Code: DPL1 (DOB NOW seal/signature form)
Description: (Design Professional / Licensee Seal and Signature Form) is a DOB NOW document that captures a licensed professional’s information, professional seal, and signature for use in online filings.
Practical Meaning: For most homeowners, this form only matters if your architect, engineer, or electrician needs to upload their professional seal into DOB NOW for certain types of filings or inspections. For standard electrical filings, this document no longer needs to be submitted, so you should usually not worry about providing or tracking it for new electrical work.
Where You May See It: You may see “DPL1” listed as a document name in older DOB NOW: Inspections guides or upload instructions, or in older emails from design professionals about DOB NOW submissions. Some third‑party DOB form libraries and resources still list the DPL1 as a standard DOB NOW form, even though it is no longer needed for electrical filings.
Why It Matters: If you are reviewing older project records, seeing a DPL1 form tells you that a licensed professional uploaded their seal correctly into DOB NOW for that job. For new electrical filings, relying on outdated instructions about DPL1 could cause confusion or unnecessary document chasing, so it is important to know that the DPL1 document no longer needs to be submitted for electrical filings.
Source: DOB DPL1 form (official PDF)