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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 36: Construction and Architect-engineer Contracts › Subpart 36.6

FAR 36.609-4 Requirements for registration of designers.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This section tells contracting officers to include the clause at 52.236-25, Requirements for Registration of Designers, in architect-engineer contracts. The clause may be left out when the design work will be done outside the United States and its outlying areas, or in a state or outlying area that does not require registration in the relevant field.

Applies to: Architect-engineer contracts

What it requires

  • Insert the clause at 52.236-25, Requirements for Registration of Designers, in architect-engineer contracts, unless an exception applies.

Key terms: architect-engineer contracts · 52.236-25 · Requirements for Registration of Designers · United States and its outlying areas · registration requirements

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The text

Insert the clause at 52.236-25, Requirements for Registration of Designers, in architect-engineer contracts, except that it may be omitted when the design will be performed—

(a) Outside the United States and its outlying areas; or

(b) In a State or outlying area of the United States that does not have registration requirements for the particular field involved.

Sections it refers to

  • 52.236-25 Requirements for Registration of Designers.

Sections that refer to it

  • 52.236-25 Requirements for Registration of Designers.

← 36.609-3 Work oversight in architect-engineer contracts. · 36.700 Scope of subpart. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 36

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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