The following requirements apply when a land boundary survey is
performed. If, in the professional judgment of the surveyor, the procedures of
subsections (1) and (2) of this section are not necessary to perform the
survey, departures from these requirements shall be explained and/or shown on
the survey map produced.
(1)The
reestablishment of lost GLO or BLM corners and the subdividing of sections
shall be done according to applicable GLO or BLM plats and field notes and in
compliance with the rules as set forth in the appropriate GLO or BLM
Manual of Surveying Instructions, manual supplements and
circulars. Federal or state court decisions that influence the interpretation
of the rules should be considered. Methods used for such corner reestablishment
or section subdivision shall be described on the survey map produced.
(2) All maps, plats, or plans showing a land
boundary survey shall show all the corners found, established, reestablished
and calculated, including corresponding directions and distances, which were
used to survey and which will be necessary to resurvey the parcel shown.
Additionally, all such maps, plats, or plans shall show sufficient section
subdivision data, or other such controlling parcel data, necessary to support
the position of any section subdivisional corner or controlling parcel corner
used to reference the parcel surveyed. Where a portion or all of this
information is already shown on a record filed or recorded in the county
recording office of the county in which the parcel is located, reference may be
made to that record in lieu of providing the required data.
(3) Documentation shall be provided for all
GLO or BLM corner(s) or point(s) used to control the location of the parcel
surveyed. This requirement shall be met by providing on the document produced:
(a)The information required by both the
Survey Recording Act and the history and evidence found sections of the Land
Corner Record Form; or
(b)The
recording data of a document(s) that provides the required information and is
filed or recorded in the county recording office of the county in which the
parcel is located.
(4)Every corner originally monumented by the
GLO or BLM that is physically reestablished shall be monumented in accordance
with the Survey Recording Act. If the reestablished corner is not filed or
recorded as part of a record of survey, plat or short plat, at least three
references shall be established and filed or recorded on a Land Corner Record
Form. If the reestablished corner is filed or recorded as part of a record of
survey, plat or short plat, then ties to at least two other monuments shown on
the record document may serve in lieu of the required references. A valid set
of coordinates on the Washington plane coordinate system may serve as one of
the references. However, to best ensure an accurate relocation, references in
close proximity to the corner are recommended. Monuments placed shall be
magnetically locatable and include a cap stamped with the appropriate corner
designation as defined in the current BLM Manual of Surveying
Instructions.
