The elected office of county surveyor is abolished. History: Laws 1891, ch. 33, § 1; C.L. 1897, § 785; Code 1915, § 1287; C.S. 1929, § 33-4901; 1941 Comp., § 15-3901; 1953 Comp., § 15-41-1; Laws 1967, ch. 238, § 4; 2011, ch. 56, § 3. ANNOTATIONS Cross references. — For salaries of county surveyors, […]
All county surveying and engineering on roads and bridges shall be performed by a licensed professional surveyor appointed by the board of county commissioners, and the surveyor shall by virtue of the surveyor’s office be one of the viewers in the establishing of new roads or the location of bridges. History: Laws 1891, ch. 33, […]
Private individuals may contract for the work of county surveying. History: Laws 1891, ch. 33, § 12; C.L. 1897, § 796; Code 1915, § 1298; C.S. 1929, § 33-4912; 1941 Comp., § 15-3912; 1953 Comp., § 15-41-12; Laws 1981, ch. 14, § 1; 2011, ch. 56, § 12. ANNOTATIONS The 2011 amendment, effective December 31, […]
All surveys made under and by virtue and in compliance with the provisions of this article [4-42-1 to 4-42-15 NMSA 1978] shall be deemed and taken to be in all counties of this state as prima facie correct, and the survey books in this article provided shall be received in evidence in all courts of […]
All surveys made by the licensed professional surveyors appointed by the board of county commissioners of the several counties in accordance with Chapter 4, Article 42 NMSA 1978, which are not government subdivisions, shall be numbered with a consecutive series of numbers, commencing with thirty-seven, and it shall be the duty of the assessor in […]
Nothing in Chapter 4, Article 42 NMSA 1978 shall be construed to empower any licensed professional surveyor appointed by the board of county commissioners to change the established lines or corners of any land owned or possessed by any person, and no private lands shall be surveyed except by the consent of the owner of […]
The board of county commissioners is authorized to have the lands of the county, or any portion thereof, surveyed by a licensed land surveyor under the direction and in accordance with the instructions of the board of county commissioners. The board of county commissioners is authorized to purchase from any licensed professional surveyor any survey […]
History: Laws 1891, ch. 33, § 3; C.L. 1897, § 787; Code 1915, § 1289; C.S. 1929, § 33-4903; 1941 Comp., § 15-3903; 1953 Comp., § 15-41-3; repealed by Laws 2011, ch. 56, § 29. ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 2011, ch. 56, § 29 repealed 4-42-2 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1891, ch. 33, […]
When a licensed professional surveyor appointed by the board of county commissioners is called upon to make any survey that is to be used in any court, the surveyor is hereby authorized and required, upon application of either party, to administer an oath or affirmation to any witness who may be brought to prove any […]
A licensed professional surveyor appointed by the board of county commissioners shall keep two books of records that shall be furnished the surveyor by the board of county commissioners for that purpose, which books the surveyor shall transmit to the surveyor’s successor in office. One book shall contain the calculations by latitudes and departures of […]
All calculations to ascertain the contents of a tract of land by a licensed professional surveyor appointed by the board of county commissioners shall be made by latitudes and departures, and on each plat shall be laid down the variations of the magnetic needle from the true meridian. In reestablishing missing corners, the county surveyor […]
If a licensed professional surveyor appointed by the board of county commissioners shall be molested or prevented from doing or performing any of the surveyor’s official duties by means of threats or improper interference of any person, the surveyor shall call on the sheriff or other peace officer of the county, who shall accompany the […]
The expense of the chain carriers and corner man shall be paid in advance, if required by a licensed professional surveyor appointed by the board of county commissioners or the surveyor’s deputy, by the party on whose application the survey may be made, and the money so advanced shall be accounted for by the surveyor, […]
Any person owning or claiming lands divided by a county line and wishing to have the lands surveyed may apply to a licensed professional surveyor appointed by the board of county commissioners of any county in which any part of the land is situate, and, on such application being made, the surveyor is authorized to […]
Where a boundary line between two counties is to be established, licensed professional surveyors appointed by the board of county commissioners, or their deputies, of the two counties affected by the boundaries shall together make the survey and establish the lines and erect monuments, and all corners set by the surveyors or their deputies shall […]
