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§ 38-53-104. Submission of Monument Record Required

If a professional land surveyor conducts a survey that uses any monument representing a public land survey monument location, quarter section corner, sixteenth section corner, government land office or bureau of land management (government) lot corner as defined by the nomenclature of the United States public land survey system, or any United States geological survey […]

§ 38-53-105. Professional Land Surveyor Must Rehabilitate Monuments

For any monument record of a public land survey corner which is required to be submitted pursuant to this article, the professional land surveyor shall restore or rehabilitate the corner monument so it is readily identifiable and reasonably durable, if field conditions require it. Source: L. 94: Entire article R&RE, p. 1525, § 48, effective […]

§ 38-53-106. Form of Monument Records – Prescribed by Board

The board shall adopt and revise as necessary the form and technical specifications for submission of monument records, including the information to be included with, or as part of, the records. Source: L. 94: Entire article R&RE, p. 1525, § 48, effective July 1. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (SB 13-161), ch. 356, p. 2095, […]

§ 38-53-107. Monument Records – Conditions for Acceptance

The board shall not accept a monument record unless it complies with the form and technical specifications established by the board under section 38-53-106 and is signed, sealed, or otherwise authenticated by the professional land surveyor who was in responsible charge of the work. Source: L. 94: Entire article R&RE, p. 1525, § 48, effective […]

§ 38-53-108. Submission Permitted on Any Survey Monument

A professional land surveyor may submit a monument record describing any land survey monument, accessory, or bench mark with the board. Source: L. 94: Entire article R&RE, p. 1525, § 48, effective July 1. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (SB 13-161), ch. 356, p. 2096, § 43, effective July 1. Editor’s note: This section is […]

§ 38-53-109. Fees

The board shall not charge a fee for submissions related to public land survey monuments and their accessories and aliquot corners or bench marks. For all other filings, the board may establish a fee pursuant to section 12-20-105, which shall be payable to the board at the time of submission. Source: L. 94: Entire article […]

§ 38-53-110. Violations

It is the responsibility of the district attorneys of this state to prosecute any person suspected of willfully and knowingly violating this article. Any person, including the responsible official of any agency of state, county, or local government, who willfully and knowingly violates this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall […]

§ 38-52-102. Colorado Coordinate System Names Defined

As established for use in the north zone, the Colorado coordinate system of 1927 or the Colorado coordinate system of 1983 shall be named; and, in any land description in which it is used, it shall be designated the Colorado coordinate system of 1927 north zone or the Colorado coordinate system of 1983 north zone. […]

§ 38-52-103. Colorado Coordinate System Defined

The plane coordinate values for a point on the earth’s surface, used to express the geographic position or location of such point in the appropriate zone of this system, shall consist of two distances expressed in United States survey feet and decimals of a foot when using the Colorado coordinate system of 1927. One of […]

§ 38-52-104. Federal and State Coordinate Description Same Tract – Federal Precedence

Whenever coordinates based on the Colorado coordinate system are used to describe any tract of land which in the same document is also described by reference to any subdivision, line, or corner of the United States public land surveys, the description by coordinates shall be construed as supplemental to the basic description of such subdivision, […]