§ 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, […]
§ 38-52-105. Colorado Coordinate System Origins Defined
For the purposes of more precisely defining the Colorado coordinate system of 1927, the following definitions by the United States coast and geodetic survey (now the national ocean survey/national geodetic survey) are adopted: The “Colorado coordinate system of 1927 north zone” is a Lambert conformal conic projection of the Clarke spheroid of 1866, having standard […]
§ 38-52-106. Colorado Coordinate System – Use of Term
The use of the term “Colorado coordinate system of 1927 north zone, central zone, or south zone” or “Colorado coordinate system of 1983 north zone, central zone, or south zone” on any map, report of survey, or other document shall be limited to coordinates based on the Colorado coordinate systems as defined in this article. […]
§ 38-51-103. Procedure for Subdividing Section
Whenever a professional land surveyor conducts a survey for the purpose of locating a parcel of land which is described in terms of the nomenclature of the public land survey system, such professional land surveyor shall proceed according to the applicable rules contained in the current “Manual of Instructions for the Survey of the Public […]
§ 38-52-107. Severability
If any provision of this article is declared invalid, such invalidity shall not affect any other portion of this article, which can be given effect without the invalid provision; and, to this end, the provisions of this article are declared severable. Source: L. 88: Entire article R&RE, p. 519, § 32, effective July 1.
§ 38-51-104. Monumentation of Land Surveys
The corners of lots, tracts, other parcels of land, aliquot corners not described in subsection (4) of this section, and any line points or reference points which are set to perpetuate the location of any land boundary or easement shall, when established on the ground by a land survey, be marked by reasonably permanent markers […]
§ 38-53-101. Legislative Declaration
It is hereby declared to be a public policy of this state to encourage the establishment and preservation of accurate land boundaries, including durable monuments and complete public records, and to minimize the occurrence of land boundary disputes and discrepancies. Source: L. 94: Entire article R&RE, p. 1522, § 48, effective July 1. Editor’s note: […]
§ 38-51-105. Monumentation of Subdivisions
Prior to recording a plat, the external boundaries of any platted subdivisions shall be monumented on the ground by reasonably permanent monuments solidly embedded in the ground. A durable cap bearing the license number of the professional land surveyor responsible for the establishment of the monument shall be affixed securely to the top of each […]