55-1901. PURPOSE. The purpose of this chapter is to provide a method for preserving evidence of land surveys by providing for a public record of surveys. The provisions shall be deemed supplementary to existing laws relating to surveys, subdivisions, platting and boundaries. History: [55-1901, added 1978, ch. 107, sec. 1, p. 221.]
55-1902. DEFINITIONS. As used in this chapter: (1) "Basis of bearing" means the bearing in degrees, minutes and seconds, or equivalent, of a line between two (2) monuments or two (2) monumented corners that serves as the reference bearing for all other lines on the survey. A description of the bearing system used to include […]
55-1903. COMPLIANCE WITH CHAPTER REQUIRED. Any surveyor legally engaged in the practice of land surveying shall comply with the provisions of this chapter. History: [55-1903, added 1978, ch. 107, sec. 1, p. 222.]
55-1904. RECORDS OF SURVEY — WHEN FILING REQUIRED. After making a land survey in conformity with established principles of land surveying, a surveyor shall file a record of survey with the county recorder in the county or counties wherein the lands surveyed are situated. A record of survey shall be filed within ninety (90) days […]
55-1905. RECORDS OF SURVEY — FILING. The records of survey to be filed under authority of this chapter shall be processed as follows: (1) The record of survey shall be a map using the same media and copy process as provided in section 50-1304, Idaho Code. The map shall be eighteen (18) inches by twenty-seven […]
55-1906. RECORDS OF SURVEY — CONTENTS. The records of survey shall, at a minimum, show: (1) All monuments found or set or reset or replaced, or removed, describing their kind, size, location using bearings and distances, and giving other data relating thereto; (2) Evidence of compliance with chapter 16, title 55, Idaho Code, including instrument […]
55-1907. COORDINATES — BASIS. When coordinates in the Idaho coordinate system are shown on a record of survey map, subdivision plat or a highway right-of-way plat, the map or the plat must show the national spatial reference system monuments and their coordinates used as the basis of the survey; the zone; the datum and adjustment; […]
55-1908. WHEN RECORD OF SURVEY NOT REQUIRED. A record of survey is not required of any survey when: (1) It is of a preliminary nature; (2) A map is in preparation for recording or has been recorded under any other section of the Idaho Code, or pursuant to the laws of the United States; (3) […]
55-1909. FILING FEE. A fee of five dollars ($5.00) per page shall be charged for filing any record of survey. History: [55-1909, added 1978, ch. 107, sec. 1, p. 223; am. 1979, ch. 289, sec. 1, p. 768.]
55-1910. DUTIES OF COUNTY RECORDER. The record of survey filed with the county recorder of any county shall be assigned an instrument number and shall be bound or filed with other plats of like character in a book or file or through an approved electronic storage system designated as "Records of Surveys." Proper indexes or […]
55-1911. ERROR OF CLOSURE. Any survey of land involving property boundaries including, but not limited to, public land survey lines, shall be conducted in such a manner as to produce an unadjusted mathematical error of closure of each area bounded by property lines within the survey of not more than one (1) part in five […]
