381.01 PETITION. On petition of a town board in the case of a township, or of at least two taxpayers in a section, in the case of a section, filed with the county auditor requesting it, the county board may direct that the township or section be surveyed or subdivided. History: (797) RL s 458; […]
381.02 MEETING; NOTICE. At its next regular meeting after the petition is filed, the county board shall fix a time and place of meeting to consider it, of which three weeks’ published notice, containing the substance of the petition, a description of the lands to be affected, and the names of the owners thereof as […]
381.03 HEARING; CONTRACT WITH SURVEYOR. On the hearing of the petition, all parties interested may appear and be heard, and the county board may grant or reject the application. If granted, it shall appoint a licensed surveyor to make the survey, with whom a written contract for the performance of the work must be made, […]
381.04 DUTIES OF SURVEYOR. The surveyor shall keep complete and accurate records and field notes of all the work, giving dates, names of assistants, lengths and relative directions of all lines, a full description of the evidence and method by which corners are located or restored, and complete data by which the entire survey can […]
381.05 PLAT AS EVIDENCE. If the board approves the plat, its certificate of approval, signed by the chair, must be endorsed thereon. The surveyor shall then file the plat, records and field notes in the office of the county recorder. If an office for the county surveyor is maintained in a building maintained by the […]
381.06 EXPENSES; ASSESSMENT. The surveyor shall then make a certified report to the board, showing in detail the entire expense of the survey, which must be equitably apportioned and assessed by the board to the several tracts affected. History: (802) RL s 463; 1986 c 365 s 6
381.07 ASSESSMENT; NOTICE; CONFIRMATION. On making the assessment, the board shall give one week’s published notice thereof. The notice must contain a description of each tract of land affected, and specify the amount assessed against each tract, the name of the supposed owner, and the time and place of meeting of the board to correct […]
381.08 ASSESSMENT ENTERED ON TAX DUPLICATE. On the filing of the order of confirmation, the county auditor shall enter on the tax duplicate for the current year, against each such tract of land, the amount so assessed against it, which shall be collected as other taxes, and be deposited in the county revenue fund. History: […]
381.09 EXPENSES, HOW PAID. After the filing of the order of confirmation, the expenses of the survey, not exceeding the amount of the assessment, must be paid out of the general revenue fund of the county in the same manner as other claims. History: (805) RL s 466; 1986 c 365 s 9
381.10 APPEALS. Appeals from the order of confirmation may be taken to the district court by any person aggrieved, in the same manner as from the determination of the board in laying out roads. On an appeal the court may inquire into and review all matters relating to the survey or assessment or expenses affecting […]
381.11 NOT TO AFFECT LINES FIXED BY AGREEMENT. Nothing in sections 381.01 to 381.10 shall be construed to authorize the change of any line fixed by agreement of land owners or of any traveled road. History: (807) RL s 468
381.12 SECTION CORNERS PERPETUATED. Subdivision 1. Surveyor, employment. When the county board determines that the monuments established by the United States in the public lands survey to mark public land survey corners have been destroyed or are becoming obscure, it may employ a land surveyor licensed under chapter 326 to perpetuate said corners with durable […]
381.13 TOWNSHIP LANDMARKS. In every county, the county board shall cause to be placed by a licensed surveyor at the northeast corner of each congressional township a durable magnetic monument having a head not less than 3-1/2 inches in diameter and a length of 20 inches. The monument must be embedded its full length in […]
381.19 VIOLATIONS; PENALTY. Any person who willfully removes, destroys, or defaces a monument lawfully erected is guilty of a misdemeanor. History: 1986 c 365 s 13
