Effective – 28 Aug 1989 60.120. Survey, duty to make, fee. — The county surveyor shall, within thirty days, when called upon, survey any tract of land or town lot lying in his county, at the expense of the person demanding the same; provided, that his agreed upon fees are first tendered, or that he […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1989 60.130. Survey, how made when surveyor interested. — When it shall appear that the county surveyor is interested in any tract of land the title of which is in dispute before the court, the court shall direct the survey or resurvey to be made by some registered land surveyor, who […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 60.140. Lands divided by county lines, by whom surveyed. — In case any person own or claim lands where the same are divided by a county line, the person owning or claiming such lands, and wishing to have the same surveyed, may apply to the surveyor of any county in […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1993 60.150. Survey may be legal evidence, standards for survey. — No survey or resurvey shall be admitted into evidence in any court in this state unless it is made by a registered land surveyor, and it can be shown that the survey is located by measurements to monuments of the […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 60.160. Survey, land in dispute. — When lands, the title of which is in dispute before any court, shall be divided by a county line, the court making an order of survey may direct such order to the surveyor of any county in which any part of such land is […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1989 60.170. Surveyor to execute orders of court. — The county surveyor shall execute all orders given to him directly by any court of record, for surveying or resurveying any tract of land, the title of which is in dispute before such court, and all orders of survey for the partition […]
Effective – 28 Aug 2013 *60.185. County surveyors, duties. — The county surveyor of every county or city shall: (1) Keep a fair and correct record of all surveys made by himself and his deputies, in a well-bound book, with a convenient index, to be procured at the expense of the county or city for […]
Effective – 28 Aug 2013 *60.195. United States field notes on survey of counties, how obtained and filed in office of county surveyor. — The several county commissions in this state are hereby authorized, in all cases wherein they shall consider it to be the interest of their counties, to obtain from the Missouri department […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1989 60.205. Failure to perform duties, civil action to obtain fine, amount. — Any county surveyor who shall fail to perform the duties required of him by this chapter shall be fined in a sum not exceeding ninety dollars, to be recovered by civil action, at the suit of the injured […]
Effective – 02 Jan 2023, 2 histories 60.301. Definitions. — Whenever the following words and terms are used in this chapter they shall have the following meaning unless the context clearly indicates that a different meaning is intended: (1) “Corners of the United States public land survey”, those points that determine the boundaries of the […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1989 60.305. Resurvey of United States land survey — rules. — In the resurvey of the lands of the United States public land survey, the surveyor shall observe the following rules: (1) The boundaries of the United States public land survey in Missouri are unchangeable; (2) The original township, section, quarter-section […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1989 60.311. Corners original position to be determined. — The restoration and utilization of the existent corners of the United States public land survey is a prime objective of every survey. Every means shall be undertaken to determine the position of the original corner before deciding that the corner is lost. […]
Effective – 02 Jan 2023, 2 histories 60.315. Lost corners reestablishment — rules. — The following rules for the reestablishment of lost corners shall be applied only when it is determined that the corner is lost: (The rules utilize proportional measurement which harmonizes surveying practice with legal and equitable considerations. This plan of relocating a […]
Effective – 28 Aug 2013 *60.321. Lost corners, monumentation, procedure — violation deemed misconduct. — For the purpose of perpetuating the corners of the United States public land survey, every surveyor who reestablishes a lost corner or restores an existent corner shall monument the corner and shall file an instrument showing such reestablishment or restoration […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1989 60.326. Law not to affect previous surveys. — This chapter shall in no way be construed either to affect the legality of surveys legally made and recorded prior to September 28, 1979, or to prevent surveyors from taking advantage of any corners legally established prior to September 28, 1979. ——– […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1989 60.331. Quarter-sections, how established. — In subdividing a section into quarter-sections, the land surveyor shall run straight lines from the established quarter-section corners to the opposite quarter-section corners. The point of intersection of the lines thus run will be the corner common to the several quarter-sections, or the legal center […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1989 60.335. Quarter-quarter sections, how established. — In subdividing a quarter-section into quarters, the land surveyor shall: (1) First, establish the quarter-quarter, or sixteenth-section corners at points midway between the quarter-section and section corners or the center of the section, except on the last half mile of the lines closing on […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1989 60.341. Fractional sections, how established. — In subdividing a fractional section or quarter-section, the land surveyor will run his lines from properly established quarter-section or quarter-quarter-section corners, as the case may be, with courses governed by the conditions represented upon the official government plat, to the lake, watercourse, grant boundary, […]
Effective – 02 Jan 2023, 2 histories 60.345. Corners of quarter-sections south of township line, east of range line, how established. — The quarter-section corners of sections south of the township line and east of the range line, and not established by the original government survey will be established according to the conditions represented upon […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1989 60.351. Destruction of landmarks, duty of county surveyor to report. — It shall be the duty of every county surveyor and every deputy county surveyor to report as soon as practicable all violations of law relative to the destruction of landmarks that come under their observation, or of which they […]
