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Section 60.326 – Law not to affect previous surveys.

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. ­­——– […]

Section 60.331 – Quarter-sections, how established.

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 […]

Section 60.335 – Quarter-quarter sections, how established.

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 […]

Section 60.341 – Fractional sections, how established.

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, […]

Section 60.351 – Destruction of landmarks, duty of county surveyor to report.

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 […]

Section 60.311 – Corners original position to be determined.

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. […]

Section 60.315 – Lost corners reestablishment — rules.

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 […]