(a) There is created the Division of Land Surveys of the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office. (b) The primary functions of the division shall be the establishment, maintenance, and preservation of land monuments, section corners, and other physical accessories of the United States Public Land Survey within the State of Arkansas, the field notes, plats, […]
(a) (1) There is created the Land Survey Advisory Board. (2) The Land Survey Advisory Board shall assist and advise the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office and the State Surveyor concerning the powers, authority, and duties conferred upon the office and the State Surveyor under this subchapter. (b) The Land Survey Advisory Board shall consist […]
The Land Survey Advisory Board shall select a chair from its membership. The board shall meet at least quarterly and at any other times as shall be determined by the chair.
The Land Survey Advisory Board shall act in an advisory capacity to the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office and the State Surveyor in all matters relative to formulating policies of the Division of Land Surveys of the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office and the State Surveyor and in promulgating the rules designed to establish uniform […]
(a) The Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Board shall employ, in consultation with the Secretary of the Department of Transformation and Shared Services, a State Surveyor to be the head of the Division of Land Surveys of the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office. (b) The State Surveyor shall: (1) Be a person of proven administrative ability, […]
The State Surveyor, acting under the supervision and direction of the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office and the Secretary of the Department of Transformation and Shared Services, shall have the following authority and responsibility: (1) To: (A) Restore, maintain, and preserve the land survey monuments, section corners, and quarter section corners established by the United […]
(a) Every employee of the Division of Land Surveys of the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office or the Department of Transformation and Shared Services, who performs any work required by law to be done by a registered professional surveyor shall be a registered surveyor. (b) Neither the State Surveyor nor any employee of the department […]
(a) The State Surveyor or any employee of the Department of Transformation and Shared Services or of the Division of Land Surveys of the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office shall have the right to enter upon private property for the purpose of making surveys or searching for, locating, relocating, or remonumenting land monuments, levelling stations, […]
(a) When the State Surveyor so requests, the public recorder of deeds, mortgages, or other instruments dealing with interest in real property and all state agencies, boards, and commissions and all county and municipal officials shall furnish to the Division of Land Surveys of the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office certified copies of records in […]
(a) The Division of Land Surveys of the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office may produce, reproduce, and sell maps, plats, and records and shall prescribe a reasonable charge therefor. (b) All income derived from these sales shall be deposited into a financial institution in this state.
Nothing in this subchapter shall prohibit abstractors from preparing legal land descriptions.
