N.H. Admin. Code § Lan 503.09

Current through Register No. 50, December 12, 2024
Section Lan 503.09 - Plats
(a) For results of a survey where a plat is prepared, the plat shall identify the tract or parcel and contain enough information so that the boundaries of the parcel of interest can be located with certainty in the future by a competent land surveyor.
(b) As appropriate to the purpose of the survey, a survey plat shall contain, but not be limited to, containing the following:
(1) The municipality, date, scale, bar scale, and description or purpose of the plan;
(2) The name and address of the company or individual which prepared the plat, or both, and the name and seal of the licensed land surveyor;
(3) Owner of record with mailing address, assessor's parcel number, and title reference;
(4) Meridian arrow and origin with the date of observation or reference plat;
(5) Vicinity map;
(6) Bearing and horizontal distances on all pertinent property lines;
(7) Curved boundary lines showing radius, delta, and length;
(8) On non-tangent curves, a course and distance of the long chord shall be shown;
(9) Irregular boundaries without curves, such as rivers or streams, or with curves which have no definable geometry, shall have sufficient information to mathematically close the plat;
(10) Tie lines, when used, shall be noted that they are not property lines;
(11) All monuments set or found, including monuments with tie lines on which establishment of the corners of the surveyed premises are dependent;
(12) Monuments shall be described as to material, and the relation of the monument to the surveyed lines and/or corner;
(13) Lines of possession where they affect the surveyed boundaries;
(14) Abutters with title reference and assessor's parcel number;
(15) Easement and right-of-way limits, references to easements and encumbrances of record, whether private or public, and evidence of any unwritten interests observed, to the extent that they have a physical effect on the land;
(16) Revision dates and purposes;
(17) Legend, unless symbols are clearly identified within the plat;
(18) Man-made structures pertinent to the purpose of the surveyed project;
(19) Plats and data relevant to the survey;
(20) Any record evidence of a cemetery or burial ground shall be duly noted on the plat unless such cemetery or burial ground is located on the plat;
(21) The area of the subject tract or parcel, expressed in acres, unless the area is less than 2 acres, in which case the area may be expressed in square feet;
(22) If a boundary, easement, or right-of-way shown on the tract is an elevation, the referenced datum shall be noted on the plat along with at least one permanent benchmark with reference elevation;
(23) All benchmarks shall be adequately described on topographic surveys or boundary surveys when property lines are defined by an elevation to enable it to be recovered at a later date;
(24) A certification by the land surveyor stating the method and classification of the survey or the precision and accuracy attained; and
(25) If coordinates of positions are shown the following shall also be included:
a. The units of reported coordinates;
b. The horizontal datum and coordinate system of the horizontal coordinates;
c. Vertical datum of the vertical coordinates; and
d. Basis of bearings.

N.H. Admin. Code § Lan 503.09

#5934, eff 12-9-94, EXPIRED: 12-9-00

New. #7425, INTERIM, eff 1-13-01, EXPIRED: 7-12-01

New. #7549, eff 8-25-01; ss by #9340, eff 1-1-09

Amended by Volume XXXVI Number 45, Filed November 10, 2016, Proposed by #12031, Effective 11/1/2016, Expires 11/1/2026.