S.D. Admin. R. 20:38:37:05

Current through Register Vol. 51, page 67, December 16, 2024

Section 20:38:37:05 - Land surveyors

A licensed land surveyor shall perform the following services:

(1) Filing certified land corner records. On certified land corner records, a licensed surveyor shall date, sign and affix the licensed surveyor's number and seal on 81/2 by 14-inch sheets before presenting a certificate for filing. The certified land record form shall show by sketch and explanation a complete description of the found or reestablished corner monument. The accessories established, stating how marked, material used, witness trees, witness objects, bearing objects, and courses and distances to adjacent corners if determined in reestablishing the corner described shall be on the certificate. The licensed surveyor shall describe evidence found of the original corner and give the original record if known. The licensed land surveyor may include other reference information such as State Plane Coordinates or other specified geodetic coordinates as evidence of the corner position. The licensed land surveyor may use the back of the certificate for additional sketches;

(2) File with the register of deeds. The certified land corner shall be indexed by the register of deeds in each county on a township index sheet provided by the board. Counties using microfilm or similar devices for storage of documents shall return the original to the land surveyor unless notified otherwise; and

(3) Survey corner markers. All corner markers including points of curvature set by licensed land surveyors, whether they are retracement surveys, aliquot boundaries, or the subdivision of lands, must either be constructed of ferrous metal or must contain sufficient magnetic material so that the markers can be found with metal detecting devices. All corner markers set by licensed land surveyors must have affixed to the top of the corner marker a device commonly known as a survey cap which clearly shows the registration number of the surveyor.

S.D. Admin. R. 20:38:37:05

26 SDR 9, effective 7/29/1999; 33 SDR 70, effective 6/20/2006; transferred from

General Authority: SDCL 36-18A-22(5).

Law Implemented: SDCL 36-18A-4, 36-18A-44, 36-18A-45, 36-18A-71.