Section 865 IAC 1-12-10 - Field work for retracement and original surveysAuthority: IC 25-21.5-2-14
Affected: IC 25-21.5
Sec. 10.
When conducting a retracement or original survey, a land surveyor shall do the following:
(1) Search for controlling physical monuments and, when found, weigh their reliability.(2) Search for and locate the following: (A) Monuments that reference missing control monuments.(B) Monuments that substantiate control monuments that have been obliterated.(C) Other monuments and real evidence that are necessary to the survey.(3) If necessary: (A) investigate possible parol evidence supporting the positions of obliterated control monuments; and(B) obtain the necessary affidavit or affidavits from individuals involved.(4) Obtain the following: (A) Necessary measurements to correlate all found evidence, including the relationship to adjoining properties.(B) Sufficient check measurements to satisfactorily verify the work.(5) Locate physical evidence of possession between adjoiners and identify age of possession, for example, by parol evidence, if possible.(6) Survey field notes shall be in the form required by section 6 of this rule.(7) Any controlling corners that are original public land survey corners or other government corners such as land grants shall be: (C) documented; in accordance with section 30 of this rule.
State Board of Registration for Land Surveyors; 865 IAC 1-12-10; filed Jun 21, 1988, 4:05 p.m.: 11 IR 3912; filed Jul 17, 1991, 4:30 p.m.: 14 IR 2244; readopted filed May 22, 2001, 9:55 a.m.: 24 IR 3237; filed Jan 26, 2004, 11:00 a.m.: 27 IR 1885; filed May 4, 2006, 1:25 p.m.: 29 IR 3011; readopted filed Nov 9, 2012, 11:26 a.m.: 20121205-IR-865120390RFAReadopted filed 11/29/2018, 10:35 a.m.: 20181226-IR-865180404RFAReadopted filed 5/30/2024, 9:42 a.m.: 20240626-IR-865230820RFA864 IAC 1.1-13-10 was renumbered by Legislative Services Agency as 865 IAC 1-12-10.