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Statutory Responsibilities

Statutory Responsibilities

Utah State Code 17-73 (County Surveyor)

Part 1 - General Provisions

  • Section 101 - Definitions
  • Section 102 - County surveyor seal
  • Section 103 - Office furnishings and supplies -- Filing and indexing fees -- Records remain county property.
  • Section 104 - County surveyor to use funds in Public Land Corner Preservation Fund.

Part 2 - Qualifications and Duties

  • Section 201 - County surveyor to be elected, Requirement to be licensed land surveyor, Authority to contract with licensed land surveyor if no elected county surveyor, County surveyor duties

Part 3- Powers and Duties

Part 4 - County Surveyors and Other Government Entities

  • Section 401 - Resurveys of surveys conducted by the United States.
  • Section 402 - Survey by direction of court, Compensation.

Part 5 - Surveying Processes and Penalties

  • Section 501 - Setting monuments.
  • Section 502 - Disturbed corners, County surveyor to be notified, Coordination with certain state agencies.
  • Section 503 - Removal, destruction, or defacement of monuments or corners as infraction, Costs.
  • Section 504 - Map of boundary survey, Procedure for filing, Contents, Marking of monuments, Record of corner changes, Penalties.
  • Section 505 - Corner perpetuation and filing, Establishment of corner file, Preservation of map records, Filing fees, Exemptions.
  • Section 506 - Amendment of survey maps or narratives by affidavit of corrections.
  • Section 507 - Final plats of local entity boundary actions, County surveyor approval of final plat, Plat requirements.