Requirements For Recording Results Of Survey Drawings (EFF. 6/21/05)

The Board's rules provide that Land Surveyors must adhere to the Arizona Boundary Survey Minimum Standards and with state laws pertaining to the surveyor's area of practice. (A.A.C.R4-30-301(4) and(13), effective August 7, 2004) The Arizona Boundary Survey Minimum Standards at Section 13 provides standards to ensure the recordation of appropriate survey drawings.  Section 13 (C) concerns the requirement to  record a survey drawing whenever ANY land boundary monuments are set in conjunction with a "new" survey.  Questions have been raised regarding the Board's interpretation of what a "new" survey means in the context of Section 13(C).  This substantive policy statement is offered as guidance to persons interpreting Section 13 in complying with the Board's rules.
 

Substantive Policy Statement

The Board's rules provide that Land Surveyors must adhere to the Arizona Boundary Survey Minimum Standards and with state laws pertaining to the surveyor's area of practice. (A.A.C. R4-30-301 (4) and (13) effective August 7, 2004) The Arizona Boundary Survey Minimum Standards at Section 13 provides standards for when a surveyor must create and record survey drawings. Section 13 (C) concerns the requirement to record a survey drawing when any land boundary monuments are set in conjunction with the new survey.
 
The Board interprets the term "new survey" to be synonymous with "present survey" or "most recent survey" so that even if the present or most recent survey is a retracement of an existing prior survey, these actions require the surveyor to create and record a survey drawing documenting the new monumentation as established:
 
Whenever any monuments are established, including those set to replace missing or damaged monuments of the previous survey.
Surveys performed to rehabilitate or replace monuments disturbed as a result of infrastructure improvements such as street resurfacing/repaving or underground utilities or similar projects.
 

Applicable Laws

Arizona Revised Statutes§ 32-125 (B) and (E).

Arizona Administrative Code, Title 4, Chapter 30, Section 301.

Filed with the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office July 2013