MANUAL OF PRACTICE FOR LAND SURVEYING IN NORTH …

1 MANUAL OF PRACTICE FOR land SURVEYING IN NORTH DAKOTA NORTH DAKOTA SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL land SURVEYORS ADOPTED MAY 1, 2015 MANUAL OF PRACTICE FOR land SURVEYING IN NORTH DAKOTA ACKNOWLEDGEMENT SHEET For MANUAL Accepted May 1, 2015 Reviewers of the MANUAL of PRACTICE for Content and Accuracy Aaron Hummert Ken Link Matt Weeks Cleary Johs Troy Jensen Deane Graves II Gregory Johnson (Chairman)

2 Contributors of information Mark Aughtman Rick Leach Ken Link Matt Weeks Aaron Hummert Cleary Johs Dan Fischer James Glasser Mark Kadrmas Steve Langlie Quentin Obrigewitsch Gregory Obrigewitsch Tim Langerud Raymond Bozlee Edward Rintamaki Kevin Martin Andrea Marquardt Bradley Robertson Robert Illg Robert Kohler David Landecker Cat McClintock (technical writer) Amy Kinzler (technical reviewer) Thanks to all who have contributed, mentioned here or not. If I missed your name, please accept my apologies, and please let me know for an update.

3 Table of Contents Page 1 INTRODUCTION 1 WHY THIS GUIDE? 1 DOCUMENT HISTORY 1 RELATED HISTORICAL MATERIALS 2 land surveyor S RESPONSIBILITIES 2 ABOUT THE NDSPLS

4 2 Mission Statement and Objectives 2 Bylaws 3 Board of Directors 3 Committees 3 2 PROFESSIONAL BEHAVIOR 4 ROLE OF THE land surveyor 4 PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT STATEMENT 4 REGISTRATION LAWS FOR PROFESSIONAL land surveyor 4 CODE OF ETHICS 7 Guidelines for Professional Conduct 8 Principles of Professional Conduct 8 3 DEFINITIONS 9 PRACTICE OF land SURVEYING 10 PROFESSIONAL land surveyor 11

5 RESPONSIBLE CHARGE 11 DIRECT SUPERVISION 11 STREET 11 SUBDIVISION 11 OUTLOTS 12 SUBLOTS 12 CADASTRAL MEASUREMENTS 12 GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATE DATA BASE (GCDB)

6 12 GROUND DISTANCE 12 UTM ZONE 12 LOCAL COORDINATES 13 GEODETIC COORDINATES 13 GRID COORDINATES 13 EASEMENT 13 RIGHTS OF WAY 13 MAP

7 14 PLAT 14 4 SERVICE AGREEMENTS AND PROCEDURES 15 SERVICE AGREEMENT MODEL/HOLD HARMLESS INDEMINIFICATION 15 PROCEDURAL OUTLINE 15 Determine the Scope of a Project 15 Find land Descriptions.

8 Records And Research 15 Evaluate Capabilities to Complete Job 16 Estimate Cost And Acceptance Of The Project 16 Prepare for Field Surveys 16 Conduct Preliminary Field Investigation 16 Finalize Findings 17 5 MONUMENTS AND COORDINATE SYSTEM 18 GENERAL 18 Monumentation 18 Coordinates 20 STANDARDS 23 ORDER OF IMPORTANCE 23 PUBLIC RECORD 24 EVIDENCE 25 6

9 SURVEY CORNER RECORDS 26 PUBLIC RECORDER 28 REHABILITATION 28 RESPONSIBILITY 29 7 land DESCRIPTIONS 30 WRITING PRINCIPLES 30 Writing or Reading Legal Descriptions 30 RECORD MAPS 31 Types 31 CERTIFICATIONS AND STATEMENTS 31 8 SUBDIVISION OF SECTIONS 33 PLATTING LAWS AND REGULATIONS 33 PROCEDURES-REFERENCES 35 9 SURVEYS 36 BOUNDARY SURVEYS

10 36 SURVEY STANDARD 36 Accuracy Standards 36 AUDITORS SURVEY 36 PROPERTY SURVEY 36 Classification of Property Surveys 36 City Surveys 36