CHAPTER 11. Surveyor
Chapter 11 added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.
§§ 27550–27601 · 25 sections
ARTICLE 1. Duties Generally §§ 27550–27564 · 17 sections
- § 27550 The surveyor shall be a person authorized to practice land surveying in this state. The surveyor shall be elected in the same manner and for the same term as…
- § 27550.1 The qualifications for eligibility to a county or district office, required by Section 24001 of this Code, shall not apply to candidates or applicants for, or…
- § 27550.2 Notwithstanding Section 27550, in Solano County, the county surveyor is not an elected position and may be appointed by the Director of Transportation if the…
- § 27551 The surveyor shall make any survey that is required by order of court or the board of supervisors. He shall keep a correct and fair record of all surveys made…
- § 27552 Any person owning or claiming land which is divided by county lines and who wishes to have it surveyed may apply to the surveyor of any county in which any…
- § 27553 When the title of land which is in dispute before any court, is divided by a county line, the court making an order of survey may direct the order to the…
- § 27554 When required the surveyor shall aid and assist the State Lands Commission in making surveys within the county.
- § 27555 When the surveyor is interested in any land, the title to which is in dispute, and a survey is necessary, the court shall direct the survey to be made by some…
- § 27556 The surveyor shall copy, plat, or trace each map filed for record in the office of the county recorder, at the cost of the party filing the map, and is ex…
- § 27557 The surveyor shall plat, trace, blueprint, or otherwise make all county, road, district, and other maps and, at the request of the assessor, make all…
- § 27558 The board of supervisors may provide and pay from county funds for the making or purchase of the maps and block-books by contract with some other competent…
- § 27559 In the preparation of assessors’ maps and block-books the surveyor shall make all investigations and surveys necessary to provide complete and accurate maps.
- § 27560 All maps which are platted, traced, blueprinted, or otherwise so made for the county and all data obtained by the surveyor or person making them from other…
- § 27561 The board of supervisors may provide for the sale at not less than cost of copies of maps prepared for the use of the assessor.
- § 27562 The surveyor shall make such surveys of county roads and perform such other engineering work as the board of supervisors directs. All surveys shall be tied by…
- § 27563 In all surveys the courses shall be expressed according to the true meridian, and the variation of the magnetic meridian from the true meridian shall be…
- § 27564 Within 90 days after making any survey which adjoins or crosses any lands owned by the State, excluding tax-deeded lands but including school lands, swamp and…
ARTICLE 2. Survey Markers §§ 27580–27585 · 6 sections
- § 27580 If in the performance of his official duties any surveyor finds a government corner which has been marked by a government surveyor by placing charcoal in the…
- § 27581 All monuments located in public highways shall be placed with the top not less than 12 inches below the surface of the ground, but when not located in public…
- § 27582 The surveyor shall note witness objects that are within a reasonable distance of any corner, and state distance and course from the corner. He shall record the…
- § 27583 The board of supervisors shall furnish all necessary pipes or stakes for monuments in the county on demand and without cost.
- § 27584 The board may establish a survey monument preservation fund to pay the necessary expenses incurred or authorized by the county surveyor in any retracement or…
- § 27585 (a) For the limited purpose of financing the survey monument preservation fund pursuant to Section 27584, the board may impose a user fee, not to exceed ten…
ARTICLE 3. Expenses and Fees §§ 27600–27601 · 2 sections