NRS 329.010Shorttitle.This chapter may be cited as the CornerPerpetuation and Recording Law.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 630; A 2003, 77)
NRS 329.020Declarationof policy.It is the purpose of this chapterto protect and perpetuate public land survey corners and information concerningthe location of such corners by requiring the systematic establishment ofmonuments and recording of information concerning the location of such corners,thereby providing for property security and a coherent system of propertylocation and identification, and eliminating the repeated necessity forreestablishment and relocations of such corners once they are established andlocated.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 630; A 2003, 77)
NRS 329.030Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwiserequires, the words and terms defined in NRS329.040 to 329.130, inclusive, havethe meanings ascribed to them in such sections.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 630)
NRS 329.040Accessoryto a corner defined.Accessory to a cornermeans any exclusively identifiable physical object whose spatial relationshipto the corner is recorded. Accessories to a corner may be bearing trees,bearing objects, monuments, reference monuments, line trees, pits, mounds,charcoal-filled bottles, steel or wooden stakes or other physical objects.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 630)
NRS 329.050Boarddefined.Board means the State Board ofProfessional Engineers and Land Surveyors.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 630; A 1979, 1103; 1993, 130)
NRS 329.060Cornerdefined.Corner means a property corner, aproperty-controlling corner, a public land survey corner or any combination ofthese.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 630)
NRS 329.070Cornerrecord defined.Corner record means awritten record of the establishment or restoration of a corner or accessory toa corner.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 630)
NRS 329.080Monumentdefined.Monument means a physical structurethat occupies the exact position of a corner.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 630)
NRS 329.090Property-controllingcorner defined.Property-controlling cornerfor a property means a public land survey corner or any property corner whichdoes not lie on a property line of the property in question, but which controlsthe location of one or more of the property corners of such property.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 630)
NRS 329.100Propertycorner defined.Property corner means a geographicpoint on the surface of the earth which is on and a part of a property line andcontrols the location of such line.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 630)
NRS 329.110Publicland survey corner defined.Public landsurvey corner means any corner actually established and monumented in anoriginal survey or resurvey used as a basis of legal description for issuing apatent for the land to a private person from the United States Government.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 630)
NRS 329.120Referencemonument defined.Reference monument meansa special monument which does not occupy the same geographical position as thecorner itself, whose spatial relationship to the corner is recorded and whichserves to witness the corner.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 630)
NRS 329.130Surveyordefined.Surveyor means any person who islicensed pursuant to chapter 625 of NRS topractice land surveying.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 631; A 1997, 1067)
NRS 329.140Recordingof corner record required; exception.Exceptas otherwise provided in NRS 329.145, asurveyor shall complete, sign and record or cause to be recorded with thecounty recorder of the county in which the corner is situated a written recordof the establishment or restoration of a public land survey corner. Except asotherwise provided in NRS 329.145, sucha recording must be made for every public land survey corner and accessory tothe corner which is established, reestablished, monumented, remonumented,restored, rehabilitated, perpetuated or used as control in any survey. Thesurvey information must be recorded within 90 days after the survey iscompleted.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 631; A 1991, 1892; 2001, 1762)
NRS 329.145Conditionsunder which surveyor not required to record corner record. A surveyor is not required to record a corner record if:
1. A corner record is recorded with the countyrecorder and the corner is found as described in the record; and
2. All information required in a corner recordpursuant to this chapter is included in:
(a) A record of survey recorded in accordance with theprovisions of NRS 625.340 to 625.380, inclusive; or
(b) A land subdivision map recorded in accordance withthe provisions of NRS 278.010 to 278.630, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 1892; A 2003, 77)
NRS 329.150Authorityto record corner record.A surveyor may recordany corner record as to any property corner, property-controlling corner,reference monument or accessory to a corner.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 631; A 2003, 77)
NRS 329.160Informationrequired for recording corner record prescribed by regulation. The Board shall, by regulation, prescribe the informationwhich is to be included in the corner record and the form in which such cornerrecord is to be presented and recorded.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 631; A 2003, 77)
NRS 329.170Countyrecorder to keep records.The county recorderof the county containing the corner shall:
1. Receive the completed corner record and preserve itin a hardbound book. The books must be numbered in numerical order.
2. Make such records available for public inspectionduring all usual office hours.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 631; A 1975, 1426; 1979, 1126)
NRS 329.180Reconstructionor rehabilitation of monuments.Where a cornerrecord of a public land survey corner is required to be recorded pursuant tothe provisions of this chapter, the surveyor must reconstruct or rehabilitatethe monument of such corner and the accessories to such corner so that suchcorner and accessories may be readily located at any time in the future.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 631; A 2003, 77)
NRS 329.190Cornerrecords: Signatures.No corner record may be recordedunless it is signed by a professional land surveyor or, in the case of anyagency of the United States Government, by the official making the survey, whoshall designate his official title and the agency for which he is employed.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 631; A 1989, 797; 2003, 77)
NRS 329.200Filingof preexisting corner records.Corner recordsconcerning corners established, reestablished or restored may be filed beforeJuly 1, 1969.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 631)
NRS 329.210Penalties. Any surveyor who fails to comply with the provisions ofthis chapter is guilty of gross negligence, incompetency or misconduct in thepractice of land surveying as a professional land surveyor and is subject todisciplinary action pursuant to NRS 625.460.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 631; A 1985, 1048; 1989, 797)
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