2013 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 278 - Planning and Zoning
NRS 278.371 - Survey, setting of monuments and preparation of final map; performance bond.

1. The survey, setting of monuments and final map must be made by a professional land surveyor licensed in the State of Nevada.

2. The final monuments must be set before the recordation of the final map unless the subdivider furnishes a performance bond or other suitable assurance to the governing body or planning commission guaranteeing that the subdivider will provide a professional land surveyor to set the monuments on or before a day certain. The governing body or planning commission shall determine the amount of the performance bond, if any is required. If a surveyor other than the one signing the final plat accepts responsibility for the setting of monuments, a certificate of amendment must be filed and recorded.

3. The final monument must, except as otherwise provided in subsections 6 and 7, consist of a nonferrous tablet, disc or cap securely attached to the top of a metallic shaft solidly embedded in the ground, with a minimum diameter of 5/8 of an inch and a length sufficient to resist removal, and a mark for the exact point and stamped PLS followed by the number of the professional land surveyor s license.

4. Final monuments must be set at:

(a) Each corner of the boundary of the subdivision and at any point necessary to ensure that each monument on a given boundary can be seen from the next monument on that boundary.

(b) Intersections of centerlines of streets.

(c) Sufficient locations along the centerlines of streets so that the centerlines may be retraced. These locations may be at, or on an offset to, an angle to the centerline of a street, the center of a cul-de-sac, a point which defines a curve (the beginning or end of a curve or a point of intersection of a tangent) or an intersection with a boundary of the subdivision.

(d) A position for a corner of the system of rectangular surveys which is used as control in the survey required by this chapter to establish property lines and corners of the subdivision.

The governing body shall, by ordinance, adopt any additional standards for the setting of final monuments which are reasonably necessary, including the establishment of Nevada state plane coordinates thereon pursuant to chapter 327 of NRS.

5. A final monument required in subsection 4 which falls in a paved area must:

(a) Consist of a well with lid placed so that the top of the tablet, disc or cap of the monument is not less than 4 inches below the surface of the pavement; or

(b) Be of comparable construction as required by the governing body.

The monument must be set flush with the top of the pavement with such references as are required by the governing body.

6. If a point designated in subsection 4 falls on solid bedrock or on a concrete or stone roadway, curb, gutter or walk, a durable nonferrous metal tablet, disc or cap must be securely anchored in the rock or concrete and marked as required in subsection 3.

7. If a monument required by subsection 3 cannot be set because of steep terrain, water, marsh or existing structures, or if it would be obliterated as a result of proposed construction, one or more reference monuments must be set. In addition to the physical requirements for a monument set forth in subsections 3 to 6, inclusive, the letters RM and WC must be stamped in the tablet, disc or cap. If only one reference monument is used, it must be set on the actual line or a prolongation thereof. Otherwise, at least two reference monuments must be set. These monuments shall be deemed final monuments.

8. A corner of a lot must be set by the land surveyor in the manner approved by the governing body.

(Added to NRS by 1977, 1501; A 1985, 564; 1987, 660; 1989, 790; 1993, 1196; 1997, 1063)