Michigan Laws 54.207 – Monumenting corner and each accessory to corner; physical condition; witness monument; reference monuments; report
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 54.207
- Accessory: means any exclusively identifiable physical object whose spatial relationship to the corner is recorded on a land corner recordation certificate that has been filed under this act. See Michigan Laws 54.202
- Corner: means an original public land survey corner, a protracted public land survey corner, a property controlling corner, a witness monument, or a property corner. See Michigan Laws 54.202
- Land corner recordation certificate: means a written record for a corner in the form prescribed under section 5 that is to be filed as provided by this act. See Michigan Laws 54.202
- Monument: means a marker that occupies the position of a corner and that possesses or is made to possess a magnetic field. See Michigan Laws 54.202
- Reference monument: means an accessory that is employed if the site of a corner is such that a monument cannot be set or is liable to destruction or if occupation of the site provides for unsafe conditions. See Michigan Laws 54.202
- Surveyor: means a professional surveyor who is licensed to practice professional surveying under article 20 of the occupational code, 1980 PA 299, MCL 339. See Michigan Laws 54.202
- Witness monument: is a n accessory that is a monumented point near a corner. See Michigan Laws 54.202
(1) If a land corner recordation certificate is required to be filed under this act, the surveyor shall monument the corner, record and identify each accessory to the corner, and leave the monument in such a physical condition that it remains as permanent a monument as is reasonably possible.
(2) If a witness monument is set, the surveyor may monument the corner and shall set the witness monument as follows:
(a) In a secure location.
(b) On a line of survey or protracted line of survey as shown on the general land office plats that intersects the corner.
(c) As close to the corner as practicable.
(3) A surveyor who sets a witness monument under subsection (2) shall report on the land corner recordation certificate the relation between the witness monument and the true corner and the direct connecting course and distance from the corner to the witness monument.
(4) If a surveyor sets reference monuments, the surveyor shall install at least 4 reference monuments interrelated and visible with the corner and each other by angular and linear measurements. If a surveyor sets reference monuments, the surveyor is not required to set the corner.
(5) A surveyor who sets reference monuments under subsection (4) shall report all of the following on the land corner recordation certificate:
(a) The relation between the reference monuments and the corner.
(b) The direct connecting courses and distances between the reference monuments and the corner.
(c) The distances between each reference monument and the 2 reference monuments that are closest to the reference monument.