North Dakota Code 11-20-12 – Contents of record of survey
The record of each survey shall contain:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 11-20-12
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Property: includes property, real and personal. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
1. The evidence by which the surveyor determined or identified the corners or other starting points of the survey.
2. A full description of the starting points and the means which were taken to perpetuate the starting points upon the ground or to assist in determining and preserving their locations.
3. The object of the survey.
4. The methods used by the surveyor in making the survey and, when necessary or convenient, diagrams or plats may be used to illustrate such methods. If diagrams are used, they shall be considered a part of the record and there shall be shown thereon the courses and distances of the boundary lines located by the survey and such other facts as may have been determined by it.
5. The amount and direction of the allowance made by the surveyor for the difference between the magnetic meridian and the true meridian when the courses of the lines shown on the survey are given by the magnetic needle.
6. The date of the survey.
7. A full description of the land covered by the survey.
8. A list of property owners who were notified of the survey and a list of such owners present when the survey was made.
9. The name of the person or the names of the persons for whom the survey was made.
10. The names of the persons employed as chainmen on the survey and a statement that they were sworn by the surveyor when so required by law.
11. The certificate of the surveyor that the surveyor has carefully compared the record with the original field notes which the surveyor took at the time of the survey and that it is a true statement of the facts of the survey as shown by the original field notes.