Terms Used In Texas Occupations Code 1071.354

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

A licensed state land surveyor may perform surveys under Section 21.011, Natural Resources Code, and is subject to the commissioner’s direction in matters of land surveying in cases that come under the supervision of the commissioner. The jurisdiction of the license holder is coextensive with the limits of the state.