Colorado § 30-10-903 Duties and powers of the county surveyor

Colorado Statutes

§ 30-10-903 — Duties and powers of the county surveyor

Colorado § 30-10-903

Title 30Government

Art.County Officers

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-903 (2026).

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(1)The duties of the county surveyor are:

(a)To represent the county in boundary disputes between adjoining counties pursuant to section 30-6-110, and in section or quarter corner disputes pursuant to section 30-10-906, and to locate lost, destroyed, or disputed corners and boundaries pursuant to section 38-44-104;

(b)To notify the county attorney of any unsettled boundary disputes or boundary discrepancies within the county which may come to his attention;

(c)To file in the office of the county surveyor, or in the office of the county clerk and recorder if there is no office for the county surveyor in the county, all surveys, field notes, calculations, maps, and any other records pertaining to work authorized and financed by the board of county commissioners. All surveys ma

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(1) The duties of the
county surveyor are:

(a) To represent the county in boundary disputes between adjoining counties
pursuant to section 30-6-110, and in section or quarter corner disputes pursuant to
section 30-10-906, and to locate lost, destroyed, or disputed corners and
boundaries pursuant to section 38-44-104;

(b) To notify the county attorney of any unsettled boundary disputes or
boundary discrepancies within the county which may come to his attention;

(c) To file in the office of the county surveyor, or in the office of the county
clerk and recorder if there is no office for the county surveyor in the county, all
surveys, field notes, calculations, maps, and any other records pertaining to work
authorized and financed by the board of county commissioners. All surveys made by
the county surveyor or his deputies shall be numbered consecutively by the county
surveyor, and all field notes and calculations pertaining to such surveys shall be
endorsed by the county surveyor with the number of the survey to which they
pertain.

(2) The county surveyor may, when authorized by the board of county
commissioners, and when financially compensated by agreement between the
surveyor and the board of county commissioners:

(a) Conduct surveys to establish the boundaries of county property,
including road rights-of-way, or any other surveys necessary to the county;

(b) Accept for filing maps of surveys that establish monuments and keep a
current record of all survey monuments within the county;

(c) Examine all survey maps and plats before they are recorded by the
county clerk and recorder to ensure proper content and form;

(d) Conduct geodetic control surveys, vertical control surveys, or any surveys
for the purpose of geographic information systems;

(e) Conduct or supervise construction surveys necessary to the county;

(f) Provide reference monuments for or the remonumentation or monument
upgrades of public land survey system monuments that are destroyed by county
construction or other functions; and

(g) Provide other services requiring the expertise of a professional land
surveyor as agreed upon by the county surveyor and the county board of
commissioners.

(3) The county commissioners may elect to have any service specified in
subsection (2) of this section contracted out to a qualified private professional
surveyor or survey firm, or have another department in the county that employs
Colorado licensed surveyors perform the work.

Legislative History

Source: G.L. � 545. G.S. � 652. R.S. 08: � 1347. C.L. � 8824. CSA: C. 45, � 171. CRS 53: � 35-9-3. L. 63: p. 265, � 2. C.R.S. 1963: � 35-9-3. L. 94: (1)(a) amended, p. 1507, � 40, effective July 1. L. 2007: (2)(d), (2)(e), and (2)(f) added, p. 293, � 4, effective August 3. L. 2017: (1)(a), IP(2), (2)(e), and (2)(f) amended and (2)(g) and (3) added, (HB 17-1017), ch. 15, p. 43, � 1, effective August 9.