§ 38-51-105 — Monumentation of subdivisions

Colorado § 38-51-105

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 38: Property -
• Art.: Minimum Standards for Land

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(1) (a) Prior to recording a plat,
the external boundaries of any platted subdivisions shall be monumented on the
ground by reasonably permanent monuments solidly embedded in the ground.

(b) A durable cap bearing the license number of the professional land
surveyor responsible for the establishment of the monument shall be affixed
securely to the top of each such monument embedded pursuant to this subsection
(1).

(c) Monuments shall be set no more than fourteen hundred feet apart along
any straight boundary line, at all angle points, at the beginning, end, and points of
change of direction or change of radius of any curved boundaries defined by
circular arcs, and at the beginning and end of any spiral curve.

(2) The professional land surveyor who prepares the original subdivision plat,
exemption plat, or subdivision exemption plat shall provide external boundary
monuments as required in subsection (1) of this section.

(3) (a) Before a sales contract for any lot, tract, or parcel within a subdivision
is executed, all boundaries of the block within which such lot, tract, or parcel is
located shall be marked with monuments in accordance with subsection (1) of this
section.

(b) The seller of the lot, section, or parcel shall provide for the services of a
professional land surveyor to establish block monumentation and lot markers as
required pursuant to subsection (4) of this section.

(4) (a) Block monumentation may be set on the center lines of streets or on
offset lines from such streets as designated on the recorded plat.

(b) The corners of any lot, tract, or parcel sold separately shall be marked
within one year of the effective date of the sales contract.

(c) For any structure to be built on a lot, tract, or parcel before the corners
have been marked pursuant to this section, the seller of such lot, tract, or parcel
shall retain a professional land surveyor to establish control lines on the ground as
necessary to assure the proper location of the structure.

(5) For any complete block sold as a unit, it shall become the responsibility
of the subsequent seller of any separate lot, tract, or parcel within such block to
retain a professional land surveyor to establish lot markers as required pursuant to
subsection (4) of this section.

(6) For any points designated in subsection (1), (2), or (3) of this section that
fall on solid bedrock, concrete, stone curbs, gutters, or walks, a durable metal disk
or cap shall be securely anchored in the rock or concrete and stamped with the
license number of the professional land surveyor responsible for the establishment
of the monument or marker.

(7) (a) If any monuments or markers required by subsection (1), (2), or (3) of
this section cannot practicably be set because of steep terrain, water, marsh, or
existing structures, or if they would be lost as a result of proposed street, road, or
other construction, one or more reference monuments shall be set.

(b) (I) The letters RM or WC shall be affixed to the monument in addition
to the surveyor's license number.

(II) For purposes of this paragraph (b), RM means reference monument and
WC means witness corner.

(c) Reference monuments shall be set as close as practicable to the true
corner and shall meet the same physical standards required to set the true corner.

(d) If only one reference monument is used, such reference monument shall
be set on the actual boundary line or a prolongation thereof, otherwise at least two
reference monuments shall be set.

(8) For any monument required by this section which marks the location of a
section corner, quarter section corner, or sixteenth section corner, such monument
shall meet the physical standards specified by rule and regulation promulgated by
the board pursuant to section 24-4-103, C.R.S.

(9) (a) The top of the monument for any corner required by this section which
is within the traffic area of a publicly named dedicated or deeded street, road, or
highway shall be placed one-half foot below the roadway surface.

(b) If the roadway surface is pavement two inches thick or greater, the
monument shall include a monument box the top of which shall be set flush with
the surface of the pavement.

(10) No marker required by this section shall bear the license number of more
than one professional land surveyor but may bear the name of an individual
surveyor or surveying firm in addition to the required license number.

Legislative History

Source: L. 94: Entire article R&RE, p. 1518, � 47, effective July 1. L. 2004: (1)(b), (6), (7)(b)(I), and (10) amended, p. 1317, � 73, effective May 28. L. 2013: (6) amended, (SB 13-161), ch. 356, p. 2094, � 37, effective July 1.