§ 36-2-12-11 — Administration of section; maintenance of corner record book; contents of record; procedure for establishment and perpetuation of corners

(a) The county surveyor shall administer this
section if the county surveyor is registered as a professional surveyor
under IC 25-21.5. If the county surveyor is not registered, the county
surveyor shall, with the approval of the county executive, appoint a
person who is registered as a professional surveyor and is a resident
voter of the county to administer this section. If a resident, professional
surveyor is not available, a professional surveyor who resides in
another county may be employed.
(b) The county surveyor shall keep and maintain a corner record
book, that must contain:
(1) a record and an index by location of all the original
government survey corners;
(2) outline maps of each section, grant, tract, and subdivision or
group of sections, grants, tracts, and subdivisions in the county
showing the location of each corner on record and stating at the
location of each corner on the map where the reference for that
corner may be found; and
(3) a reference index for each corner.
A separate card index system may be used in lieu of the index required
by subdivision (3).
(c) The record of each corner referenced in the record book must
contain:
(1) the location of the corner;
(2) an accurate description of the monument used to mark the
corner such as "stone" or "iron pin";
(3) the distance and bearings from the corner to three (3) or more
permanent objects or structures;
(4) the date the corner was last checked and the condition of the
monument and references;
(5) the name of the county surveyor making the check; and
(6) the method of establishing or relocating the corner.
(d) The records of the county corners shall be established and
perpetuated in the following manner:
(1) Each year the county surveyor shall check and reference at
least five percent (5%) of all corners shown in the corner record
book.
(2) The county surveyor may enter in the county surveyor's corner
record book the findings submitted by a private, professional
surveyor who checks and references corners and is registered
under IC 25-21.5.
(e) Any money in the county surveyor's corner perpetuation fund
collected under IC 36-2-7-10 or IC 36-2-19 may be appropriated in the
manner provided by law for the purposes of this section.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-3-64-1;
17-3-64-2; 17-3-64-3; 17-3-64-4; 17-3-64-5.]
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Amended by
P.L.342-1983, SEC.2; P.L.76-1989, SEC.2; P.L.23-1991, SEC.35;
P.L.57-2013, SEC.92.