Montana § 76-3-404 Certificate Of Survey

Montana Statutes

§ 76-3-404 — Certificate Of Survey

Montana § 76-3-404

Title 76LAND RESOURCES AND USE

Ch. 3LOCAL REGULATION OF SUBDIVISIONS

Part 4Survey Requirements

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Mont. Code Ann. § 76-3-404 (2026).

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76-3-404 . Certificate of survey.

(1)Except as provided in 70-22-105 , within 180 days of the completion of a survey, the registered land surveyor responsible for the survey, whether the surveyor is privately or publicly employed, shall prepare and submit for filing a certificate of survey in the county in which the survey was made if the survey:

(a)provides material evidence not appearing on any map filed with the county clerk and recorder or contained in the records of the United States bureau of land management;

(b)reveals a material discrepancy in the map;

(c)discloses evidence to suggest alternate locations of lines or points; or

(d)establishes one or more lines not shown on a recorded map, the positions of which are not ascertainable from an inspection of the map without trigono

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76-3-404 . Certificate of survey. (1) Except as provided in 70-22-105 , within 180 days of the completion of a survey, the registered land surveyor responsible for the survey, whether the surveyor is privately or publicly employed, shall prepare and submit for filing a certificate of survey in the county in which the survey was made if the survey:
(a) provides material evidence not appearing on any map filed with the county clerk and recorder or contained in the records of the United States bureau of land management;
(b) reveals a material discrepancy in the map;
(c) discloses evidence to suggest alternate locations of lines or points; or
(d) establishes one or more lines not shown on a recorded map, the positions of which are not ascertainable from an inspection of the map without trigonometric calculations.
(2) A certificate of survey is not required for any survey that is made by the United States bureau of land management, that is preliminary, or that will become part of a subdivision plat being prepared for recording under the provisions of this chapter.
(3) Certificates of survey must be legibly drawn, printed, or reproduced by a process guaranteeing a permanent record and must conform to monumentation and surveying requirements promulgated under this chapter.