§ 11-20-12 — Contents of record of survey

The record of each survey shall contain:
1. The evidence by which the surveyor determined or identified the corners or other
starting points of the survey.
2. A full description of the starting points and the means which were taken to perpetuate
the starting points upon the ground or to assist in determining and preserving their
locations.
3. The object of the survey.

4. The methods used by the surveyor in making the survey and, when necessary or
convenient, diagrams or plats may be used to illustrate such methods. If diagrams are
used, they shall be considered a part of the record and there shall be shown thereon
the courses and distances of the boundary lines located by the survey and such other
facts as may have been determined by it.
5. The amount and direction of the allowance made by the surveyor for the difference
between the magnetic meridian and the true meridian when the courses of the lines
shown on the survey are given by the magnetic needle.
6. The date of the survey.
7. A full description of the land covered by the survey.
8. A list of property owners who were notified of the survey and a list of such owners
present when the survey was made.
9. The name of the person or the names of the persons for whom the survey was made.
10. The names of the persons employed as chainmen on the survey and a statement that
they were sworn by the surveyor when so required by law.
11. The certificate of the surveyor that the surveyor has carefully compared the record with
the original field notes which the surveyor took at the time of the survey and that it is a
true statement of the facts of the survey as shown by the original field notes.