§ 33-29-902 — Definitions

(a) Except where the context indicates a different
meaning, terms used in W.S. 33-29-901 through 33-29-910 shall be
defined as follows:
(i) A "property corner" is a geographic point on the
surface of the earth, and is on, a part of, and controls a
property line;
(ii) A "property controlling corner" for a property
is a public land survey corner or any property corner which does
not lie on a property line of the property in question, but
which controls the location of one (1) or more of the property
corners of the property in question;
(iii) A "public land survey corner" is any corner
actually established and monumented in an original survey or
resurvey used as a basis of legal description for issuing a
patent for the land to a private person from the United States
government;
(iv) A "corner," unless otherwise qualified, means a
property corner, or a property controlling corner, or a public
land survey corner or any combination of these;
(v) An "accessory to a corner" is any exclusively
identifiable physical object whose spatial relationship to the
corner is recorded. Accessories may be bearing trees, bearing
objects, monuments, reference monuments, line trees, pits,
mounds, charcoal-filled bottles, steel or wooden stakes, or
other objects;
(vi) A "monument" is an accessory that is presumed to
occupy the exact position of a corner;
(vii) A "reference monument" is a special monument
that does not occupy the same geographical position as the
corner itself, but whose spatial relationship to the corner is
recorded and which serves to witness the corner;
(viii) A "professional land surveyor" is a surveyor
who is licensed to practice professional land surveying under
W.S. 33-29-201 through 33-29-801, and has a current license for
that calendar year;
(ix) The "board" is the Wyoming board of professional
engineers and professional land surveyors.