43-20-2. Definition of terms.

Terms used in this chapter mean:

(1)    "Accessory to a corner," any exclusively identifiable physical object whose spatial relationship to the corner is recorded. The term includes bearing trees, bearing objects, monuments, reference monuments, line trees, pits, mounds, charcoal-filled bottles, steel or wooden stakes, or other similar objects;

(2)    "Board," the Board of Technical Professions;

(3)    "Corner," unless otherwise qualified, a property corner, a property controlling corner, or a public land survey corner;

(4)    "Monument," an accessory that is presumed to occupy the exact position of a corner;

(5)    "Property controlling corner," any corner that may or may not lie on a property line, but that controls the location for one or more property corners;

(6)    "Property corner," a geographic point that controls a property line;

(7)    "Public land survey corner," any corner 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 state or federal government;

(8)    "Reference monument," 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 serves to witness the corner;

(9)    "Survey," any field operation in which corners are used to locate streets, roads, utilities, airports, railroads, buildings, dams, canals, drainage ways, or any other works as well as property boundaries;

(10)    "Registered land surveyor," a person who is licensed by the board and is in good standing and legally authorized to practice land surveying in this state.

Source: SL 1967, ch 58, § 3; SL 1982, ch 297, § 5; SL 1990, ch 309, § 4; SL 2019, ch 176, § 2.