Section 7.08. U.S. public land survey monument record.

 

(1)   When monument record required. A U.S. public land survey monument record shall be prepared and filed with the county survey records as part of any land survey within 60 days of setting or accepting the corner which includes or requires the perpetuation, restoration, or use of a U.S. public land survey corner and when any of the following situations arise:

(a) There is no U.S. public land survey monument record for the corner on file in the office of the county surveyor or the register of deeds for the county in which the corner is located; or,

(b) The professional land surveyor who performs the survey accepts a location for the U.S. public land survey corner which differs from that shown on a U.S. public land survey monument record filed in the office of the county surveyor or register of deeds for the county in which the corner is located; or,

(c) The witness ties or U.S. public land survey monument referenced in an existing U.S. public land survey monument record have been destroyed or disturbed, except where the witness ties and the U.S. public land survey monument referenced in an existing U.S. public land survey monument record have been found and verified and a note stating this has been placed on the property survey.

(2)   Form required. A U.S. public land survey monument record shall be prepared on the board-approved form or on a form substantially the same as the board-approved form which includes all the elements required by this section. A form used for this purpose shall be entitled, "U.S. Public Land Survey Monument Record".

(3)   Monument record requirements. A U.S. public land survey monument record shall show the location of the corner and shall include all of the following elements:

(a) The identity of the corner, as referenced to the U.S. public land survey system.

(b) A description of any record evidence, monument evidence, occupational evidence, testimonial evidence or any other material evidence considered by the professional land surveyor, and whether the monument was found or placed.

(c) Reference ties to at least 4 witness monuments. Witness monuments shall be concrete, natural stone, iron, bearing trees or other equally durable material, except wood other than bearing trees.

(d) A plan view drawing depicting the relevant monuments and reference ties which is sufficient in detail to enable accurate relocation of the corner monument if the corner monument is disturbed.

(e) A description of any material discrepancy between the location of the corner monument as restored and the monument location of that corner as previously established.

(f) Whether the corner was restored through acceptance of an obliterated evidence location or a found perpetuated location.

(g) Whether the corner was determined through lost-corner-proportionate methods.

(h) The directions and distances to other public land survey corners which were used as evidence or used for proportioning in determining the corner location.

(i) The stamp and signature or seal and signature of the professional land surveyor under whose direction and control the corner location was determined and a statement certifying that the U.S. public land survey monument record is correct and complete to the best of his or her knowledge and belief.

Cr. Register, February, 1987, No. 374 , eff. 3-1-87; am. (1) and (3) (c), Register, May, 1989, No. 401 , eff. 6-1-89; am. (3) (a) to (h), Register, January, 1999, No. 517 , eff. 2-1-99; reprinted to restore dropped copy in (1) (intro.) Register November 2007 No. 623 ; CR 15-036 : am. (1) (b), (3) (b), (i) Register January 2016 No. 721 , eff. 2-1-16; CR 15-039 : am. (1) (intro.), (c), (3) (e), (f) Register May 2016 No. 725 , eff. 6-1-16.

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A copy of the board-approved form is available from the Department of Safety and Professional Services, 1400 East Washington Avenue, P.O. Box 8935, Madison, Wisconsin 53708. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1