California Code
DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY
CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 8700. - 8700. This chapter may be cited as the Professional Land...

Section 8701. - 8701. “Professional land surveyor” refers to one who practices or...

Section 8702. - 8702. “Director” refers to the Director of Consumer Affairs. (Amended...

Section 8703. - 8703. The phrase “responsible charge of work” means the independent...

Section 8704. - 8704. Any person practices land surveying when he professes to...

Section 8705. - 8705. A subordinate is any person directly supervised by a...

Section 8706. - 8706. “Board” refers to the Board for Professional Engineers, Land...

Section 8707. - 8707. “Executive officer” refers to the executive officer of the...

Section 8708. - 8708. In order to safeguard property and public welfare, no...

ARTICLE 2 - Administration

Section 8710. - 8710. (a) The Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and...

Section 8710.1. - 8710.1. Protection of the public shall be the highest priority...

Section 8711. - 8711. The executive officer of the board shall keep a...

Section 8712. - 8712. The board shall compile and maintain, or may have...

Section 8713. - 8713. The department may employ such clerical assistance under civil...

Section 8714. - 8714. The board shall establish relations with bodies that regulate...

Section 8715. - 8715. The board may establish licensed land surveyor technical advisory...

Section 8715.1. - 8715.1. Each member of each technical advisory committee shall be...

Section 8715.2. - 8715.2. Each member of each technical advisory committee shall be...

Section 8715.3. - 8715.3. All members of each technical advisory committee shall serve...

Section 8715.4. - 8715.4. Each member of each technical advisory committee shall be...

ARTICLE 2.3 - Land Surveyors Review Committees

Section 8720. - 8720. The board, when it deems necessary, may establish land...

Section 8720.1. - 8720.1. Each review committee shall consist of no fewer than...

Section 8720.2. - 8720.2. Each member of a committee shall receive a per...

Section 8720.3. - 8720.3. Except as otherwise provided in this article, all hearings...

Section 8720.4. - 8720.4. At the conclusion of any hearing which is conducted...

Section 8720.5. - 8720.5. The board may adopt, amend, or repeal, in accordance...

Section 8720.6. - 8720.6. Each member of a land surveyors review committee or...

ARTICLE 3 - Application of the Chapter

Section 8725. - 8725. Any person practicing, or offering to practice, land surveying...

Section 8725.1. - 8725.1. It is the intent of the Legislature that the...

Section 8726. - 8726. (a) A person, including any person employed by the...

Section 8726.1. - 8726.1. Any licensed land surveyor may offer to practice, procure,...

Section 8726.2. - 8726.2. A licensed land surveyor may also perform land planning...

Section 8727. - 8727. Surveys made exclusively for geological purposes performed by a...

Section 8728. - 8728. Surveys authorized under this chapter do not include the...

Section 8729. - 8729. (a) This chapter does not prohibit one or more...

Section 8729. - 8729. (a) This chapter does not prohibit one or more...

Section 8730. - 8730. The following persons are not required to be licensed...

Section 8731. - 8731. A licensed civil engineer and a civil engineer exempt...

ARTICLE 4 - Issuance of License

Section 8740. - 8740. (a) An application for a certificate as a land...

Section 8741. - 8741. (a) An applicant for certification as a land surveyor-in-training...

Section 8741.1. - 8741.1. (a) The first division of the examination shall test...

Section 8742. - 8742. (a) The educational qualifications and experience in land surveying,...

Section 8743. - 8743. The names and addresses of at least four land...

Section 8744. - 8744. The applicant for a license as a land surveyor...

Section 8745. - 8745. Examinations for license shall be held at such times...

Section 8746. - 8746. An applicant failing an examination may be examined again...

Section 8747. - 8747. Any applicant who has met the requirements for certification...

Section 8747.5. - 8747.5. (a) The board shall issue, upon application and payment...

Section 8748. - 8748. The board, upon application therefor, and the payment of...

Section 8748.5. - 8748.5. If an applicant for license as a land surveyor...

Section 8749. - 8749. A duplicate certificate of license to replace one lost,...

Section 8750. - 8750. Upon being licensed, each licensee shall obtain a stamp...

Section 8751. - 8751. No person shall represent himself or herself as, or...

Section 8752. - 8752. An unrevoked, unsuspended and unexpired license, or renewal certificate,...

Section 8753. - 8753. (a) Each applicant for licensure or certification who has...

ARTICLE 5 - Surveying Practice

Section 8759. - 8759. (a) A licensed land surveyor or licensed civil engineer...

Section 8760. - 8760. Every licensed land surveyor or registered civil engineer may...

Section 8761. - 8761. (a) Any licensed land surveyor or civil engineer authorized...

Section 8761.1. - 8761.1. The authority of a licensed land surveyor or registered...

Section 8761.2. - 8761.2. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8761, a registered civil...

Section 8762. - 8762. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), after making...

Section 8762.5. - 8762.5. No record of survey of land shown on the...

Section 8763. - 8763. The record of survey shall be a map, legibly...

Section 8764. - 8764. (a) The record of survey shall show the applicable...

Section 8764.5. - 8764.5. Statements shall appear on the map as follows: Surveyor’s...

Section 8765. - 8765. A record of survey is not required of any...

Section 8766. - 8766. (a) Within 20 working days after receiving the record...

Section 8766.5. - 8766.5. The county surveyor may charge a reasonable fee for...

Section 8767. - 8767. If the county surveyor finds that the record of...

Section 8768. - 8768. If the matters appearing on the record of survey...

Section 8768.5. - 8768.5. If the county surveyor fails to timely file the...

Section 8769. - 8769. The charge for filing any record of survey, and...

Section 8770. - 8770. The record of survey filed with the county recorder...

Section 8770.5. - 8770.5. Any record of survey filed under the provisions of...

Section 8770.6. - 8770.6. The use of the word “certify” or “certification” by...

Section 8771. - 8771. (a) Monuments set shall be sufficient in number and...

Section 8771.5. - 8771.5. When coordinates in the California Coordinate System are shown...

Section 8772. - 8772. Any monument set by a licensed land surveyor or...

Section 8773. - 8773. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) of Section...

Section 8773.1. - 8773.1. The board shall by regulation provide and prescribe the...

Section 8773.2. - 8773.2. (a) A “corner record” submitted to the county surveyor...

Section 8773.3. - 8773.3. In every case where a corner record is filed...

Section 8773.4. - 8773.4. (a) A corner record shall be signed by a...

Section 8774. - 8774. (a) The right of entry upon or to real...

Section 8774.5. - 8774.5. (a) Upon the filing of a record of survey,...

ARTICLE 5.5 - Photogrammetry

Section 8775. - 8775. No person shall use the title or any abbreviation...

Section 8775.1. - 8775.1. Persons meeting the requirements of this article may engage...

Section 8775.2. - 8775.2. Maps, documents, or reports prepared by, or under the...

Section 8775.3. - 8775.3. Photogrammetric surveyor licenses shall be renewable upon payment of...

ARTICLE 5.7 - Reporting Requirements

Section 8776. - 8776. (a) A licensee shall report to the board in...

Section 8776.1. - 8776.1. Within 30 days of entry of a conviction described...

Section 8776.2. - 8776.2. (a) Within 30 days of payment of all or...

Section 8776.3. - 8776.3. The requirements of Sections 8776, 8776.1, and 8776.2 shall...

Section 8776.4. - 8776.4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a licensee shall...

Section 8776.5. - 8776.5. The provisions of this article apply to a civil...

Section 8776.6. - 8776.6. The board may adopt regulations to further define the...

Section 8776.7. - 8776.7. This article shall become operative on January 1, 2008,...

ARTICLE 6 - Disciplinary Proceedings

Section 8780. - 8780. (a) The board may, upon its own initiative or...

Section 8780.1. - 8780.1. The board may, upon its own initiative or upon...

Section 8780.2. - 8780.2. The failure of, or refusal by, a licensee or...

Section 8781. - 8781. The proceedings under this article shall be conducted in...

Section 8783. - 8783. A plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction...

Section 8784. - 8784. The board may reissue a license to any person,...

Section 8785. - 8785. (a) A petitioner may petition the board for reinstatement...

ARTICLE 7 - Offenses Against the Chapter

Section 8790. - 8790. The board shall enforce all of the provisions of...

Section 8790.5. - 8790.5. (a) If a licensee who is retained as an...

Section 8791. - 8791. It is the duty of the respective officers charged...

Section 8792. - 8792. A person who does any of the following is...

ARTICLE 8 - Revenue

Section 8800. - 8800. (a) The department shall receive and account for all...

Section 8801. - 8801. Licenses issued under this chapter expire every two years,...

Section 8801.1. - 8801.1. (a) At the time of renewal specified in Section...

Section 8802. - 8802. Except as otherwise provided in this article, licenses issued...

Section 8802.1. - 8802.1. A suspended license is subject to expiration and shall...

Section 8802.2. - 8802.2. A revoked license is subject to expiration as provided...

Section 8803. - 8803. (a) A license that is not renewed within five...

Section 8803.1. - 8803.1. Once an expired or delinquent license is renewed pursuant...

Section 8804. - 8804. The renewal or reinstatement of any certificate of registration...

Section 8804.5. - 8804.5. The board may make refunds of all fees in...

Section 8805. - 8805. The amount of the fees prescribed by this chapter...