355.5 Measurements.
1. Measurements shall be made with instruments and methods capable of attaining the required accuracy for the particular problem involved.
2. Measurements as placed on plats shall be in conformance with the capabilities of the instruments used.
3. In a closed traverse the sum of the measured angles shall agree with the theoretical sum by a difference not greater than thirty seconds times the square root of the number of angles.
4. Distances shall be shown in decimal feet in accordance with the definition of the U.S. survey foot. Distance measurements shall refer to the horizontal plane.
90 Acts, ch 1236, §5
C91, §114A.5
C93, §355.5
2007 Acts, ch 143, §4
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 355 - STANDARDS FOR LAND SURVEYING
Section 355.2 - Applicability.
Section 355.4 - Boundary location.
Section 355.6 - Monumentation.
Section 355.6A - Monument preservation certificate.
Section 355.7 - Plats of survey.
Section 355.7A - Retracement plats of survey.
Section 355.8 - Plats for subdivisions.
Section 355.11 - United States public land survey corner certificate.
Section 355.12 - Indexing of survey documents by recorder.
Section 355.13 - Surveys authorized by the United States government.
Section 355.14 - Federal surveys — defacement.
Section 355.16 - Iowa plane coordinate system defined.
Section 355.17 - Designation of coordinate zones.