19-1401a. County surveyor, appointment; appointment of deputies. (a) The board of county commissioners of each county may appoint a land surveyor, whose official title shall be county surveyor. The county surveyor may appoint deputy county surveyors, and each deputy may perform the duties devolved upon the county surveyor by law. The county surveyor shall be a land surveyor, licensed pursuant to article 70 of chapter 74 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto. The county surveyor may be a full-time or part-time county employee, or a contract employee, as determined appropriate by the board of county commissioners. A land surveyor may be a county surveyor in more than one county.
(b) For purposes of this section and article 14 of chapter 19 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, the term "land surveyor" shall have the same meaning as the term "professional surveyor," as defined in K.S.A. 74-7003, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 2011, ch. 49, § 1; L. 2014, ch. 88, § 3; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers
Article 14 - County Surveyor Or Engineer
19-1401a County surveyor, appointment; appointment of deputies.
19-1402 Deputies; liability for acts.
19-1404 Neglect or misconduct of surveyor or deputies; suit on bond.
19-1405 Surveys for use in court; administration of oath; testimony of witnesses.
19-1409 Method of subdividing sections into quarter sections.
19-1412 Re-establishment of missing corners.
19-1413 Threatening or improperly interfering with surveyor; penalty.
19-1415 Copies of plats and field notes.
19-1416 Oath before commencing road survey.
19-1417 Employment of assistants; compensation.
19-1418 Plats and field notes of the original federal surveys.
19-1419 Taking evidence on survey.
19-1420 Record of road survey; descriptions of real estate.
19-1422 Rules to be observed in resurvey under authority of the United States.
19-1423 Procedure to establish corners and boundaries; notice, costs.
19-1424 Waiver of service; when publication service complete.
19-1425 When survey to be made; testimony of witnesses.
19-1426 Appeal from report of survey; recordation of survey.
19-1428 Survey affecting county line; notice; appeal.
19-1430 Preservation of corner monuments; cost.
19-1434 Recording of survey plats, when; requirements; alternative filing office.