There shall be elected for each county a surveyor who shall take and subscribe the oath of office prescribed by the Constitution and give bond, with sufficient surety, to be payable, conditioned and approved as provided by law and in the same manner as other county officials, in a penalty not less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00).
From and after January 1, 1984, such surveyor shall be a registered land surveyor as provided for in Sections 73-13-71 through 73-13-99. However, this requirement shall not apply to any person who was holding the office of county surveyor by either election or appointment on December 31, 1983.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 19 - Counties and County Officers
Chapter 27 - Surveyors and Surveys
§ 19-27-1. Oath and bond of office
§ 19-27-7. Appointment of deputies
§ 19-27-9. Swearing the chain-bearers
§ 19-27-11. Surveyor may enter premises without consent in certain cases
§ 19-27-13. Resurveying, re-marking and bounding lands and county boundary lines
§ 19-27-15. Reestablishing original marks
§ 19-27-17. How survey ordered for execution of judicial sales
§ 19-27-19. Making of survey when surveyor interested
§ 19-27-21. Maps and plats; making thereof
§ 19-27-23. Maps and plats; form
§ 19-27-25. Maps and plats; contents
§ 19-27-27. Maps and plats; recording
§ 19-27-29. Maps and plats; penalty for selling lots before recording
§ 19-27-31. Maps and plats; alteration and vacation