Effective - 28 Aug 2013
*60.185. County surveyors, duties. — The county surveyor of every county or city shall:
(1) Keep a fair and correct record of all surveys made by himself and his deputies, in a well-bound book, with a convenient index, to be procured at the expense of the county or city for that purpose, which books and indexes shall be the property of such county or city, and shall be known as the county surveyor's plat book, and every such surveyor shall record in such book a plat of all surveys executed by him or his deputies, within two weeks after the plat of survey has been certified to, and such books shall be kept at the county seat or city hall and subject to inspection by any person interested therein, under the supervision of the county surveyor for such county or city;
(2) Number his surveys progressively;
(3) Deliver a copy of any plat of survey to any person requiring such a copy, on payment of an amount equal to the fees allowed to the recorder of deeds for such a document, so long as such records shall remain in his possession, and after such record shall have been deposited in the office of the recorder of deeds, the recorder shall, on the request of anyone and on payment of his fees for such service, deliver to such person a duly certified copy of such records under the seal of his office, which shall be accepted as evidence, to all intents and purposes, as the originals themselves;
(4) Maintain a copy of corner restoration documents as required in section 60.321 when provided by the Missouri department of agriculture, and subject to inspection and copying by any person interested therein during the normal office hours of the county on payment of the fees allowed to the recorder for similar documents.
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(L. 1989 H.B. 190, et al., A.L. 2013 H.B. 28 merged with H.B. 650)
Effective 8-28-13 (H.B. 28); 10-11-13 (H.B. 650)
*H.B. 650 effective 10-11-13, see § 21.250. H.B. 650 was vetoed July 12, 2013. The veto was overridden on September 11, 2013.
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government
Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys
Section 60.010 - Surveyor to be elected in certain counties — qualifications — term.
Section 60.030 - Oath — bond — receipt of records.
Section 60.040 - Failure to give bond, office to become vacant.
Section 60.050 - Bond, approval.
Section 60.060 - Bond valid until rejected.
Section 60.070 - Rejection of bond.
Section 60.090 - Deputies — oaths — qualifications.
Section 60.100 - May charge for services (second, third, and fourth class counties).
Section 60.120 - Survey, duty to make, fee.
Section 60.130 - Survey, how made when surveyor interested.
Section 60.140 - Lands divided by county lines, by whom surveyed.
Section 60.150 - Survey may be legal evidence, standards for survey.
Section 60.160 - Survey, land in dispute.
Section 60.170 - Surveyor to execute orders of court.
Section 60.185 - County surveyors, duties.
Section 60.205 - Failure to perform duties, civil action to obtain fine, amount.
Section 60.305 - Resurvey of United States land survey — rules.
Section 60.311 - Corners original position to be determined.
Section 60.315 - Lost corners reestablishment — rules.
Section 60.321 - Lost corners, monumentation, procedure — violation deemed misconduct.
Section 60.326 - Law not to affect previous surveys.
Section 60.331 - Quarter-sections, how established.
Section 60.335 - Quarter-quarter sections, how established.
Section 60.341 - Fractional sections, how established.
Section 60.351 - Destruction of landmarks, duty of county surveyor to report.
Section 60.355 - Prohibits removal or destroying of property markers — penalty — damages.
Section 60.401 - Missouri state coordinate system established.
Section 60.410 - State divided into three zones — descriptions.
Section 60.421 - Zones, official names.
Section 60.431 - Location, use of plane coordinate to establish.
Section 60.441 - Descriptions involving more than one zone.
Section 60.451 - Missouri coordinate system zones precisely defined.
Section 60.471 - Use of term limited.
Section 60.480 - Property descriptions based on United States public land survey recognized.
Section 60.491 - Missouri coordinate system of 1983 to be sole system after July 1990.
Section 60.510 - Powers and duties of department.
Section 60.530 - Surveyor, duties.
Section 60.540 - Department may acquire property, how.
Section 60.560 - Attorney general to advise commission or department.
Section 60.570 - Headquarters, where located — land survey building, name of.
Section 60.580 - Right of entry, immune to trespass arrest.
Section 60.590 - Records to be furnished department — department to furnish records at cost.
Section 60.595 - Department revolving services fund, purpose — unexpended balances.
Section 60.600 - Registered surveyors to be used — private employment prohibited.
Section 60.610 - Department may contract.
Section 60.650 - Certain surveys to be filed with recorder.
Section 60.653 - Recorder of deeds, duties — copies of plats to be evidence when certified.
Section 60.657 - Plat not required to be filed, when.
Section 60.660 - Survey to constitute improvement.
Section 60.670 - Digital cadastral parcel mapping, minimum standards, rulemaking authority.