COLORADO REVISED STATUTES

COLORADO REVISED STATUTES

Title 12 Professions and Occupations

Article 25 Engineers, Surveyors, and Architects

Part 2 Surveyors

Effective July 1, 2013

Title 38 Property ? Real and Personal

Article 50 Survey Plats and Monument Records ? General Provisions

Article 51 Minimum Standards for Land Surveys and Plats

Article 52 Colorado Coordinate System

Article 53 Perpetuation of Land Survey Monuments

Effective July 1, 2013

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12-25-201. General provisions...................................................................... 1 12-25-202. Definitions............................................................................... 1 12-25-203. Exemptions.............................................................................. 3 12-25-204. Forms of organizations permitted to practice........................................ 3 12-25-205. Unlawful practice ? penalties ? enforcement........................................ 3 12-25-206. Board ? composition ? appointments ? terms ...................................... 4 12-25-207. Powers and duties of the board....................................................... 5 12-25-208. Disciplinary actions ? grounds for discipline....................................... 6 12-25-209. Disciplinary proceedings ? injunctive relief procedure............................ 8 12-25-209.5. Reconsideration and review of board actions...................................... 10 12-25-210. Application for licensing............................................................... 11 12-25-211. Eligibility for land surveyor-intern................................................... 11 12-25-212. Qualifications for land surveyor-interns.............................................. 11 12-25-213. Eligibility for professional land surveyor............................................ 12 12-25-214. Qualifications for professional land surveyor - repeal............................. 12 12-25-215. Licenses.................................................................................. 14 12-25-216. Fees ? disposition........................................................................ 15 12-25-217. Professional land surveyor's seal ? rules............................................. 16 12-25-218. Immunity in professional review...................................................... 16 12-25-219. Prior actions.............................................................................. 17

ARTICLE 50 ? SURVEY PLATS AND MONUMENT RECORDS ? GENERAL PROVISIONS 38-50-101. Survey plat ? records file and index system ? informational purpose............ 18 38-50-102. Public records ? original field notes and plats....................................... 19 38-50-103. Public records ? monumental records................................................. 20

ARTICLE 51 ? MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR LAND SURVEYS AND PLATS 38-51-101. Applicability ? state ? county ? local ? persons..................................... 21 38-51-102. Definitions................................................................................ 21 38-51-103. Procedure for subdividing section..................................................... 23 38-51-104. Monumentation of land surveys....................................................... 24 38-51-105. Monumentation of subdivisions........................................................ 25 38-51-106. Land survey plats......................................................................... 26 38-51-107. Required plats............................................................................ 27 38-51-108. Improvement location certificate...................................................... 27 38-51-109. Unlawful sale............................................................................. 28 38-51-109.3. Geographic information system positions ? professional land surveyor...... 28 38-51-110. Violations................................................................................. 29 38-51-111. Surveyor's affidavit of correction..................................................... 29

38-52-101. 38-52-102. 38-52-103. 38-52-104. 38-52-105. 38-52-106. 38-52-107.

ARTICLE 52 ? COLORADO COORDINATE SYSTEM Colorado coordinate system zones defined.......................................... 31 Colorado coordinate system names defined.......................................... 31 Colorado coordinate system defined................................................... 31 Federal and state coordinate description same tract ? federal precedence....... 32 Colorado coordinate system origins defined......................................... 32 Colorado coordinate system ? use of term........................................... 33 Severability............................................................................... 33

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ARTICLE 53 ? PERPETUATION OF LAND SURVEY MONUMENTS 38-53-101. Legislative declaration.................................................................. 34 38-53-102. Applicability ? state ? county ? local ? persons .................................... 34 38-53-103. Definitions ................................................................................ 34 38-53-104. Submission of monument record required........................................... 36 38-53-105. Professional land surveyor must rehabilitate monuments.......................... 36 38-53-106. Form of monument records ? prescribed by board.................................. 36 38-53-107. Monument records ? conditions for acceptance..................................... 37 38-53-108. Submission permitted on any survey monument.................................... 37 38-53-109. Fees......................................................................................... 37 38-53-110. Violations................................................................................. 37

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PART 2 SURVEYORS

12-25-201. General provisions.

In order to safeguard life, health, and property and to promote the public welfare, the practice of professional land surveying in Colorado is hereby declared to be subject to regulation. It shall be unlawful for any individual to practice professional land surveying in Colorado or to use in connection with such individual's name, or to otherwise assume, or to advertise any title or description tending to convey the impression that such individual is a professional land surveyor, unless such individual has been duly licensed or is exempted under the provisions of this part 2. The practice of professional land surveying shall be deemed a privilege granted by the state of Colorado based on the qualifications of the individual as evidenced by such individual's licensing.

12-25-202. Definitions.

As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Basic control for engineering projects" means survey markers set on or in the vicinity of a construction project to enable all components of the project to be built in compliance with plans and specifications with respect to the project location, orientation, elevation, and relationship to property, easement, or right-of-way boundaries.

(1.5) "Board" means the state board of licensure for architects, professional engineers, and professional land surveyors, created by section 12-25-106.

(2) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2004, p. 1297, ? 20, effective May 28, 2004.)

(3) "Certificate" means the media issued by the board to evidence licensing or enrollment.

(3.3) "Geodetic surveying" means the performance of surveys in which measure or account is taken of the shape, size, and gravitational forces of the earth to determine or predetermine the horizontal or vertical positions of points, monuments, or stations for use in the practice of professional land surveying or for stating the geodetic position of control points, monuments, or stations by using a coordinate system or derivative thereof recognized by the national geodetic survey.

(3.5) "Land surveyor-intern" means an individual enrolled by the board after demonstrating such individual's competency, as required by section 12-25-212.

(4) "License" means the formal legal permission to practice land surveying granted by the board.

(5) Repealed.

(6) (a) "Professional land surveying" means the application of special knowledge of principles of mathematics, methods of measurement, and law for the determination and preservation of land boundaries. "Professional land surveying" specifically includes:

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(I) Restoration and rehabilitation of corners and boundaries in the United States public land survey system;

(II) Obtaining and evaluating boundary evidence;

(III) Determination of the areas and elevations of land parcels;

(IV) Subdivision of land parcels into smaller parcels and layout of alignment and grades for streets or roads to serve such smaller parcels;

(V) Measuring and platting underground mine workings;

(VI) Preparation of the boundary control portions of geographic information systems and land information systems except as allowed otherwise by section 38-51-109.3, C.R.S.;

(VII) Establishment, restoration, and rehabilitation of land survey monuments and bench marks;

(VIII) Preparation of land survey plats, condominium plats, monument records, property descriptions that result from the practice of professional land surveying, and survey reports;

(IX) Surveying, monumenting, and platting of easements and rights-of-way;

(X) Geodetic surveying;

(X.5) Basic control for engineering projects; and

(XI) Any other activities incidental to and necessary for the adequate performance of the services described in this paragraph (a).

(b) An individual practices or offers to practice "professional land surveying" within the meaning and intent of this part 2 if the individual engages therein or, by oral claim, sign, letterhead, or card or in any other way holds himself or herself out to be a professional land surveyor or as being able to perform any professional land surveying service or if the individual performs any professional land surveying service or work.

(c) Professional land surveying may include other types of surveying.

(7) "Professional land surveyor" means an individual who practices professional land surveying and who is currently licensed with the board after demonstrating competency to practice, as required by section 12-25-214.

(8) and (9) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2004, p. 1297, ? 20, effective May 28, 2004.)

(10) "Responsible charge" means personal responsibility for the control and direction of professional land surveying work.

(11) (Deleted by amendment, L. 94, p. 1495, ? 20, effective July 1, 1994.)

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