Title 17 — Professions, Occupations, and Businesses
83 chapters · 2,038 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-48-101 Definitions
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(1) As used in this chapter:(1) (A) “Firm” means a form of business entity that offers professional surveying services of its licensed personnel to the public.(B) “Firm” does not include an individual licensee operating under his or her name;(2) (A) “Land surveying” means a servi…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-48-102 Penalties — Enforcement
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(a) (1) Unless a different penalty is specifically provided, a person who violates this chapter shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.(2) It is the duty of all duly constituted officers of the state and all of its political subdivisions to enforce this chapter and prosecute an…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-48-103 Regulation
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In order to safeguard the life, health, or property of the public, the practice of land surveying in this state is declared to be subject to regulation in the public interest.
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-48-104 Powers of the board
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(a) The State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors may adopt and amend all bylaws and rules of procedure not inconsistent with the Arkansas Constitution and laws of this state or this chapter that may be reasonably necessary for the proper perf…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-48-105 Seal and signature required
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(a) Each licensed professional surveyor shall:(1) Procure a personal seal, in form approved by the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors; and(2) Affix his or her signature and the seal upon all maps, plats, surveys, or other documents befo…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-48-106 Failure to file boundary survey
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(a) (1) A licensed professional surveyor is not required to file a plat until he or she has been paid for performing the survey.(2) A licensed professional surveyor shall file the plat with the Division of Land Surveys of the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office within …
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-48-107 Contents of survey
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(a) Every survey of a parcel of real property made after March 30, 1981, shall include a statement of the number of acres or parts of acres included in the parcel surveyed. If the parcel surveyed includes lands situated in more than one quarter-quarter, the approximate number of …
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-48-201 Licensure required — Sole or group practice — Surveyor interns
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(a) (1) It is unlawful for a person who is not a professional surveyor licensed by the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors to hold himself or herself out as a professional surveyor to practice or offer to practice land surveying in the s…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-48-202 Application
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(a) Application for licensure as a professional surveyor or surveyor intern shall be made on forms provided by the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors to be signed and sworn to by the applicant. (b) The forms shall contain statements mad…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-48-203 Qualifications — Certification
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(a) A person who shows to the satisfaction of the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors that he or she is a person over twenty-one (21) years of age is eligible for licensure as a professional surveyor if he or she qualifies under one (1) …
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-48-204 Expiration and renewal — Inactive status — Reinstatement
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(a) All certificates shall be renewed annually or biennially at the discretion of the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors. (b) Certificates of licensure for professional surveyors and surveyor interns shall be renewed by the board to per…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-48-205 Administrative violations and penalties
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(a) The State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors may suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue, restore, or renew a certificate of licensure of, or place on probation, fine, or reprimand a professional surveyor who is:(1) Found guilty of:(A) Fraud …
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-48-206 Continuing education requirements
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(a) (1) The State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors shall issue rules establishing the continuing education requirements for professional surveyors and surveyor interns.(2) The rules shall take into account the accessibility to applicants of…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-48-207 Certificates of authorization
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(a) A firm that practices or offers to practice surveying is required to obtain a certificate of authorization from the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors under the board's rules. (b) (1) In order to obtain a certificate of authorizatio…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-48-208 Disciplinary action — Procedures
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(a) The rules promulgated by the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors for disciplinary procedures shall be based on and consistent with the model rules of procedure of the Attorney General. (b) A charge, unless dismissed or settled inform…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-48-301 Purpose
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The purpose of this subchapter is to enable surveyors to have access to survey monuments, triangulation stations, traverse stations, leveling stations, section corners, quarter-section corners and sixteenth-section corners, locations, and other evidence needed in conducting or pr…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-48-302 Definition
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(1) As used in this subchapter, “surveyor” means a person:(1) Who is a registered surveyor licensed to practice in the State of Arkansas by permanent registration number or by special permit;(2) Employed in surveying by the United States Government, by the State of Arkansas, or b…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-48-303 Right to enter — Immunity from arrest — Identification
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(a) Surveyors shall have the right to enter on public or private land or waters, except buildings, in the lawful pursuit of their occupations and shall be immune from arrest for trespass when performing their duties as prescribed in this subchapter. (b) (1) Where practical, surve…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-48-304 Liability
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(a) Surveyors shall be personally liable for any damage caused to private property when exercising entry under this subchapter. (b) Surveyors shall forfeit any and all claim for damage or personal injury against the landowner while on such lands or waters unless the damage or inj…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-48-305 Surveyor entry onto commercial poultry farm
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(a) As used in this section, “commercial poultry farm” means a poultry operation with a poultry house or poultry houses in excess of five thousand square feet (5,000 sq. ft.). (b) Before a surveyor enters onto a commercial poultry farm to survey either the commercial poultry farm…