Title 43, PROPERTY

No United States government survey corner nor any corner established by any registered land surveyor may be disturbed, removed, or in any manner changed by any person in the prosecution of any public or private work. A violation of this section is a petty offense. Source: SL 1893…

Any registered land surveyor may restore, relocate, or reference a survey corner if same is recorded as provided by statute. Source: SL 1893, ch 157 , § 12; RPolC 1903, § 134; RC 1919, § 8203; SDC 1939, § 18.0202; SL 1970, ch 214 , § 41.

The resurvey and subdivision of lands by all surveyors shall be in all respects according to the laws of the United States and the instructions issued by the officers thereof in charge of the public land surveys; and in the subdivision of fractional sections, bounded on any side …

In retracing lines or making the survey the surveyor shall take care to observe and follow the boundaries and monuments as run and marked by the original survey, but shall not give undue weight to partial and doubtful evidence or appearances of monuments, the recognition of which…

Whenever the survey made is of lines or monuments in dispute, or by order of any court, the chainmen must be disinterested persons, approved and sworn by the surveyor to measure justly and impartially to the best of their skill and ability. Source: PolC 1877, ch 21, § 100; CL 188…

The record of the field notes and plats shall show distinctly of what piece of land it is a survey, at whose request it was made, what owners were notified and present, the date of the survey, the names of the chainmen, and that they were approved and sworn by the surveyor, when …