Title 8, Public Officers And Employees

It is the duty of the county surveyor faithfully to execute and return all orders of survey directed to the surveyor from any court of record in the state, and make all surveys of lands or lots in the county, at the request of any person interested therein, on the payment or tend…

The county surveyor shall swear the surveyor's chain bearers to perform their duties without favor or affection, make a plat of all lands or lots surveyed for the person requiring the same, and write on the back of the plat the names of the chain bearers, and the amount of the su…

The county legislative body may fix the compensation of the county surveyor, and the surveyor's chain bearers and markers, where the fees are not already established by law.

All courts ordering the survey of any land or lands may allow, in addition to the fee now allowed by law, such additional compensation as the services of the county surveyor may be reasonably worth.

When a survey is directed by a court of record, the fees of the surveyor are to be taxed in the bill of costs.

The county legislative body of each county may, in its discretion, have established, at or near the county seat, a meridian line of 114.6 poles in length, the termini of which line shall be designated by planted stones, with the exact point on each stone marked with “A.X.,” or ot…

It is the duty of the county surveyor and the surveyor's deputies to test their instruments by the meridian line in the counties in which such lines may be established, and to note the variation of the compass, that is, the difference between the magnetic meridian and the true or…

A report of the variation test described in § 8-12-111 shall be made by the county surveyor to the county legislative body, and the report shall be recorded on the minutes of the legislative body.

Nothing in §§ 8-12-110 – 8-12-114, shall be so construed as to affect surveys made under variations different from that established by those sections and before their enactment.

It is a Class C misdemeanor for any person willfully to remove, deface or in any way to interfere with the stones marking the termini of the meridian line.

The county surveyor is liable on the surveyor's official bond for any damages done by a wrongful survey or plat. The surveyor and the sureties on such official bond shall be liable for all malfeasance and nonfeasance of the surveyor's deputy in office, to the same extent and in t…

In case of the resignation, removal, or expiration of the term of office of any surveyor, the surveyor shall deliver all record books, and all other public papers belonging to the office, to the successor, and, on failure, shall be liable to an action for damages, and shall be al…

In case of the death of such surveyor, the personal representative, or other person having the possession of the books and papers of the surveyor's office, shall deliver them over to the surveyor for the time being, and, on failure or refusal, shall be liable as provided in § 8-1…

The county legislative body, a majority of the members being present, may make the late surveyor, or such surveyor's personal representatives, compensation for the books and papers delivered over.