In this chapter,

1. (1) “commissioner” means the commissioner of natural resources;
2. (2) “land surveyor” means a professional land surveyor licensed under AS 08.48;

3. (3) “monument” means

   1. (A) a United States public land survey monument;
   2. (B) an Alaska state land survey primary monument;
   3. (C) an exterior primary monument controlling a recorded survey;
   4. (D) a geodetic control monument established by a state or federal agency;
4. (4) “subdivision” has the meaning given in AS 40.15.900;

5. (5) “United States public land survey monument”

   1. (A) means a survey monument established in a cadastral survey by the Bureau of Land Management or its predecessor;
   2. (B) includes a monument in a United States special survey and United States mineral survey that is a part of the public land records of the Bureau of Land Management.