Authority: IC 25-21.5-2-14

Affected: IC 25-21.5

Sec. 23. (a) When conducting a route survey, a registered land surveyor shall do the following:

1. (1) Furnish the client with the following:

   1. (A) Copies of the route survey plats.

   2. (B) A written surveyor's report which, in addition to other pertinent data, gives the registered land surveyor's professional opinion of the cause and the amount of uncertainty in the lines and corners found or established by the survey because of any of the following:

      1. (i) Availability and condition of referenced monuments.
      2. (ii) Occupation or possession lines.
2. (2) Record the route survey plat and any subsequent revisions as defined in section 25 of this rule, together with the associated surveyor's report defined in this subsection, in the files of the county recorder's office in the county where the property is located on or before the date of acquisition of any tracts relative to the plat.

(b) An accurate description for all parcels to be acquired shall be furnished to the client. Descriptions may be by metes and bounds but, in any case, shall be controlled by a call for all that part of the owner's land that lies within the total acquisition tract. The acquisition tract or tracts shall be depicted on, or described by reference to:

1. (1) the recorded plat of route survey; or
2. (2) any subsequent recorded revisions of the recorded plat of route survey;

that contain the land. The lines of the acquisition tracts and any proposed right-of-way lines shall be tied to the initial control survey points.

(State Board of Registration for Professional Surveyors; 865 IAC 1-12-23; filed Jul 17, 1991, 4:30 p.m.: 14 IR 2251; filed Oct 13, 1992, 5:00 p.m.: 16 IR 894; readopted filed May 22, 2001, 9:55 a.m.: 24 IR 3237; filed May 4, 2006, 1:25 p.m.: 29 IR 3017; readopted filed Nov 9, 2012, 11:26 a.m.: 20121205-IR-865120390RFA; readopted filed Nov 29, 2018, 10:35 a.m.: 20181226-IR- 865180404RFA; readopted filed May 30, 2024, 9:42 a.m.: 20240626-IR-865230820RFA) NOTE: 864 IAC 1.1-13-38 was renumbered by Legislative Services Agency as 865 IAC 1-12-23.