PURPOSE: This rule identifies who is authorized to alter or remove a corner of the United States Public Land Survey and how to obtain permission from the Department of Agriculture.

Only a professional land surveyor is authorized to remove, alter, restore, or reestablish a corner of the United States Public Land Survey. Any professional land surveyor who removes, alters, restores, or reestablishes a corner of the United States Public Land Survey shall report his actions by filing an approved document with the Missouri Department of Agriculture, Land Survey Program within ninety (90) days from the date of the field work. The permission required by section 60.550, RSMo, is granted upon filing the approved document with the Missouri Department of Agriculture Land Survey Program.

AUTHORITY: sections 327.041 and 327.272, RSMo 2016.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 30-17.020. Original rule filed May 3, 1994, effective Dec. 30, 1994. Moved to 20 CSR 2030-17.020, effective Aug. 28, 2006. Non-substantive change filed Oct. 21, 2015, published Dec. 31, 2015. Amended: Filed Nov. 18, 2016, effective June 30, 2017. *Original authority: 327.041, RSMo 1969, amended 1981, 1986, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2010, 2014 and 327.272, RSMo 1969, amended 1981, 1999, 2010, 2014, 2016.