1. (a) A written surveyor's report is required for all surveys made in connection with vacancy filings and for surveys made in connection with applications to purchase excess acreage.
2. (b) The commissioner may also require surveyor's reports in connection with any survey to be filed in the land office where it is considered necessary to clarify the surveyor's map or field notes.
3. (c) The surveyor's report must be written in such a manner so that the construction of the surveys covered in the report can be fully comprehended by any one conversant with the laws or cases pertaining to the construction of surveys.

4. (d) In general, the surveyor's report will consist of the following:

   1. (1) History of the surveys involved.
   2. (2) Explanation of the actual survey on the ground with descriptions of corners, marked lines, natural objects, etc., located in the survey. The description of corners should be related to the accompanying map by identifying the corners numerically or alphabetically.
   3. (3) Analysis of the survey. The surveyor should explain his construction of the surveys on his map, based upon the history of the area and his findings on the ground, using the application of surveying laws as set out by the legislature or by the courts.
   4. (4) A summary.
   5. (5) The report shall be dated and signed, with the appropriate seal affixed.

Source Note:The provisions of this §7.7 adopted to be effective January 1, 1976.