Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE
Division 2030 - Missouri Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Professional Land Surveyors, and Professional Landscape Architects
Chapter 15 - Public Records
Section 20 CSR 2030-15.020 - Easements and Property Descriptions

Universal Citation: 20 MO Code of State Regs 2030-15.020

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 18, September 16, 2024

PURPOSE: This rule defines which easements and property descriptions shall be prepared by a Professional Land Surveyor.

(1) In accordance with section 327.272(3) and (4), RSMo, the subdivision of a parcel of property to create a new parcel and the creation of a new recordable property description for that parcel is considered the practice of professional land surveying. A new recordable property description is defined as a description for any parcel of land that is not or has not previously been identified in the public record.

(2) A permanent easement is a recordable document for the acquisition and conveyance of property rights. Creating a permanent easement encumbers a parcel of property and affects real property rights. A professional land surveyor shall locate the boundary that an easement is based upon.

(3) The following services are not required to be performed by a professional land surveyor because the location of boundary lines is not affected:

(A) When the only property right being acquired or conveyed is access rights.

(B) When the only property right being acquired is a temporary easement.

(C) When the entire property is being acquired, and the property description is being copied from a previous deed of record.

(D) When at least one (1) boundary of the easement is contiguous with the property line in accordance with section (2) and is of uniform width.

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