Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 18, September 16, 2024
PURPOSE: Reference to the Minimum Standards in
section (3) should have been changed to the Missouri Standards when that
revision was made to all other rules in Chapter 16 in 2017. Due to this
oversight, this rule is being amended for housekeeping
purposes.
(1) A licensed
professional land surveyor in Missouri shall not provide to any party a
Surveyor's Real Property Report unless they are in the possession of a work
order specified elsewhere in this chapter and signed by the borrower/purchaser
indicating that they have been advised of the different types of surveying
services available and the scope of each of these services. The required work
order is to be initiated and signed during the loan application process. The
Surveyor's Real Property Report is to be used only for residential,
single-family detached dwellings; duplexes; triplexes and fourplexes with not
more than one (1) dwelling structure per previously surveyed and recorded
parcel or tract. The Surveyor's Real Property Report is not to be used for
commercial, institutional, or industrial buildings or multifamily dwellings
which share a common entranceway or stairwell.
(2) Research and Records-The professional
land surveyor shall perform adequate research, maintain sufficient recorded
documentation, and provide the field crew with information necessary to locate
the property in the field.
(3)
Field Procedures-Detailed notes shall be taken on each Surveyor's Real Property
Report and kept as a part of the professional land surveyor's permanent
records. A diligent search for existing control shall be made by the field crew
and the highest order of monumen-tation available shall be used. Monumentation
is defined as permanent and semi-permanent monuments described in the Missouri
Standards for Property Boundary Surveys and other survey control, such as
stones, axles, rebars, crosses, and pipes. Occupation lines, such as fence
lines, hedge rows, and mowing lines, are not considered monumentation unless
supported by survey control. The professional land surveyor must obtain
sufficient evidence relating to the property boundary to demonstrate general
knowledge of the given area. Appropriate field instrumentation and measuring
equipment needed to achieve the stated level of certainty shall be utilized.
The norm would include Electronic Distance Measuring (EDM), theodolite,
transits, and measuring tapes.
(4)
Form of Report-The report is a drawing of the parcel and it shall be furnished
to the borrower/purchaser and shall show the following:
(A) Property lines with the boundary
dimensions from the deed description or subdivision plat shall be
shown;
(B) The monumentation
accepted or adopted to locate and orientate the parcel, shall be shown or noted
on the report;
(C) Permanent
structures having fixed foundations or footings such as buildings and in-ground
swimming pools, shall be located and dimensioned. Permanent structures shall be
shown with a minimum of three (3) dimensions sufficient to locate the structure
in relation to the property lines. Dimension offsets shall be shown
perpendicular to straight property lines and radially to curved property lines.
The level of uncertainty of these locations shall be shown in parentheses after
each dimension or by means of a general note. Two (2) of the many possible
examples are: 12.5' (or +- 0.5') or 21' (or +- 1') The uncertainty of all
dimensions of permanent structures shall not be greater than one-tenth of a
foot (0.1'). Walks and drives shall be shown graphically but need not be
dimensioned. When the uncertainty of the dimensions to permanent structures is
not precise enough for a positive determination, a property boundary survey
shall be recommended to the borrower/purchaser and this recommendation shall be
stated on the report;
(D) Means of
access and platted setback lines shall be shown;
(E) Easements shown on the subdivision plat
shall be shown. If documentation of other easements is provided the
professional land surveyor, they shall be shown together with their
source;
(F) The posted address
shall be shown, if not posted, so state;
(G) A north arrow and graphic scale shall be
shown;
(H) Apparent encroachments
shall be noted and shown in an obvious manner. When the uncertainty of
dimensions to possible encroachments are not precise enough for a positive
determination, a property boundary survey shall be recommended to the
borrower/purchaser and shall be stated on the report;
(I) The sheet size for the report shall not
be less than eight and one-half inches by eleven inches (8 1/2" x 11").
Lettering size on the report shall not be smaller than eight-hundredths of an
inch (0.08") in height;
(J) The
following caption shall appear prominently on the drawing with minimum letter
size of seventeen-hundredths of an inch (0.17"): Surveyor's Real Property
Report; and
(K) If the
certification and the drawing are on two (2) separate pieces of paper, it shall
be so indicated. (For example: page 1 of 2, page 2 of 2).
(5) Certification-A Surveyor's Real Property
Report shall not contain the word survey in any part of the report except as
required in this standard, and must contain the following:
(A) The name, address, and telephone number
of the professional land surveyor responsible for the report and the name of
the party who ordered the work;
(B)
A statement that the report was either conducted by the professional land
surveyor or under his/her immediate personal supervision, the date the report
was made, and the real property description or the public record reference of
the property shown in the report;
(C) A statement that the accompanying drawing
is a representation of the conditions that were found at the time of the
inspection and that the report does not constitute a property boundary survey
and is subject to any inaccuracies that a subsequent property boundary survey
may disclose. It shall state the fact that no property corners were set and
that the information shown on the drawing should not be used to construct any
fence, structure, or other improvements. If the property dimensions are based
upon unverified recorded or deed information, this shall be so stated. Include
notification that the professional land surveyor is not extending a warranty to
the present or future owners or occupants; and
(D) The professional land surveyor shall
sign, seal, and date the report.
*Original authority: 327.041, RSMo 1969, amended 1981,
1986, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001.
