Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 0820 - Land Surveyor Examiners
Chapter 0820-03 - Standards of Practice
Section 0820-03-.02 - GENERAL

(1) The proper execution of land surveying and mapping procedures and all other details of a land survey shall be the direct responsibility of the Land Surveyor whose stamp or seal and/or signature appear on the map, plat or other newly original survey documents. The fact that a map, plat or other newly original survey document(s) is accepted by the Register of Deeds for recordation in no way relieves such Land Surveyor of this responsibility.

(2) Authorship of the original map(s) is the intellectual property of the Land Surveyor, unless otherwise specified by written contract; therefore it should be professionally and accurately prepared as a permanent record. After reproducible prints or copies have been made for recordation or other purposes, the map should be carefully preserved with the Land Surveyor's original field notes, calculations, work sheets, data, and other project documents for the statutory period as defined at T.C.A. § 28-3-114(a).

(3) The Land Surveyor may agree with any client to perform a more accurate survey than required by this Chapter.