Texas Administrative Code
Title 22 - EXAMINING BOARDS
Part 6 - TEXAS BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS
Chapter 138 - COMPLIANCE AND PROFESSIONALISM FOR SURVEYORS
Subchapter E - PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL STANDARDS
Section 138.97 - Easement Depiction
Universal Citation: 22 TX Admin Code ยง 138.97
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) An easement depiction prepared by any person registered or licensed under the Surveying Act shall adhere to all rules promulgated by the board except where:
(1) the easement area can be clearly
ascertained without reference to a metes and bounds description of the
easement; and
(2) the easement does
not bisect or protrude into the tract (leaving non-easement areas on opposite
sides of the easement strip).
(b) An easement's legal description or plat depiction meets the requirements of the exception to this rule when the easement:
(1) is a blanket easement; or
(2) the easement:
(A) is within a tract of land or lot depicted
in a recorded subdivision plat;
(B)
can be clearly defined and located without a metes and bounds description;
and
(C) is adjoining to a platted
boundary line.
(c) A "construction estimate", as used in §1071.004 of the Surveying Act, means a depiction of a possible easement route for planning purposes.
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