Current through February 26, 2024
(1) WHEN MONUMENT
RECORD REQUIRED. A U.S. public land survey monument record or U.S. public land
survey monument record addendum shall be prepared and filed with the county
survey records as part of any land survey within 60 days if a U.S. public land
survey corner has been reestablished, perpetuated, or restored and a monument
set or reset, and when any of the following situations arise:
(a) There is no U.S. public land survey
monument record for the corner on file in the office of the county surveyor or
the county office deemed appropriate to receive and retain property survey
records.
(b) The professional land
surveyor who performs the property survey accepts a location for the U.S.
public land survey corner which differs from that shown on a U.S. public land
survey monument record filed in the office of the county surveyor or the county
office deemed appropriate to receive and retain property survey
records.
(c) The U.S. public land
survey monument referenced in an existing U.S. public land survey monument
record that has been destroyed or disturbed.
(1g) VERIFICATION OF THE MONUMENT. If a U.S.
public land survey corner monument of record is recovered in place and holding
securely at the previously documented corner location, based on the witness
ties, no additional U.S. public land survey monument record or U.S. public land
survey monument record addendum shall be required. Where the U.S. public land
survey monument referenced in an existing U.S. public land survey monument
record has been found and verified, a note stating this shall be placed on the
property survey.
(1r) WAIVER OF THE
MONUMENT RECORD. The preparation of a U. S. public land survey monument record
or U. S. public land survey monument addendum may be waived in writing by the
county surveyor of the county in which the U.S. public land survey corner is
located, if a U.S. public land survey monument record is on file and the county
surveyor has an active U.S. public land survey monument maintenance program in
place.
(2) FORM REQUIRED.
(a) A U.S. public land survey monument record
shall be prepared for items (1) (a) and (b) on the approved form or on a form
substantially the same as the approved form which includes all the elements
required by this section. A form used for this purpose shall be entitled, "U.S.
Public Land Survey Monument Record".
(b) A U.S. public land survey monument record
addendum shall be prepared for item (1) (c) on the approved form or on a form
substantially the same as the approved form. A form used for this purpose shall
be entitled, "U.S. Public Land Survey Monument Record Addendum".
Note: Forms are available on the department's
website at dsps.wi.gov, or by request from the Department of Safety and
Professional Services, P.O. Box 8935, Madison, Wisconsin 53708, or call (608)
266-2112.
(3)
MONUMENT RECORD REQUIREMENTS. A U.S. public land survey monument record shall
show the location of the corner and shall include all of the following
elements:
(a) The identity of the corner, as
referenced to the U.S. public land survey system.
(b) A description of any record evidence,
monument evidence, occupational evidence, testimonial evidence or any other
material evidence considered by the professional land surveyor, and whether the
monument was found or placed.
(c)
Reference ties to at least 4 witness monuments. Witness monuments shall be
concrete, natural stone, iron, bearing trees or other equally durable material,
except wood other than bearing trees.
(d) A plan view drawing depicting the
relevant monuments and reference ties which is sufficient in detail to enable
accurate relocation of the corner monument if the corner monument is
disturbed.
(e) A description of any
material discrepancy between the location of the corner monument as restored
and the monument location of that corner as previously established.
(f) Whether the corner was restored through
acceptance of an obliterated evidence location or a found perpetuated
location.
(g) Whether the corner
was determined through lost-corner-proportionate methods.
(h) The directions and distances to other
public land survey corners which were used as evidence or used for
proportioning in determining the corner location.
(i) The stamp and signature or seal and
signature of the professional land surveyor under whose direction and control
the corner location was determined and a statement certifying that the U.S.
public land survey monument record is correct and complete to the best of the
professional land surveyor's knowledge and belief.
(4) MONUMENT RECORD ADDENDUM REQUIREMENTS. A
U.S. public land survey monument record addendum shall include all of the
following elements:
(a) The monument marking
the corner location, or monuments giving reference to a nearby inaccessible
corner location, and include the elements found in sub. (3) (a), (b), (d), and
(e).
(b) A description of the
record evidence used to reset the corner monument back in its prior
location.
(c) The stamp and
signature or seal and signature of the professional land surveyor under whose
direction and control the corner location was determined or witness monument
established.
(d) A statement
certifying that the U.S. public land survey monument record addendum is correct
and complete to the best of the professional land surveyor's knowledge and
belief.