43-20-2. Definition of terms.Terms used in this chapter mean:(1)'Accessory to a corner,' any exclusively identifiable physical object whose spatial relationship to the corner is recorded. The term includes bearing trees, bearing objects, monuments, reference monuments, line trees, pits, mounds, charcoal-filled bottles, steel or wooden stakes, or other similar objects;(2)'Board,' the Board of Technical Professions;(3)'Corner,' unless otherwise qualified, a property corner, a property controlling corner, or a public land survey corner;(4)'Monument,' an accessory that is presumed to occupy the exact position of a corner;(5)'Property controlling corner,' any corner that may or may not lie on a property line, but that controls the location for one or more property corners;(6)'Property corner,' a geographic point that controls a property line;(7)'Public land survey corner,' any corner established and monumented in an original survey or resurvey used as a basis of legal description for issuing a patent for the land to a private person from the state or federal government;(8)'Reference monument,' a special monument that does not occupy the same geographical position as the corner itself, ng a patent for the land to a private person from the state or federal government;(8)'Reference monument,' a special monument that does not occupy the same geographical position as the corner itself, but whose spatial relationship to the corner is recorded and serves to witness the corner;(9)'Survey,' any field operation in which corners are used to locate streets, roads, utilities, airports, railroads, buildings, dams, canals, drainage ways, or any other works as well as property boundaries;(10)'Registered land surveyor,' a person who is licensed by the board and is in good standing and legally authorized to practice land surveying in this state. Source: SL 1967, ch 58, §3; SL 1982, ch 297, §5; SL 1990, ch 309, §4; SL 2019, ch 176, §2.
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