76-3-404. Certificate of survey. (1) Within 180 days of the completion of a survey, the registered land surveyor responsible for the survey, whether he is privately or publicly employed, shall prepare and submit for filing a certificate of survey in the county in which the survey was made if the survey:
     (a) provides material evidence not appearing on any map filed with the county clerk and recorder or contained in the records of the United States bureau of land management;
     (b) reveals a material discrepancy in such map;
     (c) discloses evidence to suggest alternate locations of lines or points;
     (d) establishes one or more lines not shown on a recorded map, the positions of which are not ascertainable from an inspection of such map without trigonometric calculations.
     (2) A certificate of survey will not be required for any survey which is made by the United States bureau of land management or which is preliminary or which will become part of a subdivision plat being prepared for recording under the provisions of this chapter.
     (3) Certificates of survey shall be legibly drawn, printed, or reproduced by a process guaranteeing a permanent record and shall conform to monumentation and surveying requirements promulgated under this chapter.

     History: En. Sec. 14, Ch. 500, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3872; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 633, L. 1979.