Colorado § 38-50-103 - Public records - monument records.

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§ 38-50-103. Public records - monument records.

(1) The state board of licensure for architects, professional engineers, and professional land surveyors, created in section 12-120-103, shall employ personnel at the expense of such board's licensed professional land surveyors to maintain a record-keeping and indexing system for all monument records submitted in accordance with section 38-53-104.

(2) (a) The state board of licensure for architects, professional engineers, and professional land surveyors shall provide, free of charge, a copy of each monument record submitted in accordance with section 38-53-104 to the county clerk and recorder for the county in which the monument is located.

(b) Each county clerk and recorder may maintain copies of monument records in a county record-keeping and indexing system and, upon receipt of each monument record provided pursuant to subsection (2)(a) of this section, shall list it in the system. Each county clerk and recorder may maintain copies of monument records in electronic format.

(c) Records maintained pursuant to this section shall be open to public inspection during normal business hours.

(3) Certified copies of monument records of the state board of licensure for architects, professional engineers, and professional land surveyors shall be evidence in all courts and places in this state.

(4) No fee shall be charged by the state board of licensure for architects, professional engineers, and professional land surveyors for the submission of monument records. The cost of maintaining the record-keeping and indexing system for monument records shall be recouped as part of the renewal fees charged to licensees, which fees shall be calculated to cover the costs of the staff and equipment necessary to maintain the record-keeping and indexing system.

Source: L. 94: Entire article R&RE, p. 1513, § 46, effective July 1. L. 2004: (1), (2)(a), (3), and (4) amended, p. 1316, § 71, effective May 28. L. 2006: (1), (2)(a), (3), and (4) amended, p. 743, § 12, effective July 1. L. 2013: (1), (2)(a), (2)(b), and (4) amended, (SB 13-161), ch. 356, p. 2093, § 35, effective July 1. L. 2019: (1) amended, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1727, § 245, effective October 1. L. 2026: (2)(b) amended, (SB 26-025), ch. 57, p. 242, § 3, effective August 12.

Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 38-53-110, as it existed prior to 1994.

ARTICLE 51

Minimum Standards for Land Surveys and Plats

38-51-101. Applicability - state - county - local - persons.

38-51-102. Definitions.

38-51-103. Procedure for subdividing section.

38-51-104. Monumentation of land surveys.

38-51-105. Monumentation of subdivisions.

38-51-106. Land survey plats.

38-51-107. Required plats.

38-51-108. Improvement location certificate.

38-51-109. Unlawful sale.

38-51-109.3. Geographic information system positions - professional land surveyor.

38-51-110. Violations.

38-51-111. Surveyor's affidavit of correction.

Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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