Colorado § 38-53-104 - Submission of monument record required.
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§ 38-53-104. Submission of monument record required.
(1) (a) If a professional land surveyor conducts a survey that uses any monument representing a public land survey monument location, quarter section corner, sixteenth section corner, government land office or bureau of land management lot corner as defined by the nomenclature of the United States public land survey system, or any United States geological survey or United States coast and geodetic survey, also known as the national ocean service/national geodetic survey, monument as a control corner, the professional land surveyor shall submit a monument record in electronic format describing such monument with the board if the monument and its accessories are not substantially described in an existing monument record previously submitted pursuant to this section or its predecessor.
(b) If a professional land surveyor establishes, restores, or rehabilitates any public land survey monument corner location or section corner, quarter section corner, or sixteenth section corner as defined by the nomenclature of the United States public land survey system, the professional land surveyor shall submit a monument record in electronic format.
(c) Any monument record submitted pursuant to this section must describe at least two accessories or reference points.
(2) A professional land surveyor shall submit a monument record within six months after the date on which the monument was used as control or was established, restored, or rehabilitated.
Source: L. 94: Entire article R&RE, p. 1525, § 48, effective July 1. L. 2006: (1)(a) and (1)(b) amended, p. 338, § 1, effective August 7. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (SB 13-161), ch. 356, p. 2094, § 39, effective July 1. L. 2026: (1)(a) and (1)(b) amended, (SB 26-025), ch. 57, p. 243, § 4, effective August 12.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 38-53-103, as it existed prior to 1994.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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