Indiana § 36-2-16-5 - County surveyor authorized to appoint chief or other deputies and employees; bridge engineer; field notes
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§ 36-2-16-5. County surveyor authorized to appoint chief or other deputies and employees; bridge engineer; field notes
Sec. 5. (a) The county surveyor may appoint one (1) first or chief deputy, if authorized by the county fiscal body, and also may appoint the number of other full-time or part-time deputies and employees authorized by the county fiscal body.
(b) The surveyor of a county having a population of one hundred sixty-five thousand (165,000) or more may appoint a registered professional civil engineer as bridge engineer.
(c) If a deputy surveyor takes field notes, the deputy surveyor shall return them to the county surveyor within sixty (60) days.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-3-58-3 part; 17-3-60-1; 17-3-71-2 part.]
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.11, SEC.155; P.L.154-1993, SEC.2; P.L.127-2017, SEC.101.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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