Utah § 17-73-501 - Setting monuments.

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§ 17-73-501. Setting monuments.

Effective 11/6/2025
17-73-501.  Setting monuments.
(1)
(a)When establishing a public land survey corner, the county surveyor or the county surveyor's designee shall set a monument of durable quality.
(b)Wherever the nature of the ground will not allow the setting of a monument at the exact corner as described, then the county surveyor or the county surveyor's designee shall set a witness monument.
(2)
(a)Whenever possible, public land survey corners shall be witnessed by at least four references of durable quality.
(b)All references shall be carefully described, and the bearings and distances noted in the report.


Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 13, 2025 Special Session 1

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