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MO Rev Stat § 60.431 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.431 - Location, use of plane coordinate to establish.

Effective - 28 Aug 1984   60.431. Location, use of plane coordinate to establish. — The plane coordinate values for a point on the earth's surface, used to express the geographic position or location of such point in the appropriate zone of this system, shall consist of two distances expressed in U.S. Survey Feet and decimals of a foot when using the Missouri coordinate system of 1927 and expressed in meters and decimals of a meter when using the Missouri coordinate system of 1983. One of these distances, to be known as the "x-coordinate", shall give the position in an east-and-west direction; the other, to be known as the "y-coordinate", shall give the position in a north-and-south direction. These coordinates shall be made to depend upon and conform to plane rectangular coordinate values for the monumented points of the North American Horizontal Geodetic Control Network, as published by the National Ocean Survey/National Geodetic Survey, or its successors, and whose plane coordinates have been computed on the systems defined in sections 60.401 to 60.481. Any such station may be used for establishing a survey connection to either Missouri coordinate system. ­­-------- (L. 1984 S.B. 479)
MO Rev Stat § 60.441 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.441 - Descriptions involving more than one zone.

Effective - 28 Aug 1984   60.441. Descriptions involving more than one zone. — When any tract of land to be defined by a single description extends from one into another of the coordinate zones set out in section 60.410, the positions of all points on its boundaries may be referred to as either of the zones and the zone which is used shall be specifically named in the description. ­­-------- (L. 1984 S.B. 479)
MO Rev Stat § 60.471 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.471 - Use of term limited.

Effective - 28 Aug 1984   60.471. Use of term limited. — The use of the term "Missouri Coordinate System of 1927" or "Missouri Coordinate System of 1983" on any map, report of survey, or other document shall be limited to coordinates based on the Missouri coordinate system as defined in sections 60.401 to 60.491. ­­-------- (L. 1984 S.B. 479)
MO Rev Stat § 60.480 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.480 - Property descriptions based on United States public land survey recognized.

Effective - 28 Aug 1965   60.480. Property descriptions based on United States public land survey recognized. — Descriptions of tracts of land by reference to subdivisions, lines, or corners of the United States public land survey, or other original pertinent surveys, are hereby recognized as the basic and prevailing method for describing such tracts. Whenever coordinates of the Missouri coordinate system are used in such descriptions they shall be construed as being supplementary to descriptions of such subdivisions, lines, or corners contained in official plats and field notes of record; and, in the event of any conflict, the descriptions by reference to the subdivisions, lines, or corners of the United States public land surveys, or other original pertinent surveys shall prevail over the description by coordinates. ­­-------- (L. 1965 p. 173 § 9)
MO Rev Stat § 60.491 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.491 - Missouri coordinate system of 1983 to be sole system after July 1990.

Effective - 28 Aug 1984   60.491. Missouri coordinate system of 1983 to be sole system after July 1990. — The Missouri coordinate system of 1927 shall not be used after July, 1990; and the Missouri coordinate system of 1983 shall be the sole system after this date. ­­-------- (L. 1984 S.B. 479)
MO Rev Stat § 60.530 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.530 - Surveyor, duties.

Effective - 28 Aug 2013, 2 histories   *60.530. Surveyor, duties. — The state land surveyor shall, under guidance of the department of agriculture and with the recommendation of the land survey commission, carry out the routine functions and duties of the department of agriculture, as prescribed in sections 60.510 to 60.620 and section 60.670. He or she shall, whenever practical, cause all land surveys, except geodetic surveys, to be executed, under his or her direction by the registered county surveyor or a local registered land surveyor when no registered county surveyor exists. He or she shall perform such other work and acts as shall, in the judgment of the department of agriculture and with the recommendation of the land survey commission, be necessary and proper to carry out the objectives of sections 60.510 to 60.620 and section 60.670 and, within the limits of appropriations made therefor and subject to the approval of the department of agriculture, employ and fix the compensation of such additional employees as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 60.510 to 60.620 and section 60.670. ­­-------- (L. 1969 S.B. 22 § 8, A.L. 2012 H.B. 1251, A.L. 2013 H.B. 28 merged with H.B. 650)  Effective 8-28-13 (H.B. 28); 10-11-13 (H.B. 650)  *H.B. 650 effective 10-11-13, see § 21.250. H.B. 650 was vetoed July 12, 2013. The veto was overridden on September 11, 2013.
MO Rev Stat § 60.540 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.540 - Department may acquire property, how.

Effective - 28 Aug 2013, 2 histories   *60.540. Department may acquire property, how. — The department of agriculture may acquire, in the name of the state of Missouri, lands or interests therein, where necessary, to establish permanent control stations; and may lease or purchase or acquire by negotiation or condemnation, where necessary, land for the establishment of an office of the land survey program of the department of agriculture. If condemnation is necessary, the attorney general shall bring the suit in the name of the state in the same manner as authorized by law for the acquisition of lands by the state transportation department. ­­-------- (L. 1969 S.B. 22 § 9, A.L. 2012 H.B. 1251, A.L. 2013 H.B. 28 merged with H.B. 650)  Effective 8-28-13 (H.B. 28); 10-11-13 (H.B. 650)  *H.B. 650 effective 10-11-13, see § 21.250. H.B. 650 was vetoed July 12, 2013. The veto was overridden on September 11, 2013.
MO Rev Stat § 60.550 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.550 - Ownership of markers in department, unauthorized tampering prohibited, duty to prosecute.

Effective - 28 Aug 2013   *60.550. Ownership of markers in department, unauthorized tampering prohibited, duty to prosecute. — The custody and ownership of the original United States public land survey corners and accessories, including all restoration and replacements thereof and all accessories, belonging to the state of Missouri is hereby transferred to the department of agriculture. The department of agriculture shall see that the markers are maintained, and the alteration, removal, disfiguration or destruction of any of the corners or accessories, without specific permission of the department of agriculture, is an act of destruction of state property and is a misdemeanor. Any person convicted thereof shall be punished as provided by law. Each of the several prosecuting attorneys is specifically directed to prosecute for the violation of this section for any act of destruction which occurs in his county. ­­-------- (L. 1969 S.B. 22 § 10, A.L. 2013 H.B. 28 merged with H.B. 650)  Effective 8-28-13 (H.B. 28); 10-11-13 (H.B. 650)  *H.B. 650 effective 10-11-13, see § 21.250. H.B. 650 was vetoed July 12, 2013. The veto was overridden on September 11, 2013.
MO Rev Stat § 60.560 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.560 - Attorney general to advise commission or department.

Effective - 28 Aug 2013, 2 histories   *60.560. Attorney general to advise commission or department. — Upon their request, the state attorney general shall advise the land survey commission or the department of agriculture or the state land surveyor with respect to any legal matter, and shall represent the land survey commission or department of agriculture in any proceeding in any court of the state in which the land survey commission or land survey program shall be a party. ­­-------- (L. 1969 S.B. 22 § 11, A.L. 2012 H.B. 1251, A.L. 2013 H.B. 28 merged with H.B. 650)  Effective 8-28-13 (H.B. 28); 10-11-13 (H.B. 650)  *H.B. 650 effective 10-11-13, see § 21.250. H.B. 650 was vetoed July 12, 2013. The veto was overridden on September 11, 2013.
MO Rev Stat § 60.570 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.570 - Headquarters, where located — land survey building, name of.

Effective - 28 Aug 2013, 2 histories   *60.570. Headquarters, where located — land survey building, name of. — 1. The permanent headquarters of the land survey program shall be at or near to the principal office of the Missouri state geological survey. Until such time as other headquarters can be obtained by the land survey program, the state geologist shall provide such space in the state geological survey building as may be available. No department shall charge any fee over or above the amount paid to the office of administration for utilization of the building. The land survey program may also establish and maintain regional offices in the metropolitan areas of the state for the storage and distribution of local survey record information.  2. The building that occupies the permanent headquarters of the land survey program may be renamed and referred to as the "Robert E. Myers Building". ­­-------- (L. 1969 S.B. 22 § 12, A.L. 2012 H.B. 1251, A.L. 2013 H.B. 28 merged with H.B. 650)  Effective 8-28-13 (H.B. 28); 10-11-13 (H.B. 650)  *H.B. 650 effective 10-11-13, see § 21.250. H.B. 650 was vetoed July 12, 2013. The veto was overridden on September 11, 2013.
MO Rev Stat § 60.580 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.580 - Right of entry, immune to trespass arrest.

Effective - 28 Aug 2013, 2 histories   *60.580. Right of entry, immune to trespass arrest. — The state land surveyor or any and all employees of the department of agriculture have the right to enter upon private property for the purpose of making surveys, or for searching for, locating, relocating, or remonumenting land monuments, leveling stations, or section corners. Should any of these persons necessarily damage property of the owner in making the surveys or searches or remonumentations, the department of agriculture may make reasonable payment for the damage from funds available for that purpose. However, department of agriculture employees are personally liable for any damage caused by their wantonness, willfulness or negligence. All department of agriculture employees are immune from arrest for trespass in performing their legal duties as stated in sections 60.510 to 60.620 and section 60.670. ­­-------- (L. 1969 S.B. 22 § 13, A.L. 2012 H.B. 1251, A.L. 2013 H.B. 28 merged with H.B. 650)  Effective 8-28-13 (H.B. 28); 10-11-13 (H.B. 650)  *H.B. 650 effective 10-11-13, see § 21.250. H.B. 650 was vetoed July 12, 2013. The veto was overridden on September 11, 2013.
MO Rev Stat § 60.590 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.590 - Records to be furnished department — department to furnish records at cost.

Effective - 28 Aug 2013, 2 histories   *60.590. Records to be furnished department — department to furnish records at cost. — 1. On request of the department of agriculture or the state land surveyor, all city and county recorders of deeds, together with all departments, boards or agencies of state government, county, or city government, shall furnish to the department of agriculture or the state land surveyor certified copies of desired records which are in their custody. This service shall be free of cost when possible; otherwise, it shall be at actual cost of reproduction of the records. On the same basis of cost, the department of agriculture shall furnish records within its custody to other agencies or departments of state, county or city, certifying them.  2. The department of agriculture may produce, reproduce and sell maps, plats, reports, studies, and records, and the commission shall recommend to the department of agriculture the charges therefor. All income received shall be promptly deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the department of agriculture land survey revolving services fund. ­­-------- (L. 1969 S.B. 22 §§ 14, 16, A.L. 1979 H.B. 121, A.L. 2012 H.B. 1251, A.L. 2013 H.B. 28 merged with H.B. 650)  Effective 8-28-13 (H.B. 28); 10-11-13 (H.B. 650)  *H.B. 650 effective 10-11-13, see § 21.250. H.B. 650 was vetoed July 12, 2013. The veto was overridden on September 11, 2013.
MO Rev Stat § 60.595 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.595 - Department revolving services fund, purpose — unexpended balances.

Effective - 28 Aug 2013, 2 histories   *60.595. Department revolving services fund, purpose — unexpended balances. — 1. The "Department of Agriculture Land Survey Revolving Services Fund" is hereby created. All funds received by the department of agriculture from the delivery of services and the sale or resale of maps, plats, reports, studies, records and other publications and documents and surveying information, on paper or in electronic format, by the department shall be credited to the fund. The director of the department shall administer the fund. The state treasurer is the custodian of the fund and shall approve disbursements from the fund requested by the director of the department. When appropriated, moneys in the fund shall be used to purchase goods, equipment, hardware and software, maintenance and licenses, software and database development and maintenance, personal services, and other services that will ultimately be used to provide copies of information maintained or provided by the land survey program, reprint maps, publications or other documents requested by governmental agencies or members of the general public; to publish the maps, publications or other documents or to purchase maps, publications or other documents for resale; and to pay shipping charges, but for no other purpose.  2. Effective August 28, 2013, a transfer of moneys between the department of natural resources revolving services fund, created in section 640.065, and the department of agriculture land survey revolving services fund shall be made such that only the balance related to the reproduction and sale of land survey documents is transferred to the department of agriculture land survey revolving services fund.  3. An unencumbered balance in the fund at the end of the fiscal year not exceeding one million dollars is exempt from the provisions of section 33.080 relating to the transfer of unexpended balances to the general revenue fund.  4. The department of agriculture shall report all income to and expenditures from such fund on a quarterly basis to the house budget committee and the senate appropriations committee. ­­-------- (L. 1979 H.B. 121 § 2, A.L. 1993 S.B. 80, et al., A.L. 1999 H.B. 988, A.L. 2012 H.B. 1251, A.L. 2013 H.B. 28 merged with H.B. 650)  Effective 8-28-13 (H.B. 28); 10-11-13 (H.B. 650)  *H.B. 650 effective 10-11-13, see § 21.250. H.B. 650 was vetoed July 12, 2013. The veto was overridden on September 11, 2013.
MO Rev Stat § 60.600 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.600 - Registered surveyors to be used — private employment prohibited.

Effective - 28 Aug 2013   *60.600. Registered surveyors to be used — private employment prohibited. — Every employee of the department of agriculture who is engaged in work required by law to be done by a registered land surveyor will be so registered. No employee of the department of agriculture shall engage in private land surveying or consultation while employed by the department of agriculture. ­­-------- (L. 1969 S.B. 22 § 15, A.L. 2013 H.B. 28 merged with H.B. 650)  Effective 8-28-13 (H.B. 28); 10-11-13 (H.B. 650)  *H.B. 650 effective 10-11-13, see § 21.250. H.B. 650 was vetoed July 12, 2013. The veto was overridden on September 11, 2013.
MO Rev Stat § 60.610 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.610 - Department may contract.

Effective - 28 Aug 2013, 2 histories   *60.610. Department may contract. — Whenever the department of agriculture deems it expedient, and when funds appropriated permit, the department of agriculture may enter into any contract with agencies of the United States, with agencies of other states, or with private persons, registered land surveyors or professional engineers, in order to plan and execute desired land surveys or geodetic surveys, or to plan and execute other projects which are within the scope and purpose of sections 60.510 to 60.620 and section 60.670. ­­-------- (L. 1969 S.B. 22 § 17, A.L. 2012 H.B. 1251, A.L. 2013 H.B. 28 merged with H.B. 650)  Effective 8-28-13 (H.B. 28); 10-11-13 (H.B. 650)  *H.B. 650 effective 10-11-13, see § 21.250. H.B. 650 was vetoed July 12, 2013. The veto was overridden on September 11, 2013.
MO Rev Stat § 60.650 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.650 - Certain surveys to be filed with recorder.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   60.650. Certain surveys to be filed with recorder. — For the purpose of preserving evidence of land surveys, every surveyor who establishes, restores, or reestablishes one or more corners that create a new parcel of land shall file the results of such survey with the recorder of deeds in the county or counties in which the survey is situated within sixty days after the survey has been certified. ­­-------- (L. 1990 S.B. 580)
MO Rev Stat § 60.653 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.653 - Recorder of deeds, duties — copies of plats to be evidence when certified.

Effective - 28 Aug 2013   *60.653. Recorder of deeds, duties — copies of plats to be evidence when certified. — 1. It shall be the duty of the recorder of deeds to maintain a copy of all survey plats delivered to his custody in an appropriate file medium capable of reproduction.  2. Survey plats shall be placed in the plat books or such other record books as have been previously established.  3. A duplicate of the recorded survey plat shall be provided to the land survey program of the department of agriculture at an amount not to exceed the actual cost of the duplicate.  4. The recorder shall maintain an index of all survey plats, subdivision plats, and condominium plats by section, township, and range and by subdivision or condominium name.  5. Copies of survey plats shall be evidence in all courts of justice when properly certified under the hand and official seal of the recorder. ­­-------- (L. 1990 S.B. 580, A.L. 2013 H.B. 28 merged with H.B. 650)  Effective 8-28-13 (H.B. 28); 10-11-13 (H.B. 650)  *H.B. 650 effective 10-11-13, see § 21.250. H.B. 650 was vetoed July 12, 2013. The veto was overridden on September 11, 2013.
MO Rev Stat § 60.657 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.657 - Plat not required to be filed, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   60.657. Plat not required to be filed, when. — A survey plat is not required to be filed when:  (1) It is of a preliminary nature illustrating ideas and intentions and not the results of a survey;  (2) It has been recorded under any other provision of law. ­­-------- (L. 1990 S.B. 580)
MO Rev Stat § 60.659 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.659 - Penalties.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   60.659. Penalties. — Any surveyor who fails to comply with any provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of misconduct in the practice of land surveying. ­­-------- (L. 1990 S.B. 580)
MO Rev Stat § 60.660 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.660 - Survey to constitute improvement.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   60.660. Survey to constitute improvement. — A recorded survey shall constitute an improvement to the property under section 429.015. ­­-------- (L. 1990 S.B. 580)
MO Rev Stat § 61.005 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 61 - County Highway Engineers|Section 61.005 - Employment of county engineer by county commission not required.

Effective - 28 Aug 2004   61.005. Employment of county engineer by county commission not required. — Nothing in this chapter shall require the county commission to hire a county engineer. The county commission may hire and authorize an individual to perform those duties the individual is qualified for, based upon the individual's education and training. ­­-------- (L. 2004 H.B. 795, et al. § 1)
MO Rev Stat § 61.011 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 61 - County Highway Engineers|Section 61.011 - County highway administrator, office created, responsibility (certain first class counties).

Effective - 28 Aug 1973   61.011. County highway administrator, office created, responsibility (certain first class counties). — 1. The office of "County Highway Administrator" is hereby created in all counties of the first class not having a charter form of government. The county highway administrator shall be appointed by the county commission, and he shall serve at the pleasure of the county commission and until his successor is appointed and qualified.  2. The county highway administrator is the chief officer of the county in all matters pertaining to highways, roads, bridges, culverts and surveys, and he is responsible for all operations of the county highway department. ­­-------- (L. 1973 H.B. 715)