reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
MO Rev Stat § 60.100 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.100 - May charge for services (second, third, and fourth class counties).

Effective - 28 Aug 1983   60.100. May charge for services (second, third, and fourth class counties). — In counties of the second, third or fourth class, the county surveyor may charge for his services such a sum as may be agreed upon by such surveyor and the person employing him. For that sum, the surveyor shall employ and pay for the services of the necessary chainmen, rodmen and markers. For that sum, the surveyor shall furnish to the person employing him a plat of the survey made by him, and shall also record the plat as provided by law. ­­-------- (L. 1945 p. 1575 § 2, A.L. 1983 H.B. 133)
MO Rev Stat § 60.120 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.120 - Survey, duty to make, fee.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   60.120. Survey, duty to make, fee. — The county surveyor shall, within thirty days, when called upon, survey any tract of land or town lot lying in his county, at the expense of the person demanding the same; provided, that his agreed upon fees are first tendered, or that he and his deputies are not engaged in executing previous orders of survey. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13199, A.L. 1989 H.B. 190, et al.)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11580; 1919 § 12718; 1909 § 11300
MO Rev Stat § 60.130 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.130 - Survey, how made when surveyor interested.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   60.130. Survey, how made when surveyor interested. — When it shall appear that the county surveyor is interested in any tract of land the title of which is in dispute before the court, the court shall direct the survey or resurvey to be made by some registered land surveyor, who is a noninterested party, who shall be authorized to administer oaths in the same manner as the county surveyor is directed to do, and shall return such survey or resurvey, on oath or affirmation; and shall receive for his services such reasonable fee as determined by the court. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13201, A.L. 1989 H.B. 190, et al.)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11582; 1919 § 12720; 1909 § 11302
MO Rev Stat § 60.140 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.140 - Lands divided by county lines, by whom surveyed.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   60.140. Lands divided by county lines, by whom surveyed. — In case any person own or claim lands where the same are divided by a county line, the person owning or claiming such lands, and wishing to have the same surveyed, may apply to the surveyor of any county in which any part of such land is situate; and, on such application being made, the surveyor is authorized and required to make such survey, which shall be as valid as though such lands were situate entirely in one county. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13203)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11584; 1919 § 12722; 1909 § 11304  CROSS REFERENCE:  County boundaries, by whom surveyed, when, 46.010 to 46.030
MO Rev Stat § 60.150 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.150 - Survey may be legal evidence, standards for survey.

Effective - 28 Aug 1993   60.150. Survey may be legal evidence, standards for survey. — No survey or resurvey shall be admitted into evidence in any court in this state unless it is made by a registered land surveyor, and it can be shown that the survey is located by measurements to monuments of the section, United States survey, subdivision, or other unit in which the property is legally described. A survey may not be rejected, after August 28, 1991, solely on the grounds that it did not commence at a government corner. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13200, A.L. 1989 H.B. 190, et al., A.L. 1991 H.B. 403, A.L. 1993 H.B. 621)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11581; 1919 § 12719; 1909 § 11301
MO Rev Stat § 60.160 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.160 - Survey, land in dispute.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   60.160. Survey, land in dispute. — When lands, the title of which is in dispute before any court, shall be divided by a county line, the court making an order of survey may direct such order to the surveyor of any county in which any part of such land is situate. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13204)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11585; 1919 § 12723; 1909 § 11305
MO Rev Stat § 60.170 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.170 - Surveyor to execute orders of court.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   60.170. Surveyor to execute orders of court. — The county surveyor shall execute all orders given to him directly by any court of record, for surveying or resurveying any tract of land, the title of which is in dispute before such court, and all orders of survey for the partition of real estate. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13198, A.L. 1989 H.B. 190, et al.)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11579; 1919 § 12717; 1909 § 11299
MO Rev Stat § 60.185 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.185 - County surveyors, duties.

Effective - 28 Aug 2013   *60.185. County surveyors, duties. — The county surveyor of every county or city shall:  (1) Keep a fair and correct record of all surveys made by himself and his deputies, in a well-bound book, with a convenient index, to be procured at the expense of the county or city for that purpose, which books and indexes shall be the property of such county or city, and shall be known as the county surveyor's plat book, and every such surveyor shall record in such book a plat of all surveys executed by him or his deputies, within two weeks after the plat of survey has been certified to, and such books shall be kept at the county seat or city hall and subject to inspection by any person interested therein, under the supervision of the county surveyor for such county or city;  (2) Number his surveys progressively;  (3) Deliver a copy of any plat of survey to any person requiring such a copy, on payment of an amount equal to the fees allowed to the recorder of deeds for such a document, so long as such records shall remain in his possession, and after such record shall have been deposited in the office of the recorder of deeds, the recorder shall, on the request of anyone and on payment of his fees for such service, deliver to such person a duly certified copy of such records under the seal of his office, which shall be accepted as evidence, to all intents and purposes, as the originals themselves;  (4) Maintain a copy of corner restoration documents as required in section 60.321 when provided by the Missouri department of agriculture, and subject to inspection and copying by any person interested therein during the normal office hours of the county on payment of the fees allowed to the recorder for similar documents. ­­-------- (L. 1989 H.B. 190, et al., 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 § 60.195 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.195 - United States field notes on survey of counties, how obtained and filed in office of county surveyor.

Effective - 28 Aug 2013   *60.195. United States field notes on survey of counties, how obtained and filed in office of county surveyor. — The several county commissions in this state are hereby authorized, in all cases wherein they shall consider it to be the interest of their counties, to obtain from the Missouri department of agriculture a certified copy of so much of the field notes of all surveys lying within their counties, respectively, which have been and may be made by the United States, as relates to the description of the township, section, fractional section, quarter section and legal subdivisional corners, the variation of the needle at which the east and west boundaries of township or range lines were run, the length of the north and south, as well as east and west sectional lines; also, the fallings of all east and west township and sectional lines the same to be filed in the office of the county surveyor of their counties, respectively. ­­-------- (L. 1989 H.B. 190, et al., 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 § 60.205 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.205 - Failure to perform duties, civil action to obtain fine, amount.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   60.205. Failure to perform duties, civil action to obtain fine, amount. — Any county surveyor who shall fail to perform the duties required of him by this chapter shall be fined in a sum not exceeding ninety dollars, to be recovered by civil action, at the suit of the injured party. ­­-------- (L. 1989 H.B. 190, et al.)
MO Rev Stat § 60.305 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.305 - Resurvey of United States land survey — rules.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   60.305. Resurvey of United States land survey — rules. — In the resurvey of the lands of the United States public land survey, the surveyor shall observe the following rules:  (1) The boundaries of the United States public land survey in Missouri are unchangeable;  (2) The original township, section, quarter-section and other corners established by the original government survey must stand as the true corners which they were intended to represent, regardless of the location indicated by the field notes and plat;  (3) These corners must be restored at the identical spot where the original corner was located by the government survey, when this can be determined;  (4) When this cannot be done, the corner is said to be lost and it must be reestablished in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. ­­-------- (L. 1989 H.B. 190, et al.)
MO Rev Stat § 60.311 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.311 - Corners original position to be determined.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   60.311. Corners original position to be determined. — The restoration and utilization of the existent corners of the United States public land survey is a prime objective of every survey. Every means shall be undertaken to determine the position of the original corner before deciding that the corner is lost. ­­-------- (L. 1989 H.B. 190, et al.)
MO Rev Stat § 60.321 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.321 - Lost corners, monumentation, procedure — violation deemed misconduct.

Effective - 28 Aug 2013   *60.321. Lost corners, monumentation, procedure — violation deemed misconduct. — For the purpose of perpetuating the corners of the United States public land survey, every surveyor who reestablishes a lost corner or restores an existent corner shall monument the corner and shall file an instrument showing such reestablishment or restoration with the Missouri department of agriculture, in accordance with the specifications and procedures adopted by the Missouri department of agriculture. Any surveyor who willfully and knowingly fails to perpetuate corners in accordance with this section is guilty of misconduct in the practice of land surveying. ­­-------- (L. 1989 H.B. 190, et al., 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 § 60.326 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.326 - Law not to affect previous surveys.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   60.326. Law not to affect previous surveys. — This chapter shall in no way be construed either to affect the legality of surveys legally made and recorded prior to September 28, 1979, or to prevent surveyors from taking advantage of any corners legally established prior to September 28, 1979. ­­-------- (L. 1989 H.B. 190, et al.)
MO Rev Stat § 60.331 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.331 - Quarter-sections, how established.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   60.331. Quarter-sections, how established. — In subdividing a section into quarter-sections, the land surveyor shall run straight lines from the established quarter-section corners to the opposite quarter-section corners. The point of intersection of the lines thus run will be the corner common to the several quarter-sections, or the legal center of the section. ­­-------- (L. 1989 H.B. 190, et al.)
MO Rev Stat § 60.335 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.335 - Quarter-quarter sections, how established.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   60.335. Quarter-quarter sections, how established. — In subdividing a quarter-section into quarters, the land surveyor shall:  (1) First, establish the quarter-quarter, or sixteenth-section corners at points midway between the quarter-section and section corners or the center of the section, except on the last half mile of the lines closing on township boundaries, where they should be placed by proportionate measurement, as shown on the official government plat;  (2) Second, the center lines of the quarter-section will be run straight between opposite corresponding quarter-quarter, or sixteenth-section corners on the quarter-section boundaries. The intersection of the lines thus run will determine the legal center of the quarter-section. ­­-------- (L. 1989 H.B. 190, et al.)
MO Rev Stat § 60.341 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.341 - Fractional sections, how established.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   60.341. Fractional sections, how established. — In subdividing a fractional section or quarter-section, the land surveyor will run his lines from properly established quarter-section or quarter-quarter-section corners, as the case may be, with courses governed by the conditions represented upon the official government plat, to the lake, watercourse, grant boundary, state line or other irregular boundary which renders such land fractional. ­­-------- (L. 1989 H.B. 190, et al.)
MO Rev Stat § 60.345 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.345 - Corners of quarter-sections south of township line, east of range line, how established.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   60.345. Corners of quarter-sections south of township line, east of range line, how established. — The quarter-section corners of sections south of the township line and east of the range line, and not established by the original government survey will be established according to the conditions represented upon the official government plat using proportionate measurement between the adjoining section corners belonging to the same section as the quarter-section corner being established, the section corners having first been identified or reestablished. ­­-------- (L. 1989 H.B. 190, et al.)
MO Rev Stat § 60.351 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.351 - Destruction of landmarks, duty of county surveyor to report.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   60.351. Destruction of landmarks, duty of county surveyor to report. — It shall be the duty of every county surveyor and every deputy county surveyor to report as soon as practicable all violations of law relative to the destruction of landmarks that come under their observation, or of which they have knowledge, to the grand jury or to the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the violation occurs. ­­-------- (L. 1989 H.B. 190, et al.)
MO Rev Stat § 60.355 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.355 - Prohibits removal or destroying of property markers — penalty — damages.

Effective - 28 Aug 1998   60.355. Prohibits removal or destroying of property markers — penalty — damages. — 1. No person, other than a registered land surveyor registered pursuant to chapter 327, shall knowingly move, remove, deface or destroy any corner of the United States Public Land Survey System, property boundary marker, bench mark or horizontal control monument.  2. Any person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.  3. Any person who violates the provisions of this section is liable for the cost of reestablishment of permanent monuments or markers by a registered land surveyor. This section shall establish a civil cause of action in favor of any owner of real estate the boundaries of which are affected by a violation of subsection 1 of this section. Venue for such cause of action shall be in the county in which the violation occurs. Damages shall be limited to reasonable surveying costs and reasonable attorneys' fees. ­­-------- (L. 1998 H.B. 1862)
MO Rev Stat § 60.360 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.360 - United States field notes on county surveys obtained by county surveyor — cost, how paid.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   60.360. United States field notes on county surveys obtained by county surveyor — cost, how paid. — In all cases where the county surveyor shall have, at his own expense, obtained a certified copy, as provided for in section 60.195, the county commission shall make a reasonable allowance to such surveyor for such copy, which shall thereafter become the property of the county, and be filed; except that no county surveyor thus furnished with the field notes shall, when called upon to execute any survey, make any additional charge therefor. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13210, A.L. 1989 H.B. 190, et al.)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11591; 1919 § 12729; 1909 § 11311
MO Rev Stat § 60.401 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.401 - Missouri state coordinate system established.

Effective - 28 Aug 1984   60.401. Missouri state coordinate system established. — The systems of plane coordinates which have been established by the National Ocean Survey/National Geodetic Survey, or its successors, for defining and stating the geographic positions or locations of points on the surface of the earth within the state of Missouri are hereafter to be known and designated as the "Missouri Coordinate System of 1927" and the "Missouri Coordinate System of 1983". ­­-------- (L. 1984 S.B. 479)
MO Rev Stat § 60.410 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.410 - State divided into three zones — descriptions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1965   60.410. State divided into three zones — descriptions. — 1. For the purpose of the use of this system, Missouri is divided into three separate zones, to be officially known as "The East Zone", "The Central Zone", and "The West Zone".  2. The area now included in the following counties shall constitute the east zone: Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Clark, Crawford, Dent, Dunklin, Franklin, Gasconade, Iron, Jefferson, Lewis, Lincoln, Madison, Marion, Mississippi, Montgomery, New Madrid, Oregon, Pemiscot, Perry, Pike, Ralls, Reynolds, Ripley, St. Charles, Ste. Genevieve, St. Francois, St. Louis, St. Louis (city), Scott, Shannon, Stoddard, Warren, Washington and Wayne.  3. The area now included in the following counties shall constitute the central zone: Adair, Audrain, Benton, Boone, Callaway, Camden, Carroll, Chariton, Christian, Cole, Cooper, Dallas, Douglas, Greene, Grundy, Hickory, Howard, Howell, Knox, Laclede, Linn, Livingston, Macon, Maries, Mercer, Miller, Moniteau, Monroe, Morgan, Osage, Ozark, Pettis, Phelps, Polk, Pulaski, Putnam, Randolph, Saline, Schuyler, Scotland, Shelby, Stone, Sullivan, Taney, Texas, Webster and Wright.  4. The area now included in the following counties shall constitute the west zone: Andrew, Atchison, Barry, Barton, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Cass, Cedar, Clay, Clinton, Dade, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison, Henry, Holt, Jackson, Jasper, Johnson, Lafayette, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton, Nodaway, Platte, Ray, St. Clair, Vernon and Worth. ­­-------- (L. 1965 p. 173 § 2)
MO Rev Stat § 60.421 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.421 - Zones, official names.

Effective - 28 Aug 1984   60.421. Zones, official names. — 1. As established for use in the east zone, the Missouri coordinate system of 1927 or the Missouri coordinate system of 1983 shall be named; and, in any land description in which it is used, it shall be designated the "Missouri Coordinate System of 1927, East Zone" or "Missouri Coordinate System of 1983, East Zone".  2. As established for use in the central zone, the Missouri coordinate system of 1927 or the Missouri coordinate system of 1983 shall be named; and, in any land description in which it is used, it shall be designated the "Missouri Coordinate System of 1927, Central Zone" or "Missouri Coordinate System of 1983, Central Zone".  3. As established for use in the west zone, the Missouri coordinate system of 1927 or the Missouri coordinate system of 1983 shall be named; and, in any land description in which it is used, it shall be designated the "Missouri Coordinate System of 1927, West Zone" or "Missouri Coordinate System of 1983, West Zone". ­­-------- (L. 1984 S.B. 479)