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2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 5 - Surveying Practice › Section 8762.5.

8762.5. No record of survey of land shown on the latest adopted county assessment roll as a unit or as contiguous units, which shows a division of such land into additional parcels, shall be filed with the county surveyor or with the county recorder, unless there is attached thereto a certificate by the county surveyor if the land lies within an unincorporated area, or a certificate by the city engineer if the land lies within a city, of compliance with the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act, Division 2 (commencing with Section 66410) of Title 7 of the Government Code, and any applicable local ordinance enacted pursuant thereto.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 24.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 5 - Surveying Practice › Section 8763.

8763. The record of survey shall be a map, legibly drawn, printed, or reproduced by a process guaranteeing a permanent record in black on tracing cloth, or polyester base film, 18 by 26 inches or 460 by 660 millimeters. If ink is used on polyester base film, the ink surface shall be coated with a suitable substance to assure permanent legibility. A marginal line shall be drawn completely around each sheet leaving an entirely blank margin of one inch or 25 millimeters.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1013, Sec. 68. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 5 - Surveying Practice › Section 8764.

8764. (a) The record of survey shall show the applicable provisions of the following consistent with the purpose of the survey:
(1) All monuments found, set, reset, replaced, or removed, describing their kind, size, and location, and giving other data relating thereto.
(2) Bearing or witness monuments, basis of bearings, bearing and length of lines, scale of map, and north arrow.
(3) Name and legal designation of the property in which the survey is located, and the date or time period of the survey.
(4) The relationship to those portions of adjacent tracts, streets, or senior conveyances that have common lines with the survey.
(5) Memorandum of oaths.
(6) Statements required by Section 8764.5.
(7) Any other data, in graphic or narrative form, necessary for the intelligent interpretation of the various items and locations of the points, lines, and areas shown, or convenient for the identification of the survey or surveyor, as may be determined by the civil engineer or land surveyor preparing the record of survey.
(b) The record of survey shall also show, either graphically or by note, the reason or reasons, if any, why the mandatory filing provisions of paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, of subdivision (b) of Section 8762 apply.
(c) The record of survey need not consist of a survey of an entire property.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 106, Sec. 2. (SB 414) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 5 - Surveying Practice › Section 8764.5.

8764.5. Statements shall appear on the map as follows:
Surveyor’s Statement
This map correctly represents a survey made by me or under my direction in conformance with the requirements of the Professional Land Surveyors’ Act
at the request of
Name of Person Authorizing Survey
in _______, 20__.
(Signed and sealed)
L.S. (or R.C.E.) No.
County Surveyor’s Statement
This map has been examined in accordance with Section 8766 of the Professional Land Surveyors’ Act this ____ day of ____, 20__.
(Signed and sealed) _____ County Surveyor _____
L.S. (or R.C.E.) No.
Recorder’s Statement
Filed this ____ day of ____, 20__, at ____.m. in Book ____ of ____ at page ____, at the request of ____.
(Signed) _____ County Recorder _____
No other statements may appear on the face of the map except those required or authorized by this article.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 368, Sec. 7. (AB 645) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 5 - Surveying Practice › Section 8765.

8765. A record of survey is not required of any survey:
(a) When it has been made by a public officer in his or her official capacity and a reproducible copy thereof, showing all data required by Section 8764, except the recorder’s statement, has been filed with the county surveyor of the county in which the land is located. Any map so filed shall be indexed and kept available for public inspection.
(b) Made by the United States Bureau of Land Management.
(c) When a map is in preparation for recording or shall have been recorded under the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act.
(d) When the survey is a retracement of lines shown on a subdivision map, official map, or a record of survey, where no material discrepancies with those records are found and sufficient monumentation is found to establish the precise location of property corners thereon, provided that a corner record is filed for any property corners which are set or reset or found to be of a different character than indicated by prior records. For purposes of this subdivision, a “material discrepancy” is limited to a material discrepancy in the position of points or lines, or in dimensions.
(e) When the survey is a survey of a mobilehome park interior lot as defined in Section 18210 of the Health and Safety Code, provided that no subdivision map, official map, or record of survey has been previously filed for the interior lot or no conversion to residential ownership has occurred pursuant to Section 66428.1 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 608, Sec. 1.5. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 5 - Surveying Practice › Section 8766.

8766. (a) Within 20 working days after receiving the record of survey, or within the additional time as may be mutually agreed upon by the land surveyor or civil engineer and the county surveyor, the county surveyor shall examine it with respect to all of the following:
(1)  Its accuracy of mathematical data and substantial compliance with the information required by Section 8764.
(2)  Its compliance with Sections 8762.5, 8763, 8764.5, 8771.5, and 8772.
(b) The examination pursuant to this section shall not require the licensed land surveyor or registered civil engineer submitting the record of survey to change the methods or procedures utilized or employed in the performance of the survey, nor shall the examination require a field survey to verify the data shown on the record of survey.
(c) Nothing in this section shall limit the county surveyor from including notes expressing opinions regarding the record of survey, or the methods or procedures utilized or employed in the performance of the survey.
(d) The examination pursuant to this section shall be performed by, or under the direct supervision of, a licensed land surveyor or registered civil engineer.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 607, Sec. 40. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 5 - Surveying Practice › Section 8766.5.

8766.5. The county surveyor may charge a reasonable fee for examining a record of survey pursuant to Section 8766 which shall not exceed the cost of the service or one hundred dollars ($100), whichever is the lesser. However, this one hundred dollars ($100) maximum fee may be increased by the board of supervisors if such an increase is authorized by a duly adopted ordinance and the ordinance was adopted pursuant to a staff report demonstrating that the cost of providing the examination service actually exceeds one hundred dollars ($100) per record of survey.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 943, Sec. 6.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 5 - Surveying Practice › Section 8767.

8767. If the county surveyor finds that the record of survey complies with the examination in Section 8766, the county surveyor shall endorse a statement on it of his or her examination, and shall present it to the county recorder for filing. Otherwise the county surveyor shall return it to the person who presented it, together with a written statement of the changes necessary to make it conform to the requirements of Section 8766. The licensed land surveyor or registered civil engineer submitting the record of survey may then make the agreed changes and note those matters which cannot be agreed upon in accordance with the provisions of Section 8768 and shall resubmit the record of survey within 60 days, or within the time as may be mutually agreed upon by the licensed surveyor or registered engineer and the county surveyor, to the county surveyor for filing pursuant to Section 8768.
(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 580, Sec. 1.1. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 5 - Surveying Practice › Section 8768.

8768. If the matters appearing on the record of survey cannot be agreed upon by the licensed land surveyor or the registered civil engineer and the county surveyor within 10 working days after the licensed land surveyor or registered civil engineer resubmits and requests the record of survey be filed without further change, an explanation of the differences shall be noted on the map and it shall be presented by the county surveyor to the county recorder for filing, and the county recorder shall file the record of survey. The licensed land surveyor or registered civil engineer filing the record of survey shall attempt to reach agreement with the county surveyor regarding the language for the explanation of the differences. If they cannot agree on the language explaining the differences, then both shall add a notation on the record of survey explaining the differences. The explanation of the differences shall be sufficiently specific to identify the factual basis for the difference.
(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 580, Sec. 1.2. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 5 - Surveying Practice › Section 8768.5.

8768.5. If the county surveyor fails to timely file the record of survey with the county recorder in accordance with Section 8768, the licensed land surveyor or registered civil engineer submitting the map may bring an action pursuant to Section 1085 of the Code of Civil Procedure to compel the filing of the record of survey. After the licensed land surveyor or registered civil engineer resubmits and requests the record of survey be filed without further change, the filing of the record of survey shall be deemed to be a ministerial act.
In any action brought pursuant to Section 1085 of the Code of Civil Procedure between a licensed land surveyor or a registered civil engineer and the county surveyor of any county, the court may award to the prevailing party costs and other expenses of litigation, including the payment of experts and other witnesses, and reasonable attorney’s fees.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 943, Sec. 8.5.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 5 - Surveying Practice › Section 8769.

8769. The charge for filing any record of survey, and for indexing the same, shall be the same as provided for subdivided land under Section 27372 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1865.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 5 - Surveying Practice › Section 8770.

8770. The record of survey filed with the county recorder of any county shall be stored in any manner that will ensure that the maps will be kept together, safe, and reproducible.
The county recorder shall keep proper indexes of such record of survey by the name of grant, tract, subdivision, or United States subdivision.
The original map shall be stored for safekeeping in a reproducible condition. It shall be proper procedure for the recorder to maintain for public reference a set of counter maps that are prints of the original maps, and the original maps to be produced for comparison upon demand.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 427, Sec. 2. (SB 1489) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 5 - Surveying Practice › Section 8770.5.

8770.5. Any record of survey filed under the provisions of this chapter may be amended to show any course or distance that was omitted therefrom, or to correct any error in: course or distance shown thereon, the description of the land which the record of survey comprised, lot numbers, street names, acreages, identification of adjacent record maps, or the character of monuments being set, or to correct any other minor errors approved for correction by the county surveyor in the same manner that subdivision maps may be amended under the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act, Division 2 (commencing with Section 66410) of Title 7 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 24.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 5 - Surveying Practice › Section 8770.6.

8770.6. The use of the word “certify” or “certification” by a licensed land surveyor or registered civil engineer in the practice of professional engineering or land surveying or the preparation of maps, plats, reports, descriptions, or other surveying documents only constitutes an expression of professional opinion regarding those facts or findings which are the subject of the certification, and does not constitute a warranty or guarantee, either expressed or implied.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 229, Sec. 21.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 5 - Surveying Practice › Section 8771.

8771. (a) Monuments set shall be sufficient in number and durability and efficiently placed so as not to be readily disturbed, to ensure, together with monuments already existing, the perpetuation or facile reestablishment of any point or line of the survey.
(b) When monuments exist that control the location of subdivisions, tracts, boundaries, roads, streets, or highways, or provide horizontal or vertical survey control, the monuments shall be located and referenced by or under the direction of a licensed land surveyor or licensed civil engineer legally authorized to practice land surveying, prior to the time when any streets, highways, other rights-of-way, or easements are improved, constructed, reconstructed, maintained, resurfaced, or relocated, and a corner record or record of survey of the references shall be filed with the county surveyor.
(c) A permanent monument shall be reset in the surface of the new construction or a witness monument or monuments set to perpetuate the location if any monument could be destroyed, damaged, covered, disturbed, or otherwise obliterated, and a corner record or record of survey shall be filed with the county surveyor prior to the recording of a certificate of completion for the project. Sufficient controlling monuments shall be retained or replaced in their original positions to enable property, right-of-way and easement lines, property corners, and subdivision and tract boundaries to be reestablished without devious surveys necessarily originating on monuments differing from those that currently control the area.
(d) The governmental agency performing or permitting construction or maintenance work is responsible for ensuring that either the governmental agency or landowner performing the construction or maintenance work provides for monument perpetuation required by this section.
(e) It shall be the duty of every licensed land surveyor or licensed civil engineer legally authorized to practice land surveying to assist the governmental agency in matters of maps, field notes, and other pertinent records. Monuments set to mark the limiting lines of highways, roads, streets or right-of-way or easement lines shall not be deemed adequate for this purpose, unless specifically noted on the corner record or record of survey of the improvement works with direct ties in bearing or azimuth and distance between these and other monuments of record.
(f) The decision to file either a corner record or a record of survey as required by subdivision (b) or (c) shall be at the election of the licensed land surveyor or the licensed civil engineer legally authorized to practice land surveying submitting the document.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 400, Sec. 16. (SB 1467) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 5 - Surveying Practice › Section 8771.5.

8771.5. When coordinates in the California Coordinate System are shown for points on a record of survey map the map may not be recorded unless it also shows, or is accompanied by a map showing, the control scheme through which the coordinates were determined from points of known coordinates.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1041.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 5 - Surveying Practice › Section 8772.

8772. Any monument set by a licensed land surveyor or registered civil engineer to mark or reference a point on a property or land line shall be permanently and visibly marked or tagged with the certificate number of the surveyor or civil engineer setting it, each number to be preceeded by the letters “L.S.” or “R.C.E.,” respectively, as the case may be or, if the monument is set by a public agency, it shall be marked with the name of the agency and the political subdivision it serves.
Nothing in this section shall prevent the inclusion of other information on the tag which will assist in the tracing or location of the survey records which relate to the tagged monument.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 943, Sec. 9.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 5 - Surveying Practice › Section 8773.

8773. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 8773.4, a person authorized to practice land surveying in this state shall complete, sign, stamp with his or her seal, and file with the county surveyor or engineer of the county where the corners are situated, a written record of corner establishment or restoration to be known as a “corner record” for every corner established by the Survey of the Public Lands of the United States, except “lost corners,” as defined by the Manual of Surveying Instructions (2009), published by the federal Bureau of Land Management and every accessory to such corner which is found, set, reset, or used as control in any survey by such authorized person.
(b) After the establishment of a lost corner, as defined by the Manual of Surveying Instructions (2009), published by the federal Bureau of Land Management a record of survey shall be filed as set forth in Section 8764.
(c) Any person authorized to practice land surveying in this state may file such corner record for any property corners, property controlling corners, reference monuments, or accessories to a property corner.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 661, Sec. 14. (SB 1576) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 5 - Surveying Practice › Section 8773.1.

8773.1. The board shall by regulation provide and prescribe the information which shall be necessary to be included in the corner record and the board shall prescribe the form in which the corner record shall be submitted and filed, and the time limits within which the form shall be filed. A corner record shall be a single 8.5 by 11 inch sheet which may consist of a front and back page.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 608, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 5 - Surveying Practice › Section 8773.3.

8773.3. In every case where a corner record is filed pursuant to Section 8773, the licensed land surveyor or registered civil engineer shall reconstruct or rehabilitate the monument of such corner, and accessories to such corner, so that the same shall be left by him in such physical condition that it remains as permanent a monument as is reasonably possible and so that the same may be reasonably expected to be located with facility at all times in the future.
(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 702.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 5 - Surveying Practice › Section 8773.4.

8773.4. (a) A corner record shall be signed by a licensed land surveyor or licensed civil engineer and stamped with his or her seal, or in the case of an agency of the United States government or the State of California, the certificate may be signed by the chief of the survey party making the survey, setting forth his or her official title, prior to filing.
(b) A corner record need not be filed when:
(1) A corner record is on file and the corner is found as described in the existing corner record.
(2) All conditions of Section 8773 are complied with by proper notations on a record of survey map filed in compliance with the Professional Land Surveyors’ Act or a parcel or subdivision map, in compliance with the Subdivision Map Act.
(3) When the survey is a survey of a mobilehome park interior lot as defined in Section 18210 of the Health and Safety Code, provided that no subdivision map, official map, or record of survey has been previously filed for the interior lot or no conversion to residential ownership has occurred pursuant to Section 66428.1 of the Government Code.
(c) This section shall not apply to maps filed prior to January 1, 1974.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 607, Sec. 42. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 5 - Surveying Practice › Section 8774.

8774. (a) The right of entry upon or to real property to investigate and utilize boundary evidence, and to perform surveys, is a right of persons legally authorized to practice land surveying, and it is the responsibility of the owner or tenant who owns or controls property to provide reasonable access without undue delay. The right of entry is not contingent upon the provision of prior notice to the owner or tenant. However, the owner or tenant shall be notified of the proposed time of entry where practicable.
(b) The requirements of subdivision (a) do not apply to monuments within access-controlled portions of freeways.
(c) When required for a property survey, monuments within a freeway right-of-way shall be referenced to usable points outside the access control line by the agency having jurisdiction over the freeway when requested in writing by the registered civil engineer or licensed land surveyor who is to perform the property survey. The work shall be done within a reasonable time period by the agency in direct cooperation with the engineer or surveyor and at no charge to him or her.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 805, Sec. 7.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 5 - Surveying Practice › Section 8774.5.

8774.5. (a) Upon the filing of a record of survey, amended record of survey, or certificate of correction for recordation pursuant to this chapter, the surveyor or engineer who prepared the document shall transmit a copy of the document, including all recording information, to the county surveyor, who shall maintain an index, by geographic location, of the documents.
(b) The county surveyor may charge a fee equal to the fee charged for recording the documents specified in subdivision (a), for purposes of financing the costs of maintaining the index of those documents.
(c) The requirements of this section shall not apply to any county which requires the documents specified in subdivision (a) to be transmitted to the county surveyor and requires that official to maintain an index of those documents.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 350, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 5.5 - Photogrammetry › Section 8775.

8775. No person shall use the title or any abbreviation of the title photogrammetrist or photogrammetric surveyor unless he or she holds registration as a civil engineer or licensed land surveyor, or unless he or she is licensed as a photogrammetric surveyor.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1006, Sec. 31. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 5.5 - Photogrammetry › Section 8775.1.

8775.1. Persons meeting the requirements of this article may engage in and perform all photogrammetric services germane to this chapter, either as individuals, employees, or as independent contractors; provided, however, that the field surveys to be done are performed by registered civil engineers or licensed land surveyors, and in the preparation of any topographic map which contains the delineation of property corners or a property boundary or boundaries the work is certified or attested to by a registered civil engineer or land surveyor.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1967.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 5.5 - Photogrammetry › Section 8775.2.

8775.2. Maps, documents, or reports prepared by, or under the direction of, a licensed photogrammetric surveyor shall carry his signature and certificate number which will indicate his responsibility for the work.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1967.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 5.5 - Photogrammetry › Section 8775.3.

8775.3. Photogrammetric surveyor licenses shall be renewable upon payment of the fee fixed by the board for which a renewal certificate shall be issued. Photogrammetric surveyor license fees shall be the same as those prescribed for land surveyor’s licensing; and the provisions of this chapter relating to revenue, and with respect to disciplinary proceedings, shall similarly apply.
(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 108.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 5.7 - Reporting Requirements › Section 8776.

8776. (a) A licensee shall report to the board in writing the occurrence of any of the following events that occurred on or after January 1, 2008, within 90 days of the date the licensee has knowledge of the event:
(1) The conviction of the licensee of any felony.
(2) The conviction of the licensee of any other crime that is substantially related to the qualifications, functions, and duties of a licensed land surveyor.
(3) A civil action settlement or administrative action resulting in a settlement against the licensee in any action alleging fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, breach or violation of contract, negligence, incompetence, or recklessness by the licensee in the practice of land surveying if the amount or value of the settlement is greater than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).
(4) A civil action judgment or binding arbitration award, or administrative action resulting in a judgment or binding arbitration award, against the licensee in any action alleging fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, breach or violation of contract, negligence, incompetence, or recklessness by the licensee in the practice of land surveying if the amount or value of the judgment or binding arbitration award is twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or greater.
(b) The report required by subdivision (a) shall be signed by the licensee and set forth the facts that constitute the reportable event. If the reportable event involves the action of an administrative agency or court, the report shall set forth the title of the matter, court or agency name, docket number, and the dates the reportable event occurred.
(c) A licensee shall promptly respond to oral or written inquiries from the board concerning the reportable events, including inquiries made by the board in conjunction with license renewal.
(d) Nothing in this section shall impose a duty upon any licensee to report to the board the occurrence of any of the events set forth in subdivision (a) either by or against any other licensee.
(e) Failure of a licensee to report to the board in the time and manner required by this section shall be grounds for disciplinary action.
(f) For purposes of this section, a conviction includes the initial plea, verdict, or finding of guilt; a plea of no contest; or pronouncement of sentence by a trial court even though the conviction may not be final or sentence actually imposed until all appeals are exhausted.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 71, Sec. 9. (SB 1304) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 5.7 - Reporting Requirements › Section 8776.1.

8776.1. Within 30 days of entry of a conviction described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 8776, a settlement described in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 8776, or a judgment described in paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 8776, by a court of this state that has been notified that the defendant is a licensee of the board, the court that rendered the conviction or judgment shall report that fact to the board and provide the board with a copy of the conviction, settlement, or judgment and any orders or opinions of the court accompanying or ordering the conviction, settlement, or judgment.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 471, Sec. 5. (SB 679) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 5.7 - Reporting Requirements › Section 8776.2.

8776.2. (a) Within 30 days of payment of all or any portion of any civil action judgment, settlement, or binding arbitration award described in Section 8776 against a licensee of the board, any insurer providing professional liability insurance to that licensee shall report to the board the name of the licensee; the amount or value of the judgment, settlement, or binding arbitration award; the amount paid by the insurer; and the identity of the payee.
(b) Within 30 days of payment of all or any portion of any civil action judgment, settlement, or binding arbitration award described in Section 8776 against a licensee of the board, any state or local government agency that self-insures that licensee shall report to the board the name of the licensee; the amount or value of the judgment, settlement, or binding arbitration award; the amount paid; and the identity of the payee.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 471, Sec. 6. (SB 679) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 5.7 - Reporting Requirements › Section 8776.3.

8776.3. The requirements of Sections 8776, 8776.1, and 8776.2 shall apply if a party to the civil action, settlement, or arbitration award is or was a sole proprietorship, partnership, firm, corporation, or state or local government agency in which the licensee is or was an owner, partner, member, officer, or employee and is or was the licensee in responsible charge of that portion of the project that was the subject of the civil judgment, settlement, or arbitration award.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 691, Sec. 25. Effective January 1, 2005. Section conditionally operative on January 1, 2008, pursuant to Section 8776.7.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 5.7 - Reporting Requirements › Section 8776.4.

8776.4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a licensee shall not be considered to have violated a confidential settlement agreement or other confidential agreement by providing a report to the board as required by this article.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 22, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2006. Section conditionally operative on January 1, 2008, pursuant to Section 8776.7.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 5.7 - Reporting Requirements › Section 8776.5.

8776.5. The provisions of this article apply to a civil engineer licensed under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700) prior to January 1, 1982, if the civil action judgment, settlement, or arbitration award relates to the practice of professional land surveying.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 691, Sec. 25. Effective January 1, 2005. Section conditionally operative on January 1, 2008, pursuant to Section 8776.7.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 5.7 - Reporting Requirements › Section 8776.6.

8776.6. The board may adopt regulations to further define the reporting requirements of Sections 8776, 8776.1, and 8776.2.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 691, Sec. 25. Effective January 1, 2005. Section conditionally operative on January 1, 2008, pursuant to Section 8776.7.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 5.7 - Reporting Requirements › Section 8776.7.

8776.7. This article shall become operative on January 1, 2008, only if an appropriation is made from the Professional Engineer’s and Land Surveyor’s Fund for the 2007–08 fiscal year in the annual Budget Act to fund the activities of this article, and sufficient hiring authority is granted to the board pursuant to a budget change proposal to provide sufficient staffing to implement this article.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 354, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 2008. Note: This section prescribes a conditional operative date for Article 5.7, commencing with Section 8776.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 6 - Disciplinary Proceedings › Section 8780.

8780. (a) The board may, upon its own initiative or upon the receipt of a complaint, investigate the actions of any land surveyor licensed under this chapter or any civil engineer licensed under the provisions of Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700) who is legally authorized to practice land surveying and make findings thereon.
(b) By a majority vote, the board may publicly reprove, suspend for a period not to exceed two years, or revoke the license or certificate of any land surveyor licensed under this chapter or civil engineer licensed under the provisions of Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700) who is legally authorized to practice land surveying on any of the following grounds:
(1) Any fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation in their practice of land surveying.
(2) Any negligence in their practice of land surveying.
(3) Any incompetence in their practice of land surveying.
(4) Any fraud or deceit in obtaining their license.
(5) Any violation of any provision of this chapter or of any other law relating to or involving the practice of land surveying.
(6) Any conviction of a crime substantially related to the qualifications, functions, and duties of a land surveyor. The record of the conviction shall be conclusive evidence thereof.
(7) Aiding or abetting any person in the violation of any provision of this chapter or any regulation adopted by the board pursuant to this chapter.
(8) A breach or violation of a contract to provide land surveying services.
(9) A violation in the course of the practice of land surveying of a rule or regulation of unprofessional conduct adopted by the board.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 106, Sec. 3. (SB 414) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 6 - Disciplinary Proceedings › Section 8780.1.

8780.1. The board may, upon its own initiative or upon the receipt of a complaint, investigate the actions of any land surveyor-in-training and make findings thereon.
By a majority vote, the board may revoke the certificate of any land surveyor-in-training:
(a) Who has been convicted of a crime as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 480.
(b) Who has committed any act that would be grounds for denial of a license pursuant to Section 480 or 496.
(c) Who has committed any act of fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation in obtaining his or her land surveyor-in-training certificate or license as a professional land surveyor.
(d) Who aids or abets any person in the violation of any provision of this chapter or any regulation adopted by the board pursuant to this chapter.
(e) Who violates Section 119 with respect to a land surveyor-in-training certificate.
(f) Who commits any act described in Section 8792.
(g) Who violates any provision of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 432, Sec. 32. (SB 944) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 6 - Disciplinary Proceedings › Section 8780.2.

8780.2. The failure of, or refusal by, a licensee or a certificate holder to respond to a written request from a representative of the board in the investigation of a complaint against that licensee or certificate holder constitutes a cause for disciplinary action under Section 8780 or 8780.1.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 630, Sec. 14. (AB 1522) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 6 - Disciplinary Proceedings › Section 8781.

8781. The proceedings under this article shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 11370), Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 11400), and Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and the board shall have all the powers granted therein.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1006, Sec. 33. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 6 - Disciplinary Proceedings › Section 8783.

8783. A plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction following a plea of nolo contendere made to a charge substantially related to the qualifications, functions and duties of a land surveyor is deemed to be a conviction within the meaning of this article. The board may order the license or certificate suspended or revoked, or may decline to issue a license or certificate, when the time for appeal has elapsed, or the judgment of conviction has been affirmed on appeal or when an order granting probation is made suspending the imposition of sentence, irrespective of a subsequent order under the provisions of Section 1203.4 of the Penal Code allowing such person to withdraw his plea of guilty and to enter a plea of not guilty, or setting aside the verdict of guilty, or dismissing the accusation, information or indictment.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1161.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 6 - Disciplinary Proceedings › Section 8784.

8784. The board may reissue a license to any person, whose license has been revoked, if a majority of the members of the board vote in favor of such reinstatement, for reasons the board may deem sufficient.
(Amended by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1028.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 7 - Offenses Against the Chapter › Section 8790.

8790. The board shall enforce all of the provisions of this chapter and cause the prosecution of all violations coming to its notice.
(Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 41.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 7 - Offenses Against the Chapter › Section 8790.5.

8790.5. (a) If a licensee who is retained as an expert witness enters into a nondisclosure agreement, that agreement shall not be construed to prevent the licensee from reporting a potential violation of the Professional Land Surveyors’ Act to the board.
(b) This section shall not be construed to be, or act as, a waiver of any applicable attorney-client or attorney work product privileges.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 145, Sec. 3. (SB 339) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 7 - Offenses Against the Chapter › Section 8791.

8791. It is the duty of the respective officers charged with the enforcement of laws to prosecute all persons charged with the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 41.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 7 - Offenses Against the Chapter › Section 8792.

8792. A person who does any of the following is guilty of a misdemeanor:
(a) Unless the person is exempt from licensure under this chapter, practices, or offers to practice, land surveying in this state without legal authorization.
(b) Presents as their own the license of a professional land surveyor unless they are the person named on the license.
(c) Attempts to file as their own any record of survey under the license of a professional land surveyor.
(d) Gives false evidence of any kind to the board, or to any board member, in obtaining a license.
(e) Impersonates or uses the seal, signature, or license number of a professional land surveyor or who uses a false license number.
(f) Uses an expired, suspended, surrendered, or revoked license.
(g) Represents themselves as, or uses the title of, professional land surveyor, or any other title whereby that person could be considered as practicing or offering to practice land surveying, unless the person is correspondingly qualified by licensure as a land surveyor under this chapter.
(h) Uses the title, or any combination of that title, of “professional land surveyor,” “licensed land surveyor,” “land surveyor,” or the titles specified in Sections 8751 and 8775, or “land surveyor-in-training,” or who makes use of any abbreviation of that title that might lead to the belief that the person is a licensed land surveyor or holds a certificate as a land surveyor-in-training, without being licensed or certified as required by this chapter.
(i) Unless appropriately licensed, manages, or conducts as manager, proprietor, or agent, any place of business from which land surveying work is solicited, performed, or practiced, except as authorized pursuant to Section 6731.2.
(j) Violates any provision of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 302, Sec. 10. (SB 1120) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 8 - Revenue › Section 8800.

8800. (a) The department shall receive and account for all money derived under the operation of this chapter and, at the end of each month, shall report such money to the Controller and shall pay it to the Treasurer, who shall keep the money in a separate fund known as the Professional Engineer’s, Land Surveyor’s, and Geologist’s Fund.
(b) For accounting and recordkeeping purposes, the Professional Engineer’s, Land Surveyor’s, and Geologist’s Fund shall be deemed to be a single special fund, and shall be available for expenditure only for the purposes as are now or may hereafter be provided by law.
(c) The fees and civil penalties received under this chapter shall be deposited in the Professional Engineer’s, Land Surveyor’s, and Geologist’s Fund. All moneys in the fund are hereby appropriated for the purposes of this chapter.
(d) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2016.
(Repealed (in Sec. 27) and added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 428, Sec. 28. (AB 177) Effective January 1, 2016. Section operative July 1, 2016, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 8 - Revenue › Section 8801.

8801. Licenses issued under this chapter expire every two years, if not renewed. Biennial renewals shall be staggered on a quarterly basis. To renew an unexpired license the licenseholder shall on or before the date of expiration indicated on the renewal receipt, apply for renewal on a form prescribed by the board, and pay the renewal fee prescribed by this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 495, Sec. 14. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 8 - Revenue › Section 8801.1.

8801.1. (a) At the time of renewal specified in Section 8801 or 8802, the board shall administer an assessment of the licenseholder to reinforce the licenseholder’s knowledge of state laws and the board’s rules and regulations. Failure to complete this assessment within 60 days after the date of expiration of the license may result in disciplinary action under Section 8780, but shall not affect the renewal of the license.
(b) The crime in subdivision (j) of Section 8792 shall not apply to this section.
(c) The board shall not charge the licenseholder a fee for the administration or development of the assessment.
(d) For the purposes of this section, “assessment” means an online program that contains educational reading material and questions. The material shall be based on state law and the board’s rules and regulations relating to the practice of professional land surveyors. The scope of the assessment shall be limited to the board’s top five types of violations related to the administrative and procedural aspects of the practice of professional land surveyors and any changes or additions to existing law related to such administrative and procedural aspects.
(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 629, Sec. 4. (SB 1085) Effective January 1, 2017.)