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2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 14.5 - Structural Fumigation Enforcement Program › Section 8698.3.

8698.3. (a) The Director of the Department of Pesticide Regulation or a county agricultural commissioner listed in Section 8698 may levy a civil penalty against a person or company violating this chapter, including any regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter for failing to comply with Section 8698.1.
(b) Before a civil penalty is levied, the person charged with the violation shall receive notice of the nature of the violation and shall be given an opportunity to be heard, including the right to review the director’s evidence and a right to present evidence on his or her own behalf.
(c) Review of the decision of the director may be sought by the person against whom the penalty was levied, within 30 days of receiving notice of the decision, pursuant to Section 1094.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(d) After the exhaustion of the review procedure provided in this section, the director, or his or her representative, may file a certified copy of a final decision of the director that directs the payment of a civil penalty and, if applicable, any order that denies a petition for a writ of administrative mandamus, with the clerk of the superior court of any county. Judgment shall be entered immediately by the clerk in conformity with the decision or order. No fees shall be charged by the clerk of the superior court for the performance of any official service required in connection with the entry of judgment pursuant to this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 572, Sec. 17. (SB 1481) Effective January 1, 2019. Repealed as of January 1, 2029, pursuant to Section 8698.6.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 14.5 - Structural Fumigation Enforcement Program › Section 8698.4.

8698.4. Pursuant to Section 15204.6 of the Food and Agricultural Code, a county agricultural commissioner may require full payment of any delinquent fees due to that county pursuant to Section 8698.1 as a condition to registering a structural pest control licensee to operate a structural pest control business in that county.
(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 596, Sec. 4. (AB 1177) Effective January 1, 2014. Repealed as of January 1, 2029, pursuant to Section 8698.6.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 14.5 - Structural Fumigation Enforcement Program › Section 8698.5.

8698.5. Funds collected pursuant to this chapter shall be paid to the county and used for the sole purpose of funding enforcement and training activities directly related to the structural fumigation program created pursuant to Section 8698. The fees collected under this chapter shall be in addition to, and shall not be used to supplant, other funds provided to the county agricultural commissioner pursuant to Section 12844 of the Food and Agricultural Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 179, Sec. 19. Effective January 1, 2009. Repealed as of January 1, 2029, pursuant to Section 8698.6.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 14.5 - Structural Fumigation Enforcement Program › Section 8698.6.

8698.6. This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2029, and as of that date is repealed.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 82, Sec. 1. (AB 307) Effective January 1, 2024. Repealed as of January 1, 2029, by its own provisions. Note: Repeal affects Chapter 14.5, commencing with Section 8698.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 8700.

8700. This chapter may be cited as the Professional Land Surveyors’ Act. Whenever reference is made to the Land Surveyors’ Act by any statute, it shall be construed as referring to the Professional Land Surveyors’ Act.
(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 582, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 8701.

8701. “Professional land surveyor” refers to one who practices or offers to practice land surveying. Whenever reference is made to a land surveyor by any statute, it shall be construed as referring to a professional land surveyor.
(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 582, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 8703.

8703. The phrase “responsible charge of work” means the independent control and direction, by the use of initiative, skill, and independent judgment, of the observations, measurements, and descriptions involved in land surveying work. The phrase does not refer to the concept of financial liability.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 229, Sec. 6.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 8704.

8704. Any person practices land surveying when he professes to be a land surveyor or is in responsible charge of land surveying work.
(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 1 - General Provisions › Section 8705.

8705. A subordinate is any person directly supervised by a licensed land surveyor or registered civil engineer and who assists a licensed land surveyor or registered civil engineer in the practice of land surveying without assuming responsible charge of work.
(Amended by Stats. 1941, Ch. 834.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 8706.

8706. “Board” refers to the Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 696, Sec. 5. (AB 1431) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 8707.

8707. “Executive officer” refers to the executive officer of the board.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 47, Sec. 79. Effective March 21, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 8708.

8708. In order to safeguard property and public welfare, no person shall practice land surveying unless appropriately licensed or specifically exempted from licensure under this chapter, and only persons licensed under this chapter shall be entitled to take and use the titles “licensed land surveyor,” “professional land surveyor,” or “land surveyor,” or any combination of these words, phrases, or abbreviations thereof.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1006, Sec. 24. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 2 - Administration › Section 8710.

8710. (a) The Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists is vested with power to administer the provisions and requirements of this chapter, and may make and enforce rules and regulations that are reasonably necessary to carry out its provisions.
(b) The board may adopt rules and regulations of professional conduct that are not inconsistent with state and federal law. The rules and regulations may include definitions of incompetence and negligence. Every person who holds a license or certificate issued by the board pursuant to this chapter, or a license or certificate issued to a civil engineer pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700), shall be governed by these rules and regulations.
(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2025, and as of that date is repealed. Notwithstanding any other law, the repeal of this section renders the board subject to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 625, Sec. 76. (SB 1443) Effective January 1, 2023. Repealed as of January 1, 2025, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 2 - Administration › Section 8710.1.

8710.1. Protection of the public shall be the highest priority for the Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions. Whenever protection of the public is inconsistent with other interests sought to be promoted, the protection of the public shall be paramount.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 432, Sec. 29. (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 2 - Administration › Section 8711.

8711. The executive officer of the board shall keep a complete record of all applications for license and the board’s action thereon.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 47, Sec. 80. Effective March 21, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 2 - Administration › Section 8712.

8712. The board shall compile and maintain, or may have compiled and maintained on its behalf, a register of all licensed land surveyors that includes the following information for each licensee:
(a) Name.
(b) Address of record.
(c) Type of branch license.
(d) License number.
(e) The date the license was issued.
(f) The date the license will expire.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 354, Sec. 37. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 2 - Administration › Section 8713.

8713. The department may employ such clerical assistance under civil service regulations as may be necessary properly to carry out and enforce 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 2 - Administration › Section 8714.

8714. The board shall establish relations with bodies that regulate the practice of professional land surveying, or closely related professions, or that register or license professional land surveyors in other states, and may establish relations with those bodies in other countries, for the purposes of working toward uniformly high professional standards and mutual recognition of registration and licensure.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 432, Sec. 30. (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 2 - Administration › Section 8715.

8715. The board may establish licensed land surveyor technical advisory committees to advise and assist the board with respect to the following:
(1) The review and verification of applications for licensure.
(2) The evaluation and investigation of potential violations of this chapter.
(3) The amendment, repeal, adoption, or revision of board rules, regulations, policies, or procedures.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 229, Sec. 8.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 2 - Administration › Section 8715.1.

8715.1. Each member of each technical advisory committee shall be appointed by the board and shall serve at the pleasure of the board. Each committee shall be composed of no more than five members.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 229, Sec. 9.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 2 - Administration › Section 8715.2.

8715.2. Each member of each technical advisory committee shall be licensed under this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 229, Sec. 10.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 2 - Administration › Section 8715.3.

8715.3. All members of each technical advisory committee shall serve without compensation but shall receive per diem and expenses as provided in Section 103.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 229, Sec. 11.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 2 - Administration › Section 8715.4.

8715.4. Each member of each technical advisory committee shall be granted the same immunity as is granted to a public employee pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 820) of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 229, Sec. 12.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 2.3 - Land Surveyors Review Committees › Section 8720.

8720. The board, when it deems necessary, may establish land surveyors review committees to hear all matters assigned by the board, including, but not limited to, any contested case which is assigned by the board. Each committee shall exist so long as the board deems that it is necessary.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 2.3 - Land Surveyors Review Committees › Section 8720.1.

8720.1. Each review committee shall consist of no fewer than three licensed land surveyors appointed by the board. Each member of a committee shall have the same qualifications and shall be subject to the same rules and regulations as if he were a member of the board.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 2.3 - Land Surveyors Review Committees › Section 8720.2.

8720.2. Each member of a committee shall receive a per diem and expenses as provided in Section 103.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 2.3 - Land Surveyors Review Committees › Section 8720.3.

8720.3. Except as otherwise provided in this article, all hearings which are conducted by a committee shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 11370), Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 11400), and Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500), Part 1, Division 3, Title 2 of the Government Code.
If a contested case is heard by a committee, the hearing officer who presided at the hearing shall be present during the committee’s consideration of the case and, if requested, shall assist and advise the committee.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1013, Sec. 64. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 2.3 - Land Surveyors Review Committees › Section 8720.4.

8720.4. At the conclusion of any hearing which is conducted by a committee, the committee shall prepare a proposed decision, in such form that it may be adopted by the board as the decision in the case, and shall transmit it to the board. The proposed decision shall be subject to the same procedure as the proposed decision of a hearing officer under subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 11517 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1036.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 2.3 - Land Surveyors Review Committees › Section 8720.5.

8720.5. The board may adopt, amend, or repeal, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340), Part 1, Division 3, Title 2 of the Government Code, rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this article.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1013, Sec. 65. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 2.3 - Land Surveyors Review Committees › Section 8720.6.

8720.6. Each member of a land surveyors review committee or other board-appointed committee and any board-appointed representative of the board shall be granted the same immunity as is granted to a public employee pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 820) of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 229, Sec. 13.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 3 - Application of the Chapter › Section 8725.

8725. Any person practicing, or offering to practice, land surveying in this state shall submit evidence that he or she is qualified to practice and shall be licensed under this chapter.
It is unlawful for any person to practice, offer to practice, or represent himself or herself, as a land surveyor in this state, or to set, reset, replace, or remove any survey monument on land in which he or she has no legal interest, unless he or she has been licensed or specifically exempted from licensing under this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 805, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 3 - Application of the Chapter › Section 8725.1.

8725.1. It is the intent of the Legislature that the licensure requirements that are imposed upon private sector professional land surveyors and land surveying partnerships, firms, or corporations shall be imposed upon the state and any city, county, city and county, district, and special district that shall adhere to those requirements. Therefore, for the purposes of Section 8725 and this chapter, at least one person authorized to practice land surveying shall be designated the person in responsible charge of professional land surveying work practiced in any department or agency of the state, city, county, city and county, district, or special district.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 400, Sec. 15. (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 3 - Application of the Chapter › Section 8726.1.

8726.1. Any licensed land surveyor may offer to practice, procure, and offer to procure civil engineering work incidental to his or her land surveying practice, even though he or she is not authorized to perform such work, provided all such civil engineering work is performed by or under the direction of a registered civil engineer. Further, any licensed land surveyor may manage or conduct as manager, proprietor, or agent, a land surveying practice which offers to practice, procure, and offers to procure, such incidental civil engineering work.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 760, Sec. 5.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 3 - Application of the Chapter › Section 8726.2.

8726.2. A licensed land surveyor may also perform land planning in connection with the land surveying activities authorized by this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 817, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 3 - Application of the Chapter › Section 8727.

8727. Surveys made exclusively for geological purposes performed by a person authorized to practice geology under Chapter 12.5 (commencing with Section 7800) or exclusively for landscaping purposes performed by a person authorized to practice landscape architecture pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 5615), that do not involve the determination of any property line do not constitute surveying within the meaning of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 630, Sec. 13. (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 3 - Application of the Chapter › Section 8728.

8728. Surveys authorized under this chapter do not include the design, either in whole or in part, of any structure or fixed works embraced within the practice of civil engineering.
(Amended by Stats. 1941, Ch. 834.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 3 - Application of the Chapter › Section 8730.

8730. The following persons are not required to be licensed under this chapter:
(a) Officers and employees of the United States of America, practicing solely as those officers or employees, except when surveying the exterior boundaries of federal lands in this state.
(b) Insofar as he or she acts in the following capacity:
(1) Any state, county, city, city and county, or district employee directly responsible to a licensed land surveyor or registered civil engineer.
(2) Any subordinate to a land surveyor or civil engineer licensed or registered as required by the laws of this state insofar as he or she acts as a subordinate.
(c) Any officer or employee of an electric, gas, or telephone corporation, as defined in Sections 218, 222, and 234, respectively, of the Public Utilities Code, with annual revenues of twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) or more, whenever he or she prepares a legal description of an easement for utility distribution lines and service facilities, provided the following conditions are met:
(1) Each description identifies the corporation that prepared the description and states that it was prepared pursuant to this exemption.
(2) Each corporation has in its employ, or on contract, an individual authorized to practice land surveying who shall be responsible for establishing criteria for determining the qualifications of technical specialists preparing those legal descriptions, specifying the format and information to be shown on maps or documents containing those descriptions, and capable of answering questions regarding the preparation of those descriptions.
(d) Any state, county, city, or city and county public safety employee investigating any crime or infraction for the purpose of determining or prosecuting a crime or infraction. This exemption shall not permit a public safety employee to offer or perform land surveying as defined in Section 8726 for any purpose other than determining or prosecuting a crime or infraction.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 125, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 3 - Application of the Chapter › Section 8731.

8731. A licensed civil engineer and a civil engineer exempt from licensure under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700) are exempt from licensing under this chapter and may engage in the practice of land surveying with the same rights and privileges and the same duties and responsibilities as a licensed land surveyor, provided that for civil engineers who become licensed after January 1, 1982, they shall obtain a license as a land surveyor under the provisions of this chapter, before practicing land surveying as defined in this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 236, Sec. 22. (SB 1165) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 4 - Issuance of License › Section 8740.

8740. (a) An application for a certificate as a land surveyor-in-training or for a license as a land surveyor shall be made to the board on the form prescribed by it, with all statements therein made under oath, and shall be accompanied by the fee fixed by this chapter.
(b) The board may authorize an organization specified by the board pursuant to Section 8745 to receive directly from applicants payment of the examination fees charged by that organization as payment for examination materials and services.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 236, Sec. 23. (SB 1165) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 4 - Issuance of License › Section 8741.

8741. (a) An applicant for certification as a land surveyor-in-training shall comply with all of the following:
(1) Not have committed acts or crimes constituting grounds for denial of licensure under Section 480.
(2) Successfully pass the first division of the examination.
(3) Satisfactorily complete two years or more of postsecondary education in land surveying, two years or more of experience in land surveying, or a combination of postsecondary education and experience in land surveying.
(b) The board need not verify the applicant’s eligibility for certification as a land surveyor-in-training other than to require the applicant to sign a statement of eligibility on the application form.
(c) The board may prescribe by regulation reasonable educational or experience requirements for an applicant to meet the requirements in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a).
(d) An applicant for licensure as a professional land surveyor shall comply with all of the following:
(1) Not have committed acts or crimes constituting grounds for denial of licensure under Section 480.
(2) Furnish evidence that he or she meets the requirements of Section 8742.
(3) Successfully passed the second division of the examination.
(4) Be certified as a land surveyor-in-training in this state, be certified as a land surveyor-in-training or surveyor intern in another state or territory of the United States, or be exempt therefrom. An applicant licensed by the board as a civil engineer is exempt from the requirement of this paragraph.
(5) Be thoroughly familiar with (A) the procedure and rules governing the survey of public lands as set forth in Manual of Surveying Instructions (2009), published by the federal Bureau of Land Management, and (B) the principles of real property relating to boundaries and conveyancing.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 236, Sec. 24. (SB 1165) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 4 - Issuance of License › Section 8741.1.

8741.1. (a) The first division of the examination shall test the applicant’s fundamental knowledge of surveying, mathematics, and basic science.
(b) The second division of the examination shall test the applicant’s ability to apply his or her knowledge and experience and to assume responsible charge in the professional practice of land surveying.
The second division of the examination shall include an examination that incorporates a national examination for land surveying by a nationally recognized entity approved by the board and a supplemental California specific examination. The California specific examination shall include, as a separate part, an examination to test the applicant’s knowledge of the provisions of this chapter and the board’s rules and regulations regulating the practice of professional land surveying in this state.
(c) The board may by rule provide a waiver of the first division of the examination for applicants whose education and experience qualifications substantially exceed the requirements of Section 8742.
(d) The board may by rule provide for a waiver of the second division of the examination and the assignment to a special examination for those applicants whose educational qualifications are equal to, and whose experience qualifications substantially exceed, those qualifications established under subdivision (c). The special examination may be either written or oral, or a combination of both.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 236, Sec. 25. (SB 1165) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 4 - Issuance of License › Section 8742.

8742. (a) The educational qualifications and experience in land surveying, which an applicant for a license as a land surveyor shall possess, shall not be less than one of the following prescribed criteria:
(1) Graduation from a four-year curriculum with an emphasis in land surveying approved by the board or accredited by a national or regional accrediting agency recognized by the United States Office of Education at a postsecondary educational institution and two years of actual broad based progressive experience in land surveying, including one year of responsible field training and one year of responsible office training, satisfactory to the board.
(2) Actual broad based progressive experience in land surveying for at least six years, including one year of responsible field training and one year of responsible office training, satisfactory to the board.
(3) Licensure as a civil engineer with two years of actual broad based progressive experience in land surveying satisfactory to the board.
(b) With respect to an applicant for a license as a land surveyor, the board shall count one year of postsecondary education in land surveying as one year of experience in land surveying up to a maximum of four years, provided the applicant has graduated from the course in land surveying and the curriculum in land surveying is approved by the board or is accredited by a regional or national accrediting agency recognized for the purpose by the United States Office of Education. Each year of study in an approved or an accredited course in land surveying without graduation shall be counted the same as one-half year of experience.
Each applicant claiming equivalent credit for education may be required to produce a complete transcript of all college level courses completed.
Until January 1, 2000, the board may, at its discretion, confer credit as experience in land surveying, not in excess of two years, for successfully passing the first division of the examination prescribed in Section 8741.1.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 236, Sec. 26. (SB 1165) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 4 - Issuance of License › Section 8743.

8743. The names and addresses of at least four land surveyors or civil engineers, duly qualified to practice in the place in which such practice has been conducted, each of whom has sufficient knowledge of the applicant to enable him or her to certify to the applicant’s professional integrity, ability and fitness to receive a license, shall be submitted with the application for a license as a land surveyor.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 236, Sec. 27. (SB 1165) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 4 - Issuance of License › Section 8744.

8744. The applicant for a license as a land surveyor shall state in his or her application that, should he or she be licensed, he or she will support the Constitution of this State and of the United States, and that he or she will faithfully discharge the duties of a licensed land surveyor.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 236, Sec. 28. (SB 1165) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 4 - Issuance of License › Section 8745.

8745. Examinations for license shall be held at such times and at such places within the state as determined by board rule.
The scope of examinations and the method of procedure shall be prescribed by board rule.
The board may make arrangements with a public or private organization to conduct the examination. The board may contract with a public or private organization for materials or services related to the examination.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 658, Sec. 115. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 4 - Issuance of License › Section 8746.

8746. An applicant failing an examination may be examined again upon filing a new application and the payment of the examination fee fixed by the board.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 188, Sec. 13. (SB 826) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 4 - Issuance of License › Section 8747.

8747. Any applicant who has met the requirements for certification or licensure prescribed by the board under this chapter shall have a suitable license issued to him or her.
(a) An applicant who has met the requirements of subdivision (a) and (b) of Section 8741 shall be issued a certificate as a land surveyor-in-training. A renewal or other fee, other than the application fee, shall not be charged for this certification. This certificate shall become invalid upon the person being issued a license as a land surveyor, as provided in subdivision (b). A land surveyor-in-training certificate shall not authorize the holder thereof to practice or offer to practice land surveying. A person shall not use the title of land surveyor-in-training, or any abbreviation of this title, unless he or she is the holder of a valid land surveyor-in-training certificate.
(b) An applicant who has met the requirements of subdivision (d) of Section 8741 shall be issued a license as a land surveyor. The license shall authorize him or her to practice as a land surveyor.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 236, Sec. 29. (SB 1165) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 4 - Issuance of License › Section 8747.5.

8747.5. (a) The board shall issue, upon application and payment of the fee established by Section 8805, a retired license to a land surveyor who has been licensed by the board for a minimum of five years within California, and a minimum of 20 years within the United States or territories of the United States, and who holds a license that is not suspended, revoked, or otherwise disciplined, or subject to pending discipline under this chapter.
(b) The holder of a retired license issued pursuant to this section shall not engage in any activity for which an active land surveyor’s license is required. A land surveyor holding a retired license shall be permitted to use the titles “retired professional land surveyor” or “professional land surveyor, retired.”
(c) The holder of a retired license shall not be required to renew that license.
(d) In order for the holder of a retired license issued pursuant to this section to restore his or her license to active status, he or she shall pass the examination that is required for initial licensure with the board.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 983, Sec. 10.16. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 4 - Issuance of License › Section 8748.

8748. The board, upon application therefor, and the payment of the fee fixed by this chapter, may issue a land surveyor’s license, without written examination, to any person who holds a valid land surveyor’s license issued to him or her by any state or country when the applicant’s qualifications meet the requirements of this chapter and rules established by the board.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 415, Sec. 31. (SB 1491) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 4 - Issuance of License › Section 8748.5.

8748.5. If an applicant for license as a land surveyor or certification as a land surveyor-in-training is found by the board to lack the qualifications required for such license or certification, the board may, in accordance with the provisions of Section 158 of this code, refund to him or her one-half of the amount of his or her application fee.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 236, Sec. 30. (SB 1165) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 4 - Issuance of License › Section 8749.

8749. A duplicate certificate of license to replace one lost, destroyed or mutilated may be issued subject to the rules and regulations of the board. The duplicate certificate fee fixed by this chapter shall be charged.
(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 4 - Issuance of License › Section 8750.

8750. Upon being licensed, each licensee shall obtain a stamp or seal of the design authorized by the board bearing the licensee’s name, number of certificate, and the legend “Licensed Land Surveyor,” or “Professional Land Surveyor.”
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 368, Sec. 5. (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 4 - Issuance of License › Section 8751.

8751. No person shall represent himself or herself as, or use the title of, or any abbreviation or combination of the words in the title of, professional land surveyor, licensed land surveyor, land surveyor, land survey engineer, survey engineer, geodetic engineer, geomatics engineer, or geometronic engineer unless he or she is the holder of a valid, unsuspended, and unrevoked license.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1013, Sec. 66. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 4 - Issuance of License › Section 8752.

8752. An unrevoked, unsuspended and unexpired license, or renewal certificate, issued by the board is presumptive evidence in all courts and places that the person named is legally licensed under 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 4 - Issuance of License › Section 8753.

8753. (a) Each applicant for licensure or certification who has a valid email address shall report to the board that email address at the time of application.
(b) Each certificate or license holder who has a valid email address shall report that email address to the board at the time of renewal.
(c) Each applicant or certificate or license holder shall notify the board within 30 days of any change to their email address on file with the board.
(d) In the interest of protecting the privacy of applicants and certificate or license holders, the email address provided to the board pursuant to this chapter shall not be considered a public record and shall not be disclosed pursuant to Section 27 or pursuant to a request under the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code), unless required pursuant to a court order by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 302, Sec. 9. (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 5 - Surveying Practice › Section 8759.

8759. (a) A licensed land surveyor or licensed civil engineer authorized to practice land surveying shall use a written contract when contracting to provide professional services to a client pursuant to this chapter. The written contract shall be executed by the licensed land surveyor or licensed civil engineer and the client or the client’s representative prior to the licensed land surveyor or licensed civil engineer commencing work, unless the client knowingly states in writing that work may be commenced before the contract is executed. The written contract shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
(1) A description of the services to be provided to the client by the licensed land surveyor or licensed civil engineer.
(2) A description of any basis of compensation applicable to the contract, and the method of payment agreed upon by the parties.
(3) The name, address, and license or certificate number of the licensed land surveyor or licensed civil engineer, and the name and address of the client.
(4) A description of the procedure that the licensed land surveyor or licensed civil engineer and the client will use to accommodate additional services.
(5) A description of the procedure to be used by both parties to terminate the contract.
(b) This section shall not apply to any of the following:
(1) Professional land surveying services rendered by a licensed land surveyor or licensed civil engineer for which the client will not pay compensation.
(2) A licensed land surveyor or licensed civil engineer who has a current or prior contractual relationship with the client to provide professional services pursuant to this chapter, and that client has paid the licensed land surveyor or licensed civil engineer all of the fees that are due under the contract.
(3) If the client knowingly states in writing after full disclosure of this section that a contract which complies with the requirements of this section is not required.
(4) Professional services rendered by a licensed land surveyor or a licensed civil engineer to any of the following:
(A) A professional engineer licensed under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700).
(B) A land surveyor licensed under this chapter.
(C) An architect licensed under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 5500).
(D) A contractor licensed under Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 7000).
(E) A geologist or a geophysicist licensed under Chapter 12.5 (commencing with Section 7800).
(F) A manufacturing, mining, public utility, research and development, or other industrial corporation, if the services are provided in connection with or incidental to the products, systems, or services of that corporation or its affiliates.
(G) A public agency.
(c) “Written contract” as used in this section includes a contract that is in electronic form.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 428, Sec. 25. (AB 177) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 5 - Surveying Practice › Section 8760.

8760. Every licensed land surveyor or registered civil engineer may administer and certify oaths:
(a) When it becomes necessary to take testimony for the identification or establishment of old, lost or obliterated corners.
(b) When a corner or monument is found in a perishable condition, and it appears desirable that evidence concerning it be perpetuated.
(c) When the importance of the survey makes it desirable, to administer an oath to his assistants for the faithful performance of their duty.
A record of oaths shall be preserved as part of the field notes of the survey and a memorandum of them shall be made on the record of survey filed under this article.
(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 5 - Surveying Practice › Section 8761.

8761. (a) Any licensed land surveyor or civil engineer authorized to practice land surveying may practice land surveying and prepare maps, plats, reports, descriptions, or other documentary evidence in connection with that practice.
(b) All maps, plats, reports, descriptions, or other land surveying documents shall be prepared by, or under the responsible charge of, a licensed land surveyor or civil engineer authorized to practice land surveying and shall include his or her name and license number.
(c) Interim maps, plats, reports, descriptions, or other land surveying documents shall include a notation as to the intended purpose of the map, plat, report, description, or other document, such as “preliminary” or “for examination only.”
(d) All final maps, plats, reports, descriptions, or other land surveying documents issued by a licensed land surveyor or civil engineer authorized to practice land surveying shall bear the signature and seal or stamp of the licensee and the date of signing and sealing or stamping. If the land surveying document has multiple pages or sheets, the signature, seal or stamp, and date of signing and sealing or stamping shall appear, at a minimum, on the title sheet, cover sheet or page, or signature sheet, unless otherwise required by law.
(e) It is unlawful for any person to sign, stamp, seal, or approve any map, plat, report, description, or other land surveying document unless the person is authorized to practice land surveying.
(f) It is unlawful for any person to stamp or seal any map, plat, report, description, or other land surveying document with the seal or stamp after the certificate of the licensee that is named on the seal or stamp has expired or has been suspended or revoked, unless the certificate has been renewed or reissued.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 328, Sec. 19. (SB 1330) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 5 - Surveying Practice › Section 8761.1.

8761.1. The authority of a licensed land surveyor or registered civil engineer to prepare, sign, issue, stamp, seal, or approve any map, plat, report, description, or other document shall be consistent with that person’s authority to practice land surveying.
(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 805, Sec. 5.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors › ARTICLE 5 - Surveying Practice › Section 8761.2.

8761.2. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8761, a registered civil engineer or licensed land surveyor who signs land surveying maps, plats, reports, descriptions, or other surveying documents shall not be responsible for damage caused by subsequent changes to or uses of those maps, plats, reports, descriptions, or other surveying documents, where the subsequent changes or uses, including changes or uses made by state or local governmental agencies, are not authorized or approved by the registered civil engineer or licensed land surveyor who originally signed the maps, plats, reports, descriptions, or other surveying documents, provided that the engineering or surveying service rendered by the civil engineer or land surveyor who signed the maps, plats, reports, descriptions, or other surveying documents was not also a proximate cause of the damage.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1507, Sec. 6.)