Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE › Division 2030 - Missouri Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Professional Land Surveyors, and Professional Landscape Architects › Chapter 19 - Standards for Surveyor's Real Property Report › Section 20 CSR 2030-19.010 - Surveyor's Real Property Report

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: Reference to the Minimum Standards in
				  section (3) should have been changed to the Missouri Standards when that
				  revision was made to all other rules in Chapter 16 in 2017. Due to this
				  oversight, this rule is being amended for housekeeping
				  purposes.
(1) A licensed
				professional land surveyor in Missouri shall not provide to any party a
				Surveyor's Real Property Report unless they are in the possession of a work
				order specified elsewhere in this chapter and signed by the borrower/purchaser
				indicating that they have been advised of the different types of surveying
				services available and the scope of each of these services. The required work
				order is to be initiated and signed during the loan application process. The
				Surveyor's Real Property Report is to be used only for residential,
				single-family detached dwellings; duplexes; triplexes and fourplexes with not
				more than one (1) dwelling structure per previously surveyed and recorded
				parcel or tract. The Surveyor's Real Property Report is not to be used for
				commercial, institutional, or industrial buildings or multifamily dwellings
				which share a common entranceway or stairwell.
(2) Research and Records-The professional
				land surveyor shall perform adequate research, maintain sufficient recorded
				documentation, and provide the field crew with information necessary to locate
				the property in the field.
(3)
				Field Procedures-Detailed notes shall be taken on each Surveyor's Real Property
				Report and kept as a part of the professional land surveyor's permanent
				records. A diligent search for existing control shall be made by the field crew
				and the highest order of monumen-tation available shall be used. Monumentation
				is defined as permanent and semi-permanent monuments described in the Missouri
				Standards for Property Boundary Surveys and other survey control, such as
				stones, axles, rebars, crosses, and pipes. Occupation lines, such as fence
				lines, hedge rows, and mowing lines, are not considered monumentation unless
				supported by survey control. The professional land surveyor must obtain
				sufficient evidence relating to the property boundary to demonstrate general
				knowledge of the given area. Appropriate field instrumentation and measuring
				equipment needed to achieve the stated level of certainty shall be utilized.
				The norm would include Electronic Distance Measuring (EDM), theodolite,
				transits, and measuring tapes.
(4)
				Form of Report-The report is a drawing of the parcel and it shall be furnished
				to the borrower/purchaser and shall show the following:
(A) Property lines with the boundary
				dimensions from the deed description or subdivision plat shall be
				shown;
(B) The monumentation
				accepted or adopted to locate and orientate the parcel, shall be shown or noted
				on the report;
(C) Permanent
				structures having fixed foundations or footings such as buildings and in-ground
				swimming pools, shall be located and dimensioned. Permanent structures shall be
				shown with a minimum of three (3) dimensions sufficient to locate the structure
				in relation to the property lines. Dimension offsets shall be shown
				perpendicular to straight property lines and radially to curved property lines.
				The level of uncertainty of these locations shall be shown in parentheses after
				each dimension or by means of a general note. Two (2) of the many possible
				examples are: 12.5' (or +- 0.5') or 21' (or +- 1') The uncertainty of all
				dimensions of permanent structures shall not be greater than one-tenth of a
				foot (0.1'). Walks and drives shall be shown graphically but need not be
				dimensioned. When the uncertainty of the dimensions to permanent structures is
				not precise enough for a positive determination, a property boundary survey
				shall be recommended to the borrower/purchaser and this recommendation shall be
				stated on the report;
(D) Means of
				access and platted setback lines shall be shown;
(E) Easements shown on the subdivision plat
				shall be shown. If documentation of other easements is provided the
				professional land surveyor, they shall be shown together with their
				source;
(F) The posted address
				shall be shown, if not posted, so state;
(G) A north arrow and graphic scale shall be
				shown;
(H) Apparent encroachments
				shall be noted and shown in an obvious manner. When the uncertainty of
				dimensions to possible encroachments are not precise enough for a positive
				determination, a property boundary survey shall be recommended to the
				borrower/purchaser and shall be stated on the report;
(I) The sheet size for the report shall not
				be less than eight and one-half inches by eleven inches (8 1/2" x 11").
				Lettering size on the report shall not be smaller than eight-hundredths of an
				inch (0.08") in height;
(J) The
				following caption shall appear prominently on the drawing with minimum letter
				size of seventeen-hundredths of an inch (0.17"): Surveyor's Real Property
				Report; and
(K) If the
				certification and the drawing are on two (2) separate pieces of paper, it shall
				be so indicated. (For example: page 1 of 2, page 2 of 2).