Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 2 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Division 90 - Weights, Measures and Consumer Protection › Chapter 63 - Standards for Surveyor's Real Property Report › Section 2 CSR 90-63.010 - 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 60 in 2017. The words
				  "Electronic Distance Measuring" have been placed in front of the acronym EDM
				  for clarification in section (3). Also, in an effort to make the rules located
				  in Chapter 60 through Chapter 65 more uniform, the words "professional or
				  professional land" have been added to the words "surveyor" or "land surveyor."
				  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, 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 mon-umentation
				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
				bor-rower/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).