Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Division 30 - Land Survey › Chapter 5 - Standards for Surveyor's Real Property Report › Section 10 CSR 30-5.011 - Surveyor's Real Property Report

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule provides a uniform standard for a
				  type of report used by the real estate industry to verify the location of
				  improvements and to check for encroachments onto or from the subject property.
				  This type of work has been referred to as spot survey house on lot survey and
				  mortgage inspection report.
(1) A registered 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 dwelling which share a common entranceway or stairwell.
(2) Research and Records-The 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 surveyor's permanent records. A diligent
				search for existing control shall be made by the field crew and the highest
				order of monumentation available shall be used. Monumentation is defined as
				permanent and semi-permanent monuments described in the Minimum 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,
				mowing lines, are not considered monumentation unless supported by survey
				control. The 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 (EDM), theodolite, transit,
				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 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).