55-1613. MONUMENTS DISTURBED BY CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES — PROCEDURE — REQUIREMENTS. The physical existence and location of the monuments of property controlling corners and accessories to corners, as well as benchmarks established and points set in control surveys by agencies of the United States government or the state of Idaho, shall be determined by a field search and location survey conducted by or under the direction of a professional land surveyor prior to the time when project construction or related activities may disturb them. Construction documents or plans prepared by professional engineers shall show the existence and location of all such monuments, accessories to corners, benchmarks and points set in control surveys. All monuments, accessories to corners, benchmarks and points set in control surveys that are lost or disturbed by construction shall be reestablished and remonumented, at the expense of the agency or person causing their loss or disturbance, at their original location or by the setting of a witness corner or reference point or a replacement benchmark or control point, by or under the direction of a professional land surveyor. Professional engineers who prepare construction documents or plans that do not indicate the existence and location of all such monuments, accessories to corners and benchmarks and points set in control surveys by agencies of the United States government or the state of Idaho shall be deemed to be within the purview of and subject to disciplinary action as provided in section 54-1220, Idaho Code.

History:

[55-1613, added 1978, ch. 107, sec. 3, p. 224; am. 1993, ch. 206, sec. 12, p. 567; am. 1997, ch. 190, sec. 16, p. 528; am. 2008, ch. 378, sec. 30, p. 1047; am. 2011, ch. 136, sec. 16, p. 393.]