Sec. 11. (a) The county surveyor shall administer this section if the county surveyor is registered as a professional surveyor under IC 25-21.5. If the county surveyor is not registered, the county surveyor shall, with the approval of the county executive, appoint a person who is registered as a professional surveyor and is a resident voter of the county to administer this section. If a resident, professional surveyor is not available, a professional surveyor who resides in another county may be employed.

(b) The county surveyor shall keep and maintain a corner record book, that must contain:

(1) a record and an index by location of all the original government survey corners;

(2) outline maps of each section, grant, tract, and subdivision or group of sections, grants, tracts, and subdivisions in the county showing the location of each corner on record and stating at the location of each corner on the map where the reference for that corner may be found; and

(3) a reference index for each corner.

A separate card index system may be used in lieu of the index required by subdivision (3).

(c) The record of each corner referenced in the record book must contain:

(1) the location of the corner;

(2) an accurate description of the monument used to mark the corner such as "stone" or "iron pin";

(3) the distance and bearings from the corner to three (3) or more permanent objects or structures;

(4) the date the corner was last checked and the condition of the monument and references;

(5) the name of the county surveyor making the check; and

(6) the method of establishing or relocating the corner.

(d) The records of the county corners shall be established and perpetuated in the following manner:

(1) Each year the county surveyor shall check and reference at least five percent (5%) of all corners shown in the corner record book.

(2) The county surveyor may enter in the county surveyor's corner record book the findings submitted by a private, professional surveyor who checks and references corners and is registered under IC 25-21.5.

(e) Any money in the county surveyor's corner perpetuation fund collected under IC 36-2-7-10 or IC 36-2-19 may be appropriated in the manner provided by law for the purposes of this section.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-3-64-1; 17-3-64-2; 17-3-64-3; 17-3-64-4; 17-3-64-5.]

As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.342-1983, SEC.2; P.L.76-1989, SEC.2; P.L.23-1991, SEC.35; P.L.57-2013, SEC.92.