FYI for Land Surveyors in Mississippi: Here is the Mississippi Code regarding Boundary landmarks; altering or destroying.
"If any person shall knowingly cut, fell, alter, remove, or destroy, or shall cause to be cut, felled, altered, removed, or destroyed, any boundary tree, or other boundary landmark, to the wrong of another person, he shall, on conviction, be fined not more than two hundred dollars nor less than fifty dollars."
To my understanding, and as to the statement of the amount of fine, this will be considered a misdemeanor.
Any thoughts on this matter??ÿ I have a client who had a marker removed by a neighbor, and he is seeking a course of action to take.?ÿ I have provided him with this code as a reference.
Any thoughts on this matter??ÿ
$200 was quite a lot of money in 1875. Not so much now.
Oregon has a law regarding destruction of monuments. Hardly ever enforced. But its presence gives me, as City Surveyor, some leverage to argue that inspectors should hold off on final occupancy permits until monuments destroyed by construction are replaced.?ÿ So far it is only an argument, not a policy. Give me time.?ÿ
The Mississippi Association of Professional Surveyors put out a Brochure entitled "What you should know about surveying your property," and down in Section I, Item 2, it states: "Do not move or relocate monuments; to do so is a violation of Mississippi law."
@harold?ÿ Was the tree on the neighbor's property or your client's property?