Hello,
The Public Land Survey System (PLSS) is an essential part of land surveying that needs to be preserved and looked after by all licensed surveyors. Since I started my career in Surveying, I have noticed that many surveyors do not record and file there findings of section corners used in surveys. The Law in Michigan is very clear on the recording and filing of said findings:
54.203 Corner record; completion; filing.
Sec. 3. If a public land survey corner or an accessory to the corner is used by a surveyor as a control
in a survey, not more than 90 days after completion of the survey, the surveyor shall complete, sign,
seal, and file with the register of deeds of the county where the corner is situated, a corner record for the public land survey corner or accessory to the corner, unless the corner monument and its accessories are as described in an existing corner record filed under this act.
54.210c Effect of noncompliance.
Sec. 13. Failure to comply with the provisions of this act is sufficient grounds for the suspension or
revocation of the license of a surveyor.
Many times I'll be doing research for a survey and note that many of the LCRC forms were last updated many, many years ago even though said corners have been found and used in registered surveys filed at later dates. I'm wondering why surveyors, at least in Michigan, feel there is no need to update LCRCs?
Thoughts?