Section 865IAC1-12-25. Route survey plats

   When conducting a route survey, a land surveyor shall prepare a route survey plat as follows:

(1) Draw the route survey plat to scale and in such a manner that the data shown for the relevant parcel or parcels is clearly legible when the plat is reduced to sheets suitable for recording in the county in which the survey was conducted.

(2) Show the following:

(A) The north arrow and scale, including a graphic scale.

(B) A vicinity map to define the location of the project.

(C) All pertinent dimensions. Dimensions not measured shall be noted as to their origin or that they were calculated.

(D) Sufficient data to allow the retracement, without difficulty, of all the created lines and points.

(E) All:

(i) survey line;

(ii) centerline;

(iii) reference;

(iv) right-of-way;

(v) property;

(vi) government; or

(vii) other pertinent;

monuments that were set or found, and any reference ties thereto.

(3) Identify all monuments indicating which were set and which were found and their character, size, and location relative to the surface of the ground. Found monuments shall be accompanied by a:

(A) reference to their origin when it is known; or

(B) notation that there is no available documented reference of the origin.

(4) Locate all monuments using an accepted practice such as:

(A) Indiana state plane coordinates;

(B) station and offset;

(C) course and distance; or

(D) local coordinates;

including the basis for the system used.

(5) Show and locate any right-of-way points, lines, or tracts that have been created or proposed relative to the initial control survey points.

(6) Show the following:

(A) The owners' names at the time of the survey (as determined by the county tax records or if later information is known by that information).

(B) The approximate location of any property lines that may be:

(i) coincident with;

(ii) intersect with; or enclosed by, any proposed or depicted right-of-way lines.

(C) The name of the client or government agency. Include their project or file number if known, and the surveyor's file number.

(7) Include a certification that:

(A) states that, to the best of the registered land surveyor's knowledge and belief, the route survey is executed according to the provisions of this rule; and

(B) defines the scope of responsibility for each certifying registered land surveyor, if needed for clarity in accordance with section 23(a)(2) of this rule; and

(C) bears the:

(i) name, address, registration number, signature, and seal of each registered land surveyor;

(ii) date of the fieldwork; and

(iii) date of the certification.

(8) Nothing in this section shall prevent a complete route survey plat from being the composite of the work of one (1) or more surveyors preparing separate plats of their work as long as the following requirements are met:

(A) All of the information required under this section and in sections 21, 22, 24, and 25 of this rule is reflected in the composite of the separate plats, and the data on each of the separate plats is tied to the initial controlling survey line.

(B) The separate plats are all recorded.

(C) Any plats related to the route survey that are subsequently recorded are cross-referenced to any previously recorded plats related to the same route survey.

(D) The work is conducted in accordance with the requirements of section 3 of this rule.

(State Board of Registration for Professional Surveyors; 865 IAC 1-12-25; filed Jul 17, 1991, 4:30 p.m.: 14 IR 2252; filed Oct 13, 1992, 5:00 p.m.: 16 IR 895; readopted filed May 22, 2001, 9:55 a.m.: 24 IR 3237; filed May 4, 2006, 1:25 p.m.: 29 IR 3018; readopted filed Nov 9, 2012, 11:26 a.m.: 20121205-IR-865120390RFA) NOTE: 864 IAC 1.1-13-40 was renumbered by Legislative Services Agency as 865 IAC 1-12-25.