RECORD OF SURVEY
What Is a Record of Survey
A Record of Survey is an official map (18 x 26) that is reviewed by the County Surveyor’s Office and then recorded with the County Recorder’s Office. This map represents the physical monumentation and survey made on the ground and delineates the deed described lines of a parcel of land. The course and bearings depicted on the map and the monumentation shown will then be sufficient to retrace the boundary in the future. In simple terms, a record of survey is an official map of your property boundary in relation with placed monuments for future surveyors to use.
Why Do I Need a Record of Survey?
The Business and Professions Code under section 8762 of The Professional Land Surveyors Act, REQUIRES a Land Surveyor to file a Record of Survey when they establishes or reestablishes a boundary line that is not of record or in material discrepancy of what is shown on a map of record. Of record, in this case, means that the lines you have established or reestablished must be shown on a Record of Survey, Parcel Map, Final Map, or Tract Map that is already recorded with the County.
There are many things that can trigger the need of a record of survey, these include anything in determining or certifying boundary or relation to the boundary such as
Boundary survey
Fence staking
Setback verification
Form location verification
House location
Corner staking
Construction staking
Easement marking or location
And other Reasons
In simplified terms, if your property is not officially mapped, there is a issue with a previous map on or nearby your property and or anytime a monument is set in the ground, A land surveyor must either file a Record of Survey, Final Map, Parcel Map or Corner Record, there is no other possibility.