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4733-37-01 Preamble

4733-37-03 Monumentation

4733-37-04 Measurement Specifications

4733-37-05 Plat of Survey

4733-37-06 Descriptions

4733-37-07 Subdivisions

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Standards for Boundary Surveys

4733-37-02 Research and Investigation

(A) The surveyor shall consult deeds and other documents, including those for adjacent parcels, in order to assemble the best possible set of written evidence of every corner and line of the property being surveyed.

(B) After all necessary written documents have been analyzed, the survey shall be based on a field investigation of the property. The surveyor shall make a thorough search for physical monuments, and analyze evidence of monumentation and occupation. In addition, the surveyor shall, when necessary, confer with the owner(s) of the adjoining property and the owner(s) of the property being surveyed.

History: Effective 11-1-03; rule promulgated under  Revised Code 119.03; rule authorized by Revised Code 4733.07; rule amplifies Revised Code 4733.20; replaces prior 4733-37-02; Revised Code 119.032 review dates - 11/01/2008

Case Notes and OAG: (2000) Pursuant to the minimum standards for boundary surveys, other sources of information are to be consulted when a deed does not resolve a boundary line: Green v. Lemarr, 139 OApp3d 414, 744 NE2d 212

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