AGO 81-043.

• Case Date: May 05, 1981
• Court: North Dakota

North Dakota Attorney General Opinions 1981. AGO 81-043. OPINION 81-43Date Issued: May 5, 1981 (AGO 81-43) Requested by: Walton S. Russell, Special Assistant Attorney General for the North Dakota State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors- QUESTION PRESENTED - Whether a surveyor who prepares oil and gas well siting plats pursuant to section 43-02-03-16 of the North Dakota Administrative Code must comply with the requirements of chapter 47-20.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the filing of corner records.- ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OPINION - It is my opinion that a surveyor who prepares oil and gas well siting plats pursuant to section 43-02-03-16, N.D.A.C., must comply with the requirements of chapter 47-20.1, N.D.C.C., relating to the filing of corner records. - ANALYSIS - Section 47-20.1 -03, N.D.C.C., provides that whenever a public land survey corner or an accessory to such corner "is established, reestablished, monumented, remonumented, restored, rehabilitated, perpetuated or used as control in any survey" it must be filed, unless the corner has been previously filed. Public land survey corners are defined by subsection 3 of section 47-20.1 -02, N.D.C.C. This statute does not limit its applicability to maps and plats which are required to be filed with the...