SECTIONS 66469-66472.1 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 66469-66472.1

66469. After a final map or parcel map is filed in the office of
the county recorder, it may be amended by a certificate of correction
or an amending map for any of the following purposes:
(a) To correct an error in any course or distance shown thereon.
(b) To show any course or distance that was omitted therefrom.
(c) To correct an error in the description of the real property
shown on the map.
(d) To indicate monuments set after the death, disability,
retirement from practice, or replacement of the engineer or surveyor
charged with responsibilities for setting monuments.
(e) To show the proper location or character of any monument which
has been changed in location or character originally was shown at
the wrong location or incorrectly as to its character.
(f) To correct any additional information filed or recorded
pursuant to Section 66434.2, if the correction does not impose any
additional burden on the present fee owners of the real property and
does not alter any right, title, or interest in the real property
reflected on the recorded map.
(g) To correct any other type of map error or omission as approved
by the county surveyor or city engineer that does not affect any
property right, including, but not limited to, lot numbers, acreage,
street names, and identification of adjacent record maps.
As used in this section, "error" does not include changes in
courses or distances from which an error is not ascertainable from
the data shown on the final or parcel map.

66470. The amending map or certificate of correction shall be
prepared and signed by a registered civil engineer or licensed land
surveyor. An amending map shall conform to the requirements of
Section 66434, if a final map, or subdivisions (a) to (d), inclusive,
and (f) to (i), inclusive, of Section 66445, if a parcel map. The
amending map or certificate of correction shall set forth in detail
the corrections made and show the names of the fee owners of the real
property affected by the correction or omission on the date of the
filing or recording of the original recorded map. Upon recordation of
a certificate of correction, the county recorder shall within 60
days of recording transmit a certified copy to the county surveyor or
county engineer who shall maintain an index of recorded certificates
of correction.
The county recorder may charge a fee, in addition to the fee
charged for recording the certificate of correction, which shall be
transmitted to the county surveyor or the county engineer, as
compensation for the cost of maintaining an index of recorded
certificates of correction. The amount of this additional fee shall
not exceed the fee which is charged for recording the certificate of
correction.
If the property affected by a map is located within a city, the
county recorder shall, upon request of the city engineer, provide
copies of recorded certificates of correction to the city engineer.

66471. (a) If the subdivision is in unincorporated territory, the
county surveyor shall examine the amending map or certificate of
correction and if the only changes made are those set forth in
Section 66469, he or she shall certify to this fact on the amending
map or certificate of correction. If the subdivision is in the city,
such examination and certification shall be by the city surveyor or
city engineer.
(b) As to a certificate of correction, the county surveyor, city
surveyor, or city engineer shall have 20 working days in which to
examine the certificate of correction for compliance with Sections
66469 and 66470, endorse a statement on it of his or her examination
and certification, and present it to the county recorder for
recordation. In the event the submitted certificate of correction
fails to comply with Sections 66469 and 66470, the county surveyor,
city surveyor, or city engineer shall return it within the same 20
working days to the person who presented it, together with a written
statement of the changes necessary to make it conform to the
requirements of Sections 66469 and 66470. The licensed land surveyor
or registered civil engineer submitting the certificate of correction
may then make the changes in compliance with Sections 66469 and
66470 and resubmit the certificate of correction to the county
surveyor, city surveyor, or city engineer for approval. The county
surveyor, city surveyor, or city engineer shall have 10 working days
after resubmission and approval of the certificate of correction to
present it to the county recorder for recordation.

66472. The amending map or certificate of correction certified by
the county surveyor, city surveyor, or city engineer shall be filed
or recorded in the office of the county recorder in which the
original map was filed. Upon that filing or recordation, the county
recorder shall index the names of the fee owners of the real property
reflected on the original recorded map, and the appropriate tract
designation shown on the amending map or certificate of correction in
the general index and map index respectively. Thereupon, the
original map shall be deemed to have been conclusively so corrected,
and thereafter shall impart constructive notice of all those
corrections in the same manner as though set forth upon the original
map.

66472.1. In addition to the amendments authorized by Section 66469,
after a final map or parcel map is filed in the office of the county
recorder, the recorded final map may be modified by a certificate of
correction or an amending map, if authorized by local ordinance, if
the local agency finds that there are changes in circumstances that
make any or all of the conditions of the map no longer appropriate or
necessary and that the modifications do not impose any additional
burden on the fee owners of the real property, and if the
modifications do not alter any right, title, or interest in the real
property reflected on the recorded map, and the local agency finds
that the map as modified conforms to Section 66474. Any modification
shall be set for public hearing as provided for in Section 66451.3.
The local agency shall confine the hearing to consideration of, and
action on, the proposed modification.