SECTIONS 66495-66498 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 66495-66498

66495. At the time of making the survey for the final map or parcel
map unless the survey is not required pursuant to Section 66448, the
engineer or surveyor shall set sufficient durable monuments to
conform with the standards described in Section 8771 of the Business
and Professions Code so that another engineer or surveyor may readily
retrace the survey. He shall also set such additional monuments as
may be required by local ordinance. The local agency shall require
that at least one exterior boundary line of the land being subdivided
be adequately monumented or referenced before the map is recorded.

66496. Interior monuments need not be set at the time the map is
recorded, if the engineer or surveyor certifies on the map that the
monuments will be set on or before a specified later date, and if the
subdivider furnishes to the legislative body security guaranteeing
the payment of the cost of setting such monuments.

66497. Within five days after the final setting of all monuments
has been completed, the engineer or surveyor shall give written
notice to the subdivider, and to the city engineer or the county
surveyor or any other public official or employee authorized to
receive these notices, that the final monuments have been set.
Upon payment to the engineer or surveyor for setting the final
monuments, the subdivider shall present to the legislative body
evidence of the payment and receipt thereof by the engineer or
surveyor. In the case of a cash deposit, the legislative body shall
pay the engineer or surveyor for the setting of the final monuments
from the cash deposit, if so requested by the depositor.
If the subdivider does not present evidence to the legislative
body that the engineer or surveyor has been paid for the setting of
the final monuments, and if the engineer or surveyor notifies the
legislative body that payment has not been received from the
subdivider for the setting of the final monuments, the legislative
body shall, within three months from the date of the notification,
pay to the engineer or surveyor from any deposit the amount due.

66498. In the event of the death, disability or retirement from
practice of the engineer or surveyor charged with the responsibility
for setting monuments, or in the event of his refusal to set such
monuments, the legislative body may direct the county surveyor or
city engineer, or such engineer or surveyor as it may select, to set
such monuments. If the original engineer or surveyor is replaced by
another, the former may, by letter to the county surveyor or city
engineer, release his obligation to set the final monuments to the
surveyor or engineer who replaced him. When the monuments are so set,
the substitute engineer or surveyor shall amend any map filed
pursuant to this division in accordance with the provisions of
Sections 66469 to 66472, inclusive. All provisions of this article
relating to payment shall apply to the services performed by the
substituted engineer or surveyor.