California Public Resources Code CHAPTER 1 - California Coordinate System

• Section 8801.
  (a) The system of plane coordinates that has been established by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey for defining and stating the positions or locations...
• Section 8802.
  For CCS27, the state is divided into seven zones. For CCS83, the state is divided into six zones. Zone 7 of CCS27, which encompasses Los...
• Section 8803.
  Zone 1 coordinates shall be named, and, on any map on which they are used, they shall be designated as “CCS27, Zone 1 or CCS83,...
• Section 8804.
  Zone 2 coordinates shall be named, and, on any map on which they are used, they shall be designated as “CCS27, Zone 2 or CCS83,...
• Section 8805.
  Zone 3 coordinates shall be named, and, on any map on which they are used, they shall be designated as “CCS27, Zone 3 or CCS83,...
• Section 8806.
  Zone 4 coordinates shall be named, and, on any map on which they are used, they shall be designated as “CCS27, Zone 4 or CCS83,...
• Section 8807.
  Zone 5 coordinates shall be named, and, on any map on which they are used, they shall be designated as “CCS27, Zone 5 or CCS83,...
• Section 8808.
  Zone 6 coordinates shall be named, and, on any map on which they are used, they shall be designated as “CCS27, Zone 6 or CCS83,...
• Section 8809.
  Zone 7 coordinates shall be named, and, on any map on which they are used, they shall be designated as “CCS27, Zone 7.”On its respective...
• Section 8810.
  The plane coordinates of a point on the earth’s surface, to be used in expressing the position or location of the point in the appropriate...
• Section 8811.
  If the survey of any parcel of land extends from one coordinate zone into another, the positions of all points delineated upon the map thereof...
• Section 8812.
  Prior to January 1, 2000, state plane coordinates shall be based on, or derived from, the plane coordinates of monumented second order or better horizontal...
• Section 8813.
  After December 31, 1999, and prior to January 1, 2006, any survey or map that uses state plane coordinates shall be based on, and show,...
• Section 8813.1.
  After December 31, 2005, any survey that uses or establishes a CCS83 value or values shall meet all of the following requirements:(a) The survey shall be...
• Section 8813.2.
  After December 31, 2005, if an accuracy is claimed for a CCS83 value or values, the survey that established the value or values shall be...
• Section 8813.3.
  (a) After December 31, 2005, when a survey that uses or establishes a CCS83 value or values is shown on any document, the station or stations...
• Section 8814.
  State plane coordinates may be used for property identification on any map, survey, conveyance, or other instrument which delineates or affects the title to real...
• Section 8815.
  The use of the term “California Coordinate System” on any map or document or in any field notes shall be suffixed either with “27” (shown...
• Section 8815.1.
  When CCS83 coordinates are shown on any map, corner record, or other document, the map, corner record, or document shall state the epoch (date), in...
• Section 8815.2.
  The epoch for a survey using CCS83 coordinate shall be the published NGS or CSRC epoch of a published coordinate for a controlling station used...
• Section 8815.3.
  When the published epochs of the controlling stations for a survey using CCS83 coordinates are not the same, appropriate adjustments shall be made to the...
• Section 8815.4.
  When a purported order of accuracy of second order or better is shown for CCS83 coordinate values on any map, corner record, or other document...
• Section 8815.5.
  When CCS83 coordinates are shown on any map, corner record, or record of survey, a mapping angle, combined grid factor, and the elevation used to...
• Section 8816.
  The use of the State Plane Coordinates by any person, corporation, or governmental agency engaged in land surveying or mapping is optional.(Amended by Stats. 1986,...
• Section 8817.
  Prior to January 1, 1995, use of State Plane Coordinates for new projects may be based either on CCS27 or CCS83. On or after January...
• Section 8818.
  This chapter does not impair or invalidate land titles, legal descriptions, or jurisdictional or land boundaries and, further, this chapter does not impair or invalidate...
• Section 8819.
  This chapter does not prohibit the use of new surveying technologies or techniques for which FGCS specifications or other accepted specifications have not yet been...

Last modified: October 22, 2018