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Land surveying - 42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 5537

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     § 5537.  Land surveying.
        All actions to recover any or all damages against any person
     engaged in the practice of land surveying occurring as the
     result of any deficiency, defect, omission, error or
     miscalculation shall be commenced within 12 years from the time
     the services are performed. Any such action not commenced within
     this 12-year period shall be forever barred. The cause of action
     in such cases shall accrue when the services are performed.
     Furthermore, any action shall be commenced within four years
     from the time that such cause of action was discovered, but no
     later than during this 12-year limitation period. In any event,
     no action shall be commenced after the 12 years from the time
     that the services are performed. The term "practice of land
     surveying" shall be the same as defined under the act of May 23,
     1945 (P.L.913, No.367), known as the Engineer, Land Surveyor and
     Geologist Registration Law.
     (June 30, 1988, P.L.464, No.79, eff. imd.; July 7, 2006,
     P.L.348, No.72, eff. 60 days)

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