Texas Natural Resources Code Title 2, Chapter 21 - Surveys And Field Notes

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

SUBCHAPTER B SURVEYS

• Texas Section 21.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the General Land Office. (2) "Land office" means the General Land Office. (3) "Navigable stream" means...
• Texas Section 21.011 - Surveys Of Public Land
  Each survey of public land shall be made under authority of law and by a surveyor duly appointed, elected, or licensed and qualified. Acts 1977,...
• Texas Section 21.012 - Surveys On Navigable Streams
  (a) If the circumstances of the lines previously surveyed under the law will permit, land surveyed for individuals, lying on a navigable stream, shall front...
• Texas Section 21.013 - Surveys Not On A Navigable Stream
  Surveys that are not made on navigable streams shall be in a square as far as lines previously surveyed will permit. Acts 1977, 65th Leg.,...

SUBCHAPTER C FIELD NOTES

• Texas Section 21.014 - Survey For Division Line
  (a) Before running a division line between two settlers or occupants claiming land, the surveyor shall give written notice to the interested parties. (b) A...
• Texas Section 21.041 - Field Notes Of A Survey Of Public Land
  The field notes of a survey of public land shall state: (1) the county in which the land is located; (2) the authority under which...
• Texas Section 21.042 - Surveyor's Certification
  (a) The surveyor shall certify officially: (1) to the correctness of the survey; (2) that the survey was made according to law; (3) that the...
• Texas Section 21.043 - Lost Field Notes
  (a) If the original field notes of an authorized survey are lost or destroyed, the owner or his agent may obtain a certified copy of...

SUBCHAPTER D TEXAS COORDINATE SYSTEMS

• Texas Section 21.044 - Incorrect Field Notes
  (a) The commissioner shall have a plain statement of errors in any field notes submitted to the land office, together with a sketch of the...
• Texas Section 21.071 - Adoption Of Coordinate Systems
  (a) The systems of plane coordinates which have been established by the National Oceanic Survey/National Geodetic Survey for defining and stating the positions or locations...
• Texas Section 21.072 - Purpose And Limitations Of Coordinate Systems
  (a) The only purpose for adopting the Texas Coordinate System of 1927 and the Texas Coordinate System of 1983 is to recognize a system for...
• Texas Section 21.073 - Division Of State Into Zones
  For the purpose of using a system, the state is divided into five zones: (1) the North Zone; (2) the North Central Zone; (3) the...
• Texas Section 21.074 - Area Within Zones
  (a) The area included in the following counties constitutes the North Zone: Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray, Hall, Hansford,...
• Texas Section 21.075 - Zone Names In Land Description
  (a) As established for use in the North Zone, the Texas Coordinate System of 1927 or the Texas Coordinate System of 1983 shall be named,...
• Texas Section 21.076 - Definitions
  (a) For the purpose of precisely defining the Texas Coordinate System of 1927 and the Texas Coordinate System of 1983, the following definitions are adopted:...
• Texas Section 21.077 - Unit Of Measurement
  The unit of measurement in this subchapter has the following values, based on the International Meter established by the National Bureau of Standards: (1) one...
• Texas Section 21.078 - Terms "X Coordinate" And "Y Coordinate"
  (a) The plane coordinate values for a point on the earth's surface, to be used in expressing the position or location of the point in...
• Texas Section 21.079 - Land In More Than One Zone
  If a tract of land to be defined by a single description extends from one zone into another of the coordinate zones, the positions of...

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