Arizona Revised Statutes Title 33. Property § 33-103. Monuments at section and quarter section corners;  reestablishment of corners;  monument requirements;  destruction of monuments;  classification

A. Landmarks or monuments established under the provisions of this article shall be set at the section corners and quarter section corners established by the United States survey.  If there is a clerical error or omission in the government field notes or bearings, trees, mounds, fences or other locating evidences specified therein, or if they are destroyed or lost and there is no evidence by which the corners established by the United States survey can be identified, the land surveyor shall reestablish the corners under rules adopted by the United States for the survey of public lands.

B. Landmarks or monuments established pursuant to this section shall be presumptively at the section and quarter section corners as originally established by the United States survey.

C. The monument shall:

D. A person who knowingly or by gross negligence destroys, disfigures, removes or disturbs monuments described in subsection C or other permanent monuments set by the land surveyor which have the land surveyor's or public agency's cap or tag affixed to the monument is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.

E. A person acting independently or a person in responsible charge of another person who destroys, disfigures or disturbs monuments described in subsection C or other permanent monuments set by the land surveyor which have the land surveyor's or public agency's cap or tag affixed to the monument shall be civilly liable to the state, political subdivision or any other person for all costs associated with restoration or replacement of any monument destroyed, disfigured, removed or disturbed.  The remedies under this subsection are in addition to any penalty which can be imposed under subsection D.