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Utah Code Title 17. Counties § 17-23-16. Resurveys

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

In the resurvey of lands surveyed under the authority of the United States, the county surveyor or the county surveyor's designee shall observe the following rules:

(1) Section and quarter-section corners, and all other corners established by the government survey, shall stand as the true corner.

(2) Missing corners shall be reestablished at the point where existing evidence would indicate the original corner was located by the government survey.

(3) In all cases, missing corners shall be reestablished with reference to the United States Manual of Surveying Instructions.

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