Oregon Law
Law as of Jan 1, 2026
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209.005Definitions 209.010[Repealed by 1953 c.306 §18] 209.015Authority to enter upon land; no unnecessary damage; notice 209.020Surveys on court order; fees 209.030Surveys on court order of land divided by county line; fees 209.040Substitution when county surveyor interested in land 209.050[Amended by 1979 c.653 §3; repealed by 1981 c.111 §2] 209.060[Repealed by 1979 c.653 §18] 209.070Duties 209.080Compensation 209.090Procuring and filing copies of field notes and plats of Bureau of Land Management surveys; copies as evidence 209.100Administering oaths 209.110[Repealed by 1979 c.653 §18] 209.115Qualifications 209.120[Repealed by 1979 c.653 §18] 209.130Establishment of corners; references; additional reference using coordinate system 209.140Necessary interference with corners or accessories; prior notice to county surveyor required; exception for emergency; fees 209.150Removal or destruction of survey monument; notice to county surveyor; replacement of monument; exception 209.155Removal or destruction of survey monument during road construction; survey map in lieu of replacement; delineation of newly defined right of way 209.160[Amended by 1979 c.653 §11; repealed 1981 c.111 §2] 209.170[Amended by 1979 c.653 §12; repealed by 1981 c.111 §2] 209.180[Repealed by 1979 c.653 §18] 209.190[Repealed by 1981 c.111 §2] 209.200Resurvey of federally surveyed lands 209.210[Repealed by 1979 c.653 §18] 209.220Oath taken by employees 209.230Materials for certain purposes 209.240[Amended by 1979 c.653 §15; repealed by 1981 c.111 §2] 209.250Survey by registered land surveyor; requirements for map, narrative or report of survey; waiver of required filing; effect of noncompliance 209.255Amendment of survey map or narrative by affidavit of correction; preparation, certification and recording of affidavit 209.260Fee for filing and indexing 209.270Records of county surveyor; location; accessibility 209.300Abandonment of railroad line; notice to county surveyor; request for copies of plats 209.990Penalties; civil remedies

Chapter 209 — County Surveyors

ORS 209.200 Resurvey of federally surveyed lands

In the resurvey of lands surveyed under the authority of the United States, the county surveyor or a registered professional land surveyor shall observe the following rules:

(1)

Section and quarter-section corners, and all other corners established and approved by the General Land Office or its successors, must stand as the legal and permanent corners.

(2)

A legal and permanent corner must be reestablished at the identical spot where the original corner was located by the government survey, when the identical spot can be determined.

(3)

When the identical spot cannot be determined, the legal and permanent corner must be reestablished with reference to the current United States Manual of Surveying Instructions.

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Earlier statutory text is available in an ingested published ORS edition.