Examination for Land Surveyors

4733-33-01 Examinations for surveyors

(A) All applicants for registration as a professional surveyor must pass the fundamentals of surveying examination, the principles and practice of surveying examination and a two hour examination devoted to the laws and practice of surveying in Ohio.

(B) Candidates must know how the original surveys were conducted. They must know the rules governing the restoration of obliterated monuments and must be able to re-establish lost monuments, and must have had enough actual experience in land surveying work to make them familiar with the proper methods of retracing the original surveys.

(C) Candidates must know what discrepancies to expect in retracement work and how to use evidence in the restoration of obliterated land lines and monuments. They must understand the laws governing riparian rights, accretions, adverse possession. They must also be familiar with the ethics of the profession.

HISTORY: Effective 10-15-1970; 11-01-2003
Rule promulgated under: R.C. 119.03
Rule authorized by: R.C. 4733.07
Rule amplifies: R.C. 4733.13
R.C. 119.032 review date: 11-01-2008