§ 14-111. Survey markers and disputed boundary lines
West's Annotated Code of MarylandReal PropertyEffective: October 1, 2011
Effective: October 1, 2011
MD Code, Real Property, § 14-111
§ 14-111. Survey markers and disputed boundary lines
(a) Each individual licensed to practice land surveying or property line surveying under the Maryland Professional Land Surveyors Act1 shall use the type of stake, marker, monument, or other landmark designated by the State Board for Professional Land Surveyors.
(b) Any person who willfully obliterates, damages, or removes any stake, marker, monument, or other landmark set in the property of another person by any civil engineer, surveyor, or real estate appraiser or any of their assistants, except if the stake, marker, monument, or other landmark interferes with the proper use of the property, is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction shall be fined not more than $2,500.
(c) If there is a dispute over any boundary line or if the bounds mentioned in a document are lost, on petition of any party in interest, the circuit court of the county where the property lies may establish the boundary lines or the location of the missing bounds. The court may appoint engineers, surveyors, or other experts to assist the court in its determination, and the fees of the experts are costs in the proceeding.
Credits
Added by Acts 1974, c. 12, § 2, eff. July 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1982, c. 877; Acts 1983, c. 7; Acts 1989, c. 236, § 2; Acts 2011, c. 33, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2011; Acts 2011, c. 34, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2011.
Formerly Art. 21, § 14-111.
Footnotes
Business Occupations and Professions, § 15-101 et seq.
MD Code, Real Property, § 14-111, MD REAL PROP § 14-111
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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