18-3-703. Records to be kept; copies to be furnished upon request; duty to file plats, maps and records of surveys made for county with county clerk; penalty for failure to file such records; authority of county commissioners to purchase records of private surveys.

(a) The county surveyor shall keep a correct record of all surveys made by him in a book provided by the county which he shall transmit to his successor in office. He shall number each survey progressively and shall preserve a copy of field notes and calculations of each survey endorsing thereon its proper number. A copy of the survey and an accurate plat thereof, together with a certificate of survey shall be furnished by the surveyor to any person requiring the same.

(b) Each county surveyor shall file with the county clerk of the county wherein the land surveyed is located all plats, maps and survey records of surveys made by him in behalf of the county, and shall make such filings continuously as surveys are completed. The county clerk and the county commissioners may invoke the aid of any district court in the state to secure possession of such documents as are in the custody of the county surveyors which are the property of the county.

(c) It is unlawful for any county surveyor to fail to file plats, maps and survey records of surveys made as provided herein within thirty (30) days of the completion of the survey. Violators of this section are guilty of a misdemeanor and may be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or imprisoned in the county jail not more than thirty (30) days, or both.

(d) Each board of county commissioners may purchase for a reasonable sum survey records made by surveyors.