Montana Code 37-67-313. Licensure of professional land surveyors by comity
37-67-313. Licensure of professional land surveyors by comity. A person holding a license or certificate of registration to engage in the practice of land surveying in another state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or any foreign country may be issued a license in this state if the person applies in the manner required by the board, meets the qualifications provided in 37-67-325, and has passed the principles and practices of surveying examination and the Montana state-specific land surveyor examination. The experience requirements of 37-67-325 may be met with experience gained after initial licensure that indicates to the board that the applicant is competent to practice land surveying. An applicant whose initial licensure in another state does not meet the experience requirements of 37-67-325 must be required to demonstrate 2 years of postlicensure experience for each year of prelicensure deficiency.
Terms Used In Montana Code 37-67-313
- Board: means the board of professional engineers and professional land surveyors provided for in 2-15-1763. See Montana Code 37-67-101
- Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
- Practice of land surveying: means any service or work, the performance of which requires the application of special knowledge of the principles of mathematics, physical sciences, applied sciences, and:
(a)the principles of property boundary law to the recovery and preservation of evidence pertaining to earlier land surveys;
(b)teaching of land surveying subjects;
(c)measurement and allocation of lines, angles, elevations, and coordinate systems;
(d)location of natural and constructed features in the air, on the surface of the earth, within underground workings, and on the beds of bodies of water, including work for the determination of areas and volumes;
(e)monumenting of property boundaries;
(f)platting and layout of lands and the subdivisions of land, including the alignment and grades of streets and roads in subdivisions;
(g)preparation and perpetuation of maps, plats, field note records, and property descriptions; and
(h)locating, relocating, establishing, reestablishing, laying out, or retracing of any property line or boundary of any tract of land or road, right-of-way, easement, right-of-way easement, alignment, or elevation of any of the fixed works embraced within the practice of engineering. See Montana Code 37-67-101
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201