West Virginia Code 30-13A-11 – Exemptions from licensing
(a) The following persons are exempt from licensure under the provisions of this article:
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 30-13A-11
- Board: means the West Virginia Board of Professional Surveyors. See West Virginia Code 30-13A-3
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Firm: means any nongovernmental business entity, including an individual, association, partnership or corporation, providing surveying services. See West Virginia Code 30-13A-3
- land surveying: means providing, or offering to provide, professional services using such sciences as mathematics, geodesy, and photogrammetry, and involving both:
(1) The making of geometric measurements and gathering related information pertaining to the physical or legal features of the earth, improvements on the earth, the space above, on or below the earth. See West Virginia Code 30-13A-3
- Licensee: means a person holding a surveying license issued under the provisions of this article. See West Virginia Code 30-13A-3
- State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
- Subdivision: means the division of a lot, tract or parcel of land into two or more lots, tracts or parcels of land. See West Virginia Code 30-13A-3
(1) Any employee of a person or firm, when such employee is engaged in the practice of land surveying exclusively for the person or firm, by which employed, or, if a corporation, its parents, affiliates or subsidiaries, and such person, firm, association or corporation does not hold himself, herself or itself out to the public as being engaged in the business of land surveying.
(2) Any employee or officer of the United States, this state or any political subdivision thereof, or their agents, when such employee is engaged in the practice of land surveying exclusively for such governmental unit: Provided, That each county surveyor of lands first elected or first appointed after January 1, 2013, pursuant to section 1, article IX of the West Virginia Constitution, shall be a surveyor licensed pursuant to the provisions of this article and such licensee shall be in good standing.
(b) The minimum standards for surveys, established by the board, apply notwithstanding the exemptions provided by this section.