# COMAR Title 09 — Maryland Department of Labor

## Subtitle 13 — Board for Professional Land Surveyors

### Chapter 03 — Survey Markers

**Authority:** Business Occupations and Professions Article, § 15-208, Annotated Code of Maryland

**Administrative History:** Effective date: January 1, 1984 (10:16 Md. R. 1453)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .03 amended effective May 8, 2017 (44:9 Md. R. 437)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .03B amended effective January 1, 1984 (10:24 Md. R. 2188)

#### Regulation .01 Purpose.

*COMAR 09.13.03.01*

The purpose of these regulations is to promulgate minimum standards for survey markers set by all licensees that will insure the permanency of the marker and allow for easy identification of the licensee responsible for setting the marker.

#### Regulation .02 Marker Specifications.

*COMAR 09.13.03.02*

A. All licensees shall use a survey marker made of durable material that will activate a magnetic detector.

B. The material for a survey marker may include any one of the following:

  (1) Iron pipe;

  (2) Iron rod;

  (3) Rebar;

  (4) Impregnated plastic stake; or

  (5) Concrete monument.

#### Regulation .03 Marker Identification.

*COMAR 09.13.03.03*

A. The top of all survey markers, described in Regulation .02, of this chapter, set by a licensee or a permit holder shall have a legible inscription that identifies the licensee or a permit holder responsible for setting the survey marker.

B. The top of all survey markers, described in Regulation .02, of this chapter, set by a licensee or a permit holder shall have a legible inscription stating the words “Property Marker” or the abbreviations “Prop. Mark.” or “Prop. Mkr.”.

#### Regulation .04 Existing Natural Markers.

*COMAR 09.13.03.04*

A. All licensees shall put an identifying mark on all existing objects that serve as markers for property corners.

B. The identifying mark may include any one of the following:

  (1) Drill hole;

  (2) Cross cut;

  (3) Square cut;

  (4) Spike;

  (5) P.K. nail; or

  (6) Lag bolt.

C. All licensees shall describe the identifying mark in any legal description or plat prepared by the licensee.