Natural Resources Code § 21.041

Sec. 21.041. FIELD NOTES OF A SURVEY OF PUBLIC LAND. The field notes of a survey of public land shall state: (1) the county in which the land is located; (2) the authority under which the survey is made and a true description of the survey; (3) the land by proper field notes with the necessary calls and connections for identification, observing the Spanish measurement by varas; (4) a diagram of the survey; (5) the State Plane Coordinates based on the Texas Coordinate System of 1927, the Texas Coordinate System of 1983, or an alternative coordinate system adopted under Section 21.0711 values for the beginning point on the survey with appropriate reference to zone, mapping angle, grid distances, acreage and the N.G.S. Station to which the survey is tied; (6) the names of the field survey personnel; (7) the date the survey was made; and (8) the signature of the surveyor. Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2356, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 624, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985; Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 616, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 381 (S.B. 1072), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.