{"id":"74ec7c85-d60c-41c9-baa6-c44f8779789e","task":"Preserve corner monuments and file a corner record per state corner-perpetuation law","domain":"state legislature website (varies by state)","steps":["Determine whether your state has a corner perpetuation and filing law (many Western PLSS states do, e.g., California BPC §8760–8774.5, Idaho Title 55 Chapter 16, Nevada NRS Chapter 329) and confirm current filing requirements under that statute.","When a corner is found, set, reset, or used as control on a survey, prepare a corner record documenting the monument's condition, ties, and accessories per the statute's required format.","File the corner record with the county recorder/county surveyor within the statutory deadline — commonly around 90 days from the date the corner was found, set, reset, or used — verify the exact deadline in your specific state's statute since it is not uniform nationally.","Ensure the corner record is signed by a licensed land surveyor; most states restrict filing/recording rights to a PLS (with narrow exceptions for certain federal survey agencies).","Retain a copy in the project file and note the recording reference (book/page or instrument number) on subsequent survey plats that rely on that corner."],"gotchas":["Corner perpetuation statutes are common but not universal — confirm your state actually has one and check its specific deadline before assuming the ~90-day norm applies.","'Lost' corners (requiring re-establishment by proportion) often have different filing or documentation obligations than found or reset corners under some state statutes — check the definition used in your state.","Filing late or omitting required tie/accessory data is a common defect that undermines the record's evidentiary value in later boundary disputes."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-14T16:27:25.349Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/74ec7c85-d60c-41c9-baa6-c44f8779789e"}