{"id":"e9365125-913c-420b-8f90-ee86979b0348","task":"Check state right-of-entry statutes before a surveyor enters private land","domain":"state legislature website (varies by state)","steps":["Confirm your state has enacted a surveyor right-of-entry statute — there is no common-law right to enter another's land to survey, so without a statute a surveyor risks civil or criminal trespass liability.","Look up the specific statute for your state (e.g., Maine Title 32 §18231, Oregon ORS 672.047, New York General Obligations Law §9-105, California Business & Professions Code surveying-practice provisions) rather than assuming right-of-entry rules are uniform nationwide.","Determine the statute's notice requirement precisely — some states require written notice delivered a set number of days in advance (e.g., Oregon requires mailed notice roughly a week ahead; Maine requires hand-delivered notice at least 24 hours ahead), while others (like California, for boundary evidence investigation) impose no prior-notice condition.","Confirm the statute's scope limits: most right-of-entry laws allow crossing/entering open land near the boundary being surveyed but do not authorize entering buildings, residences, or storage structures, or damaging/removing objects without consent.","Document compliance (notice sent, dates, method) in the project file, since the statutory notice is what converts entry from trespass into a protected activity."],"gotchas":["Statutes vary widely on notice method and lead time — using a form letter written for one state's notice rules in another state can leave a surveyor unprotected.","Even a compliant right-of-entry does not authorize damaging monuments, structures, or crops; that typically remains a separate liability issue requiring landowner compensation if damage occurs.","Right-of-entry protection generally does not extend to entering occupied buildings — plan fieldwork accordingly and get separate permission for any structure access."],"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/e9365125-913c-420b-8f90-ee86979b0348"}