Tex. Natural Resources Code § 21.041
This is the official text of Tex. Natural Resources Code § 21.041, part of Texas’s Natural Resources Code — governs land, minerals, and natural resource management.
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§ 21.041. FIELD NOTES OF A SURVEY OF PUBLIC LAND.
Official statutory text
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.
(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.
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