Links

Below are some suggested links that provide valuable information about Surveying in Washington State:

National Geodetic Survey (NGS - NOAA)

• OPUS Data Processing

• Data Explorer

• User Friendly CORS data (NCN)

• VDatum Online

• Space Weather Prediction Center (GPS Quality)

Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

• Land Status & Cadastral Survey Records Willamette Meridian (Oregon & Washington)

• General Land Office Records

Department of Natural Resources - Public Land Survey Office (PLSO)

• WebXtender Records Database

• Survey Advisory Board

Forms

• Land Corner Record (Download)

• Application to Remove or Destroy a Survey Monument

• Completion Report to Remove or Destroy a Survey Monument

• Instructions for Application to Remove or Destroy a Survey Monument

Washington State Reference Network (WSRN)

National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES)

• PS Exam

Board of Registration for Professional Engineers & Land Surveyors (BRPELS)

• Land Surveyor-in-Training Certificate (LIST)

• Get Your Land Surveyor License by Exam or Comity

• Land Surveyor License Exams

• Renew Your Professional License

• Update Your Professional License

• Engineering or Land Surveying Firm Certificate of Authorization

Laws and Regulations pertaining to Land Surveying per BRPELS

• RCW 18.43: Engineers and land surveyors

• RCW 18.235: Uniform regulation of business and professions act

• WAC 196: Engineers and land surveyors, Board of Registration for Professional

• RCW 58.04: Boundaries

• RCW 58.09: Surveys — Recording

• RCW 58.17: Plats — Subdivisions — Dedications

• RCW 58.24: State agency for surveys and maps — Fees

• WAC 332-120: Survey monuments — Removal or destruction

• WAC 332-130: Minimum standards for land boundary surveys and geodetic control surveys and guidelines for the preparation of land descriptions

 Related Topics

• RCW 58.18: Assessor's plats

• RCW 58.19: Land Development Act

• RCW 58.20: Washington coordinate system

• RCW 58.22: State base mapping system

• RCW 79.105: Aquatic Lands - General

• RCW 79.115: Aquatic Lands - Harbor Areas

• RCW 79.120: Aquatic Lands - Waterways and Streets

• RCW 79.125: Aquatic Lands - Tidelands and Shorelands

• RCW 79.130: Aquatic Lands - Beds of Navigable Waters

• WAC 332.30: Aquatic Land Management

2021 ALTA/NSPS Standards

• 2021 Minimum Standard Detail Requirements for ALTA/NSPS Land Title Surveys (PDF download)

• 2021 Minimum Standard Detail Requirements for ALTA/NSPS Land Title Surveys (WORD download)

• Fillable Table A for the new 2021 ALTA/NSPS standards (PDF Download)

FEMA Elevation Certificate

• Elevation Certificate Form (PDF download)

Professional Affiliations

• Land Surveyors’ Association of Washington (LSAW)

• National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS)

• Western Federation of Professional Surveyors (WFPS)