Opinion No. (1979)

REQUESTED BY: Thomas P. McNally, Harlan County Attorney. Are lost or obliterated sectional corners reestablished by a Registered Land Surveyor in the process of surveying a land owner's property void when there is no duly elected or acting County Surveyor available to reestablish the corners?

No.

Section 23-1908, R.R.S. 1943 reads in pertinent part as follows:

"The boundaries of the public lands established by the duly appointed government surveyors, when approved by the Surveyor General and accepted by the government, are unchangeable, and the corners established thereon by them shall be held…