Midwest & Plains

PLSS Corner Records — North Dakota

North Dakota's Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Board publishes an approved Land Survey Monument Record form (2024 edition). A corner record must be filed with the county recorder when a PLSS corner is established, restored, or rehabilitated.

Filing Requirements

Where Corner Records Are Filed in North Dakota

A public-land corner record describing the monument, accessories, and ties is filed with the county recorder within the statutory period after the corner work is performed, using the Board-approved form.

County Recorder

NDCC Chapter 47-20.1 (Public Land Corner Records)
ndpelsboard.org

Corner-Plot Workflow

Pre-Field Review for North Dakota Corners

Upload a North Dakota Corner Record PDF. Corner-Plot reads the form with OCR — extracting the surveyor name, township-range-section, monument description, and every bearing and distance tie. The corner is geo-located automatically across the PLSS grid, assigning a GCDB-standard 21-character Point ID and a confidence rating of High, Medium, or Low.

When the monument sits at or near a roadway, Corner-Plot brings up Google Street View with its full capture history — up to 20 years. AI analyzes each date and returns a structured monument-condition verdict. A printable field prep report covers the resolved coordinate, aerial tie overlay, monument classification history, and original GLO field notes.

Other PLSS States

Corner Record Requirements in Other States

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