Whenever a survey is performed, it shall comply with Section 73-13-71(4) and Section 73-13-73 and the Standards of Practice for Surveying in Mississippi as described below. Types of surveys shall include, but not be limited to the following as described:
1.Boundary Survey, Route Survey, Easement Survey, and Lease Survey shall mean a survey, the primary purpose of which includes, but is not limited to, determining the perimeters of a parcel or tract of land by establishing or re-establishing corners, and monuments, for the purposes of describing, platting or dividing the parcel and preparing a description(s) of the parcel of land. If an easement is performed in conjunction with a boundary survey, lying adjacent and parallel, monumentation is not required. In the event that an easement survey is performed independent of a boundary survey, monumentation is required. 2.Topographic Survey shall mean a survey of the natural and selected man-made features of a part of the earth's surface by ground measurements or remote sensing to determine horizontal and vertical spatial relations. 3.Hydrographic Survey shall mean a survey having for its principle purpose the determination of data relating to bodies of water and which may consist of the determination of one or several of the following classes of data: depth of water and configuration of bottom, directions and force of current, water stages, and location of fixed objects for survey and navigation purposes. 4.Construction Survey shall mean the measurements made to control elevation, horizontal position and dimensions, and configuration, prior to or while construction is in progress. 30 Miss. Code. R. 901-21.1
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-13-15