# Land surveying software that gets the record of survey filed inside the 90 days the statute allows

> Land surveying is the practice of locating and re establishing boundaries on the ground and recording what was found, so that a later surveyor can retrace the same lines and reach the same corners. The filing is part of the work rather than paperwork after it: California requires a record of survey to be filed with the county surveyor within 90 days of setting boundary monuments or completing the field survey, whichever comes first. Neurobird holds the job, the field evidence and the filing clock on one record.

- URL: https://neurobird.com/landsurveying/
- Product: Neurobird Land Surveying Inspection Tracking Platform
- Niche: land surveying
- Buyer: land surveying firms and county survey departments
- Status: in development, open for early access
- Updated: 2026-08-22

## What Neurobird Land Surveying does

- Start the filing clock the day monuments are set, not the day the drawing is finished
- Keep field evidence against the parcel so the next retracement starts from something real
- Track which jobs disclose a discrepancy and therefore must be filed rather than may be
- Hold a corner record for every accessory found, set, reset or used as control

## How it works

1. **Open the job** Client, parcel, county and the deed or map the work is retracing, captured before the crew leaves so the evidence has somewhere to land when it comes back.
2. **Record what was found** Monuments found, monuments set, accessories, and the discrepancies that decide whether a record of survey is required rather than merely permitted.
3. **File inside the window** The 90 day clock runs from the earlier of setting monuments or completing the field survey, and the record carries the filing, the county response and the filing data that comes back with it.

## From the source material

> The corners of the townships must be marked with progressive numbers from the beginning; each distance of a mile between such corners must be also distinctly marked with marks different from those of the corners.

Source: 43 U.S. Code 751, https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/43/751

## Industry context

- **90 days** Deadline for filing a record of survey with the county surveyor, running from the setting of boundary monuments or completion of the field survey, whichever occurs first. A delay outside the licensee's control needs a letter to the county surveyor before the 90 days expire. (source: California Business and Professions Code 8762, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC&sectionNum=8762)
- **10 days** Time the county recorder has to return the filing data, meaning the date and the book or volume and page, when the preparer supplies a postage paid envelope or postcard with the filing. (source: California Business and Professions Code 8762, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC&sectionNum=8762)
- **8773** The section requiring a corner record for every corner established by the Survey of the Public Lands and for every accessory to that corner which is found, set, reset or used as control, with lost corners handled by a record of survey instead. (source: California Business and Professions Code 8773, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC&sectionNum=8773)
- **640 acres** Nominal size of a section under the rectangular survey. Townships run six miles square and are subdivided into 36 sections by lines a mile apart with corners marked every half mile, and any excess or deficiency is thrown into the western and northern ranges. (source: 43 U.S. Code 751, https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/43/751)
- **18 semester hours** Minimum coursework in land surveying subjects Georgia requires of every applicant, on top of three years of combined office and field experience with a bachelor's degree, five with an associate's degree, or eight with a high school diploma. (source: Georgia Code 43-15-13 and Board rules, https://pels.georgia.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/PLS-Licensure-Laws-and-Board-Rules-2025.pdf)
- **21 semester hours** Additional surveying related coursework the federal qualification standard asks for in the 1373 series, on top of 6 semester hours of surveying and 3 semester hours of land law. (source: OPM land surveying series 1373, https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1300/land-surveying-series-1373/)

## Pricing

- Solo licensee: $99 per month
- Survey firm: $395 per month
- Multi office: $960 per month

## Questions

### What is land surveying?

It is the practice of locating and re establishing property boundaries on the ground and recording the evidence, so a later surveyor can retrace the same lines. In public land states the retracement runs on 43 U.S. Code 752, which fixes the marked corners as the proper corners of the sections they were meant to designate.

### What is a record of survey and when must it be filed?

It is the map filed with the county surveyor after a field survey. California requires it whenever the survey discloses material evidence or a material discrepancy that is not on an existing map, and it must be filed within 90 days of setting monuments or completing the field survey, whichever comes first.

### What is the difference between a corner record and a record of survey?

A corner record covers corners established by the Survey of the Public Lands and their accessories, including accessories used only as control. A lost corner, once re established, takes a record of survey instead.

### Does this replace our CAD or field software?

No. The drawing stays where it is. This holds the job, the evidence found, the monuments set and the filing deadlines that follow from them, which is the part CAD was never built to carry.

### How does it handle several counties at once?

Each job carries its own county and its own filing rule, so a deadline is calculated from the job rather than from one firm wide default that is right in one county and wrong in the next.

## Sources

- [California Business and Professions Code 8762, record of survey](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC&sectionNum=8762)
- [California Business and Professions Code 8773, corner record](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC&sectionNum=8773)
- [43 U.S. Code 751, rectangular survey of public lands](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/43/751)
- [43 U.S. Code 752, boundaries and contents of sections](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/43/752)
- [Georgia Board rules, land surveyor licensure](https://pels.georgia.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/PLS-Licensure-Laws-and-Board-Rules-2025.pdf)
- [OPM qualification standard, land surveying series 1373](https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1300/land-surveying-series-1373/)

## Contact

- office@neurobird.com
- https://neurobird.com/