a list of subjects covered on the exam

Nevada State Specific Land Surveyor Exam
Subject
No. of Questions
Legal Descriptions
4
ALTA Surveys
2
Common Interest Communities
NRS 116
2
Subdivision Law
NRS 278
13
State Coordinate System
NRS 327
5
Monuments/Corner Records
NRS & NAC 329
3
Mining Law re: surveying
NRS 517
3
Water Rights Surveying
NRS 533
3
Licensing/Standards of Practice
NRS &NAC 625`
Public Land System
Grading
22
16
2
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Total
75
Here is a link to the Nevada Law library for the NRS & NAC:
http://leg.state.nv.us/law1.cfm
Public Lands - go to BLM for materials
ALTA Surveys – minimum standard detail requirements from ACSM is the
reference material they should cover
Land Descriptions – various sources here – Wattles, and there is an outstanding
white paper out there “sufficiency of land descriptions” by John Rinaldi
FHA grading requirements

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