Section 66450 Of Article 3. Parcel Maps From California Government Code >> Division 2. >> Title 7. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 3.
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. (a) If a subdivision for which a parcel map is required lies
within an unincorporated area, a certificate or statement by the
county surveyor is required. If a subdivision lies within a city, a
certificate or statement by the city engineer or city surveyor is
required. The appropriate official shall sign, date, and, below or
immediately adjacent to the signature, indicate his or her
registration or license number and the stamp of his or her seal and
state that:
(1) He or she examined the map.
(2) The subdivision as shown is substantially the same as it
appeared on the tentative map, if required, and any approved
alterations thereof.
(3) All provisions of this chapter and of any local ordinances
applicable at the time of approval of the tentative map, if required,
have been complied with.
(4) He or she is satisfied that the map is technically correct.
(b) City or county engineers registered as civil engineers after
January 1, 1982, shall only be qualified to certify the statements of
paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subdivision (a). The statement
specified in paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) shall only be certified
by a person authorized to practice land surveying pursuant to the
Professional Land Surveyors' Act (Chapter 15 (commencing with Section
8700) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code) or a
person registered as a civil engineer prior to January 1, 1982,
pursuant to the Professional Engineers' Act (Chapter 7 (commencing
with Section 6700) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions
Code).
(c) The county surveyor, city engineer, or city surveyor, as the
case may be, or other public official or employee qualified and
authorized to perform the functions of one of those officials, shall
complete his or her certificate or statement, as required by this
section, within 20 days from the time the parcel map is submitted to
him or her by the subdivider for approval. The completed parcel map
shall be delivered to the county recorder or, if required by local
ordinance, filed with the legislative body prior to delivery to the
county recorder, within the same 20-day period.