Surveyors — Specific Fees Authorized

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Surveyors are entitled to demand and receive the following compensation and fees for services:

  1. For each search, to be paid by applicant  $ 0.10
  2. For each search and copy required  0.25
  3. For recording a plat and certificate in a well-bound book, furnished by the surveyor  0.50
  4. For services per day, computed from the time of leaving home, and including the actual time necessary for calculating the area of such  surveys  15.00
  5. For all services ordered by a court, at the above rates, to be taxed in the bill of cost.
  6. For summoning and qualifying jury to try dispute in processioning case  1.50
  7. For services in processioning land the same as those for similar work in other cases.

Code 1858, §§ 2023, 4576 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 90, § 3); Acts 1913, ch. 3, § 1; Shan., § 6415; Code 1932, § 10716; Acts 1953, ch. 223, § 1; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2139.

Cross-References. Court-ordered survey, additional compensation, §8-12-108.

Fees fixed by county legislative body, §8-12-107.

Fees taxed in bill of costs, §8-12-109.


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