# Ind. Code § 36-2-12-7: Expiration of surveyor's term

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## Section

- **Citation:** Ind. Code § 36-2-12-7
- **Heading:** Expiration of surveyor's term
- **Jurisdiction:** Indiana
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 2 / Chapter 12 / Section 36-2-12-7

## Text

Sec. 7. (a) At the expiration of the surveyor's term of office, the surveyor shall turn over to the surveyor's successor all engineering and survey work in which the surveyor is engaged.

(b) At the expiration of the surveyor's term of office, the surveyor's duties as surveyor, including the surveyor's duties as county engineer or as the engineer on public improvement work of any kind, cease, and those duties shall be performed by the surveyor's successor, unless by mutual agreement the surveyor whose term is expiring is permitted to continue performing those duties on public improvements.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 17-3-65-1.]

As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.87.

## Nearby sections

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