Protección de hitos de control geodésico y límites de propiedad

Explicación Simple

Esta ley dice que no puedes mover o destruir ciertos marcadores en la tierra que ayudan a los topógrafos a saber dónde están los límites de las propiedades. Si lo haces, es considerado un delito.

Es como si alguien decidiera quitar las señales de tránsito en una carretera; sin ellas, los conductores no sabrían a dónde ir y podrían chocar.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan está construyendo una cerca en su terreno y decide quitar un hito de propiedad que marca el límite con el terreno de su vecino, Carlos. Esto puede causar problemas legales entre ellos, ya que el hito es importante para saber dónde termina su propiedad.

Penalidades

Es ilegal mover, alterar, destruir o quitar estos monumentos, pero el texto no menciona penalidades específicas.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

SECTION 16-11-680. Destruction or removal of geodetic control or property corner monuments. (A) As used in this section: (1) "Geodetic control monuments" means those land surveying monuments which are established by federal, state, and local governments, and private entities, the position of which monuments on the earth's surface has been fixed by high-order surveying and computation for use by the land surveyors. Such monuments may be in the form of, but are not limited to, metal, disks set in concrete, rock, or some other fixed permanent object, the horizontal and vertical positions of which have been published by the agency which established the monument and made available to the public as well as to land surveyors and engineers for public use. (2) "Property corner monuments" means those land surveying monuments which are established by a licensed professional land surveyor to identify property corners or property lines, the location and description of which are made a part of any recorded or unrecorded plat or any instrument pertaining to real property filed in the register of deeds office or other public office of any county of this State. These surveying monuments may be any permanent or semipermanent object or any live or dead tree material including, but not limited to: (a) iron or steel pipes, rebars, spikes, nails, scribed marks in concrete, or metal rods; (b) concrete markers, including highway right of way markers; (c) stone or rock, whether natural or erected; (d) trees, stumps, stakes, and marks, including those marks made on trees, concrete, or metal; (e) and such other monuments as may be described in plats, instruments of record, and federal, state, and local law. (B)(1) It is unlawful for a person to maliciously or fraudulently move, alter, destroy, or