PS Surveying Exam Guide 2026: Boundary Law, Standards, and Practice
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What is the governing board for land surveyors in Mississippi?
Ms Ls Regulations
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Prepare for the 2026 NCEES PS exam with July 2026 pass rates, the current five-domain blueprint, official reference rules, test policies, and the July 2027 transition.
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Original monument
Boundary Law and Evidence
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How many hours of continuing professional competency (CPC) are required for Mississippi land surveyor license renewal?
Acronym for the township-and-range grid established by the ordinance of May 20, 1785.
Township grid
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Chapter 1: The Mississippi Section Exam, Licensure Law & the Board
1.1 The Mississippi Section PS Exam: Format, Subjects & Study Plan
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How often must a Mississippi land surveyor licensed for 5 years or less complete a PDH in Mississippi Standards of Practice?
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Controlling elements in a deed
When do Mississippi land surveyor licenses expire?
Numbered strip of townships, six miles wide and running north-south, counted east or west from the principal meridian.
What examinations are required for initial Professional Surveyor licensure in Mississippi?
Parol evidence in boundary work
For initial Professional Surveyor licensure in Mississippi (not by comity), what residency requirement applies?
Kind of corner in the federal rectangular surveys whose original position cannot be recovered from traces or testimony, so it is restored by proportionate measurement.
1.2 Title 73, Chapter 13 After HB 1150: Definitions, the Board & Part 901 Chapters 1–4
What is the minimum education requirement for the education-based route to PS licensure in Mississippi?
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Adverse possession
Under Mississippi's standards of practice, what is the primary governing rule for surveying standards?
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Instrument by which the United States grants title to a parcel of public domain land.
Under Mississippi's Standards of Practice, what types of surveys must comply with Section 73-13-71(4) and Section 73-13-73?
Prescriptive easement
What is the minimum plat size required under Mississippi's Standards of Practice?
Acronym for the federal agency, created in 1812 within the Treasury, whose commissioners issued the instructions for the original rectangular surveys.
Federal agencies
1.3 Qualifications, Surveyor Intern Enrollment, Examinations & Comity
How does Mississippi classify surveys in its Standards of Practice?
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Term Pairs
Boundary by acquiescence
What is the minimum unadjusted closure ratio for a Class A survey in Mississippi?
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Acronym for the Interior Department agency that issues the official Manual of Surveying Instructions and files federal cadastral surveys.
What is the angular closure tolerance for a Class B survey in Mississippi?
Riparian vs. littoral rights
What accuracy of bearing is required for a Class C survey in Mississippi?
Official drawing of a survey that shows sections, lots, areas and line data, stripped of details not needed to identify the subdivisions.
Legal descriptions
1.4 Certificate of Authority for Surveying Firms
What distance accuracy is required for a Class A survey in Mississippi?
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Accretion vs. avulsion
What must every survey plat in Mississippi bear regardless of the type of survey?
A, B, or C survey category shown on the drawing with the scale and area, set by the property's use at the time of the survey and any proposed development the client discloses.
Standards of Practice
Under Mississippi Standards of Practice, what must be indicated when discrepancies are found between the survey and the recorded description?
Senior and junior rights
What must be shown on a Mississippi survey plat regarding physical evidence of occupation along boundary lines?
___ of beginning: well-defined monumented location, referenced to the federal public-land surveys or a recorded plat, where a metes and bounds description both starts and ends.
1.5 Continuing Professional Competency, Renewal, Retired Status & Reinstatement
What reference system must Mississippi surveyors follow when their survey involves the U.S. Public Land Survey System?
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