The Land Survey Division provides field and office land survey assistance for state agencies, including Land Court and other government jurisdictions.

The major functions of the Land Survey Division include the following:

• Prepares, furnishes and maintains maps and descriptions of all public lands required by other State agencies for the issuance of Governor's Executive Orders, general leases, grants of easements as well as the sale of government lands or purchase of private lands for public purposes.
  
  
• Reviews shoreline maps prepared by private or government surveyors submitted to the State for certification.
  
  
• Reviews and reports all quiet title actions referred by the Department of the Attorney General.
  
  
• Performs mathematical check on all Land Court and File Plan maps.
  
  
• Maintains copy of Land Court and File Plan maps with computations and related data.
  
  
• Furnishes copies of all government subdivisions and boundary survey maps, copies of survey descriptions and other map products, including File Plan and Land Court maps to government agencies, private organizations or individuals.
  
  
• Performs field survey work to establish the boundaries of the various government parcels.
  
  
• Provides topographic and boundary surveys for schools and other public projects.
  
  
• Provides survey triangulation stations information to other agencies and to the public.
  
  
• Serves as an official depository of all Government Survey Registered Maps and other historic maps, field books, calculations and other survey information.