TITLE
Title
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A REQUEST FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA GEODETIC SURVEY TO SURVEY, MARK, AND MAP THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN GUILFORD AND FORSYTH COUNTIES
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SPONSOR
Sponsor
Ben Chavis
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BACKGROUND
Background
A resolution to establish the boundary line between Forsyth County and Guilford County was adopted by the Guilford County Board of Commissioners in 1964. However, coordinate system changes and the removal of boundary markers has resulted in the exact location of the boundary between Forsyth and Guilford Counties becoming uncertain. This resolution is to request that the North Carolina Geodetic Survey (NCGS) survey, mark, and map the boundary so that it is legally recognized by the State upon completion of the survey.
N.C.G.S. 153A-18(a) provides, If two or more counties are uncertain as to the exact location of the boundary between them, the North Carolina Geodetic Survey (NCGS), on a cooperative basis, shall assist counties in defining and monumenting the location of the uncertain or disputed boundary as established in accordance with law. Upon receiving written request from all counties adjacent to the uncertain or disputed boundary, the NCGS may cause the boundary to be surveyed, marked, and mapped. The counties may appoint special commissioners to supervise the surveying, marking, and mapping. A commissioner so appointed or a person surveying or marking the boundary may enter upon private property to view and survey the boundary or to erect boundary markers. Upon ratification of the survey by the board of commissioners of each county, a map showing the surveyed boundary shall be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of each county in the manner provided by law for the recordation of maps or plats and in the Secretary of State's office. The map shall contain a reference to the date of each resolution of ratification and to the page in the minutes of each board of commissioners where the resolution may be found. Upon recordation...
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