Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 62-18-102 (2026)
Part definitions
✓ current as of May 2026
As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
- (1) "Board" means the state board of examiners for land surveyors, provided for by this part;
- (2) "Land surveyor" means a person who is engaged in the practice of land surveying;
- (3) "Practice of land surveying" means any service of work, the adequate performance of which involves the application of special knowledge of the principles of mathematics, the related physical and applied sciences and the relevant requirements of law for adequate evidence to the act of measuring and locating lines, angles, elevations, natural and man-made features in the air, on the surface of the earth, within underground workings and on the beds of bodies of water for the purpose of determining areas and volumes, for the monumenting of property boundaries and for the platting and layout of lands and subdivisions of land, including the topography, drainage, alignment and grades of streets, and for the preparation and perpetuation of maps, records, plats, field notes, records and property descriptions that represent these surveys; and
- (4) A person shall be construed to "practice or offer to practice" land surveying within the meaning and intent of this part, who:
- (A) Engages in land surveying;
- (B) By verbal claim, sign, letterhead, card or in any other way represents that the person is a land surveyor; or
- (C) Represents that the person is able to perform land surveying in this state.
Acts 1969, ch. 207, § 2; 1979, ch. 97, § 1; T.C.A., § 62-1802.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1999–2021 · leading case: Bowden Bldg. Corp. v. Tennessee Real Est. Comm'n, 15 S.W.3d 434 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999).
Bowden Bldg. Corp. v. Tennessee Real Est. Comm'n, 15 S.W.3d 434 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999). “sale or other disposition of real estate owned by the corporation; however, this exemption does not apply to a person ■who performs an act described in § 62-18-102(3)(A) either as a vocation or for compensation, if the amount of the compensation is dependent upon, or directly…”
Anthony Myers v. Allen Bryan, III (Tenn. Ct. App. 2001). “As pertinent to the issues on this appeal, T.C.A. § 62-18-102(3) (1997) – as alluded to in T.”
Kraatz & Craig Surveying Inc. v. Comm'r, 134 T.C. 167 (2010). “That Opinion answers the question: “Does the statute ( Tenn. Code Ann. §62-18-102 (3), defining the “practice of land surveying”) allow land surveyors to conduct and perform drainage design and calculations required for the construction of subdivisions, including determining the…”
Clarksville Towers, LLC v. John Straussberger (Tenn. Ct. App. 2021). “A “remote contractor” is defined as: a person, including a land surveyor as defined in § 62-18-102 and a person licensed to practice architecture or engineering under title 62, chapter 2, who provides work or labor or who furnishes material, services, equipment or machinery in…”
Hefferlin + Kronenberg Architects, PLLC v. CLP Dev., LLC (Tenn. Ct. App. 2012). “s, vines, small fruits, flowers, nursery stock, or vegetation or decorative materials of any kind; the taking down, cleanup, or removal of any existing shrubs, trees, plants, vines, small fruits, flowers, nursery stock, or vegetation or decorative materials of any kind then…”
Curtis Meredith v. Cruthchfield Surveys (Tenn. Ct. App. 2005). “§ 28-3-114 (b) provides as follows: “Practice of land surveying” as used in this section includes, but is limited to, those activities set forth in § 62-18-102(3), and the establishment or reestablishment of corners, boundaries, and locations of lots, parcels, tracts, or…”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 62-18-102(3) — 2 cases
Anthony Myers v. Allen Bryan, III (Tenn. Ct. App. 2001). “As pertinent to the issues on this appeal, T.C.A. § 62-18-102(3) (1997) – as alluded to in T.”
Curtis Meredith v. Cruthchfield Surveys (Tenn. Ct. App. 2005). “§ 28-3-114 (b) provides as follows: “Practice of land surveying” as used in this section includes, but is limited to, those activities set forth in § 62-18-102(3), and the establishment or reestablishment of corners, boundaries, and locations of lots, parcels, tracts, or…”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 62-18-102(3)(A) — 1 case
Bowden Bldg. Corp. v. Tennessee Real Est. Comm'n, 15 S.W.3d 434 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999). “sale or other disposition of real estate owned by the corporation; however, this exemption does not apply to a person ■who performs an act described in § 62-18-102(3)(A) either as a vocation or for compensation, if the amount of the compensation is dependent upon, or directly…”
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