Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Illinois

Is it illegal to remove surveyor stakes placed to mark property lines?


Asked on 8/21/10, 6:47 pm

3 Answers from Attorneys
Charles Dobra Charles Wm. Dobra, Ltd.

Not that I know of.

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Answered on 8/26/10, 7:59 pm
Thomas Moens Moens Law Offices, Chartered

Yes, it most definitely is. 765 ILCS 205/11 (from Ch. 109, par. 10.1)

Sec. 11.

Any unauthorized person who knowingly damages, destroys or removes a stake, pin, monument or other survey marker shall, be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. For purposes of this Section, a surveyor who moves a stake, pin, monument or other survey marker for the purpose of correcting a survey is an authorized person.

(Source: P. A. 77‑2561.)

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Answered on 8/27/10, 8:08 am
Burton Padove Indiana and Illinois Lawyer, Burton A. Padove

So the question is whether the person doing the removal is authorized to do so.

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Answered on 8/27/10, 12:10 pm


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