The Surveyor General Diagram is the fundamental registerable document prepared by the land surveyor. The essential information shown on a diagram is:
- The unique designation of the property.
- An illustration showing the property.
- The boundary description listing the corner beacons and the details of any curvilinear boundary.
- Descriptions of the corner beacons.
- A table listing the numerical data of the boundaries.
- The size of the property.
The most common type of diagram is a Subdivisional Diagram which in essence is cutting off a portion of a parent property. Other diagrams are:
- Servitude diagrams for registering servitudes over an existing property.
- Lease diagrams for registering long leases over portions of properties.
- Consolidation diagrams when it is required to consolidate several individual properties into one, taking out certificates of consolidated title.
- Mineral diagrams to register mineral rights separately from the land rights.
- Mining title diagrams for registering the right to extract minerals from the land.
With the exception of mining title diagrams, which are registered with the Department of Minerals and Energy, these diagrams are registered together with their deeds in a deeds registry.
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