Florida/Georgia Personal Injury & Workers Compensation

You're probably overthinking it. Call a lawyer.

Call Now: 904-383-7448
Florida Statute 472.031 - Full Text and Legal Analysis
Florida Statute 472.031 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Link to State of Florida Official Statute
F.S. 472.031 Case Law from Google Scholar Google Search for Amendments to 472.031

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Chapter 472
LAND SURVEYING AND MAPPING
View Entire Chapter
472.031 Prohibitions; penalties.
(1) No person shall:
(a) Practice or offer to practice surveying and mapping unless such person is registered pursuant to ss. 472.001-472.037;
(b) Use the name or title “registered surveyor and mapper,” “surveyor and mapper,” “professional surveyor and mapper,” “land surveyor,” “surveyor,” or any combination thereof when such person has not registered pursuant to ss. 472.001-472.037;
(c) Present as his or her own the registration of another;
(d) Knowingly give false or forged evidence to the board or a member thereof; or
(e) Use or attempt to use a registration that has been suspended or revoked.
(2) Any person who is found to be in violation of any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
History.ss. 33, 42, ch. 79-243; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 5, 7, ch. 89-137; s. 103, ch. 91-224; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 95, ch. 94-119; s. 343, ch. 97-103; s. 11, ch. 2001-63; s. 7, ch. 2002-41.

F.S. 472.031 on Google Scholar

F.S. 472.031 on CourtListener

Amendments to 472.031


Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 472.031
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S472.031 1a - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - PRACTICE SURVEYING MAPPING W/O REGISTRATION - M: F
S472.031 1b - FRAUD-IMPERSON - USE TITLE SURVEYOR MAPPER W/O REGIST - M: F
S472.031 1c - FRAUD-IMPERSON - PRESENT REGISTRATION OF OTHER SURVEYOR MAPPER - M: F
S472.031 1d - PASS FORGED - GIVE FORGED EVIDENCE TO BOARD OR MEMBER - M: F
S472.031 1d - FRAUD-FALSE STATEMENT - GIVE FALSE INFO TO BOARD OR MEMBER - M: F
S472.031 1e - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - USE SUSPENDED REVOKED REGISTRATION - M: F

Cases Citing Statute 472.031

Total Results: 1  |  Sort by: Relevance  |  Newest First

Copy

Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1984).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

...472, the following statement: The Legislature finds that improper land surveying of land, water, and space presents a significant threat to the public and therefore deems it necessary to regulate land surveyors as provided in ss. 472.001 -472.039. (e.s.) Section 472.031 (1)(a), F.S., provides "No person shall: [p]ractice land surveying unless such person is registered pursuant to ss....
...quality in order to assure adequate and defensible real property boundary locations and other pertinent information provided by land surveyors. . . ." This provision, read in pari materia with the legislative intent in s 472.001 , the language of s 472.031 (1)(a) and (2) and the extremely broad and open-ended definition of land surveying contained in s 472.005 (4)(a) and (b), indicates to me that the Legislature intended to regulate all persons who engage in the practice of land surveying as de...
...t to the administration and enforcement of Ch. 472 , F.S. Thus, it is my view that the general rule stated above should not apply to a construction of Ch. 472 so as to exempt state employees from its licensing provisions, since (1) by the terms of s 472.031 the law applies to "persons" — the agents of the state or its employees — not to the state itself and (2) Ch....