Montana state-specific land surveyor examination — Information & Free Practice
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Montana state-specific land surveyor examination
- Provider
- ISO-Quality Testing, Inc. (IQT)
- Format
- Computer-based; Board currently describes the examination as open book.
- Time limit
- 2 hours
- Passing score
- 70 percent under ARM 24.183.509(6), Board-hosted compilation as of September 30, 2022.
Practice scope
Inferred from the examination name; the authority has not published an examination outline.
- MCA Title 7, Chapter 4, Part 28 — Office of County Surveyor
- MCA Title 7, Chapter 5, Part 25 — Vacation of Plats
- MCA Title 37, Chapter 1 — General Provisions
- MCA Title 37, Chapter 67 — Engineers and Land Surveyors
- MCA Title 70, Chapter 1 — Property in General Real and Personal
- MCA Title 70, Chapter 15 — Definitions and Kinds of Estates in Real Property
- MCA Title 70, Chapter 16 — Rights and Obligations Incidental to Ownership in Real Property
- MCA Title 70, Chapter 17 — Servitudes, Easements, and Covenants Running with the Land
- MCA Title 70, Chapter 18 — Real Property — Accession, Fixtures and Watercourses
- MCA Title 70, Chapter 19 — Real Property Actions Generally, Limitations and Adverse Possession
- MCA Title 70, Chapter 20 — Transfer of Real Property
- MCA Title 70, Chapter 21 — Recording Transfers and Other Transactions Relating to Real Property
- MCA Title 70, Chapter 22 — Corner Recordation Act, Surveys and Coordinates
- MCA Title 70, Chapter 23 — Unit Ownership Act — Condominiums
- MCA Title 70, Chapter 28 — Quieting Title to Real Property
- MCA Title 70, Chapter 30 — Eminent Domain
- MCA Title 71, Chapter 3, Part 5 — Construction Liens
- MCA Title 76, Chapter 1 — Planning Boards
- MCA Title 76, Chapter 2 — Planning and Zoning
- MCA Title 76, Chapter 3 — Local Regulation of Subdivisions
- MCA Title 76, Chapter 4, Part 1 — Sanitation in Subdivisions
- MCA Title 76, Chapter 5, Part 4 — Use of Flood Plains and Floodways
- MCA § 27-2-208 — Actions for Damages Arising Out of Work on Improvements to Real Property or Land Surveying
- MCA § 82-11-122 — Notice of Intention to Drill or Conduct Seismic Operations — Notice to Surface Owners
- ARM Title 24, Chapter 183 — Board of Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors
- ARM Title 36, Chapter 25, Subchapter 11 — Navigable Waterways
- ARM Title 17, Chapter 36 — Subdivisions/On-site Subsurface Wastewater Treatment
- ARM Title 36, Chapter 22, Subchapters 3 and 6 — Oil and Gas Conservation
Examination sources
- study-guide
Study guide, page 1 — title
- study-guide
Study guide page 1 — complete MCA enumeration
- study-guide
Study guide page 2 — complete ARM enumeration
- exam-information
Exam Information — Montana state-specific PLS examination
- https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0070/chapter_0040/part_0270/section_0110/0070-0040-0270-0110.html
MCA § 7-4-2711
- arm-183-2022
ARM 24.183.509(6) — state examination passing score
- exam-information
Exam Information — Board approval and IQT registration
- mca-37-67-327
MCA § 37-67-327
Related license preparation
This examination may be required or accepted as an alternative, depending on the license and application pathway.