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The County Surveyor is a county’s technical authority on drainage. This means the Surveyor manages the construction, reconstruction, vacation/removal and maintenance of all regulated drains and proposed regulated drains. The County Surveyor often works hand in hand with other community officials to ensure the existing residents are not negatively impacted by development projects. Their efforts help protect the neighbors upstream and downstream from pollution and flooding while the work is underway and after it is completed.County Surveyor duties are many, but a large focus of what they do is meant to reduce flooding, while maintaining clean water in our lakes, ponds, regulated drains, rivers, streams, and wetlands.The County Surveyor keeps annexation and dis-annexation descriptions for each city and town on file. The Surveyor maintains a Legal Survey Record Book for all “legal surveys” within the county. These surveys, prepared by a licensed surveyor, resolve property disputes.The Indiana Constitution officially established the County Surveyor as an elected office with a four-year term. Due to the technical nature of the position and the expertise required, the surveyor has no term limits.