Qualifications: To be eligible to run for local office, a person must be registered to vote in the district the person seeks to represent. A candidate for the office of surveyor must have resided in the county for at least one year before the election. Term Limits: Four-year terms. No term limits.Duties: The primary duties of the surveyor are:Maintain a legal survey record book for all legal surveys within the county.Keep and maintain a corner record book showing original government section corners.Maintain annexation descriptions and dis-annexation descriptions for each city and town.Certify permit locations, among other duties. Provide technical reviews of plats and drainage systems for the county plan commission. Current Surveyor Salary: $123,278.82