The following checklist is the only checklist that may be used to determine the recordability of records of survey filed pursuant to chapter 58.09 RCW. There may be additional requirements for other maps to meet legal standards. This checklist also applies to maps filed pursuant to the other survey map recording statutes, but for these maps there may be additional sources for determining recordability.

No other checklist is authorized for determining their recordability.

Recording Map Checklist (chapter 332-130 WAC)

Acceptable media:

Acceptable media are:

• Any standard material compatible with county processes; or electronic version of the original.

• All signatures must be made with black ink or ink capable of being imaged.

• The media submitted for filing must not have any material on it that is affixed by adhesive.

Legibility:

All maps must meet the following requirements:

• Uniform contrast throughout the document.

• Symbols and line types that appear to be illegible must be identified in a legend at a drawing scale.

• Fully reproducible by the auditor's recording system regardless of the media used for recording.

• Legible signatures, date, and seals. If seals are not legible, they must be otherwise clarified.

• Text 0.08 inches or larger (vicinity maps, land surveyors' seals; and certificates are excluded).

Indexing:

Maps must include:

• The county recording official's information block must be on the bottom or right edge of the map and must include a space for a recording date, official and deputy official signature, book and page and/or county recording official's file number.

• A title block (shows the name of the preparer, phone number and address, and is on each sheet of multiple sheets).

• Surveyor's certificate must be on the first page, if multiple sheets; seal, date, and signature on each additional sheet.

• The map must provide the following indexing data: Section, township, range and the quarter-quarter(s) or approximate quarter-quarter(s) of the section in which the surveyed parcel lies in written format. A graphical representation may also be used but not in lieu thereof.

Miscellaneous:

If the function of the document submitted is to change a previously filed record, it must also have:

• A title identifying it as a correction, amendment, alteration, or change to a previously filed record.

• A note itemizing the changes.

• Reference number to original recording.

For all maps:

• The sheet must be 18" × 24" unless otherwise designated by the recording official's county code.

• The margins must be 2 inches on the left and 1/2 inch for the others when viewed in landscape orientation.

• In addition to the map being filed there must be two prints included in the submittal; except that, in counties using imaging systems, then fewer prints, as determined by the county recording official, may be allowed.