Study Material to help prepare for taking the Examinations:

Tennessee Land Surveyors Laws and Regulations, 2000 Edition – A slate blue booklet you should have received with you application form. Issued by the Tennessee Board of Examiners for Land Surveyors, phone: 615-741-3611

Tennessee Boundary Law published by the Tennessee Association of Professional Surveyors, revised 1998. Available from the Tennessee Association of Professional Surveyors, phone : 615-860-9311

Sections of the Tennessee code, state agency regulations and Tennessee Case law related to the practice of surveying, boundaries and subdivisions. This information may be researched at any local law library that catalogues Tennessee law and www.tennesseeanytime.org/main/government/laws.html and www.tennesseeanytime.org/main/justice/courts.html

Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) regulations relative to wetlands, streams, septic systems, and erosion and sediment control. Contact TDEC Environmental Assistance Center, phone: 888-891-8332 or tn.gov.environment/permits/index.html and tn.gov/environment/natural.htm#Program

TDOT Survey Manual and TDOT TGRN Manual by Tennessee Department of Transportation. Available from TDOT Map Sales Office, phone: 615-741-2195 or at www.tdot.state.tn.us/Chief_Engineer/assistant_engineer_design/design/field_surveys.html

Elevation Certificate and Instructions, latest edition, by Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), National Flood Insurance Program. Contact FEMA for this information or view nfip.kevric.com/ecsurveyor/

Any applied drainage manual or text covering the hydrology of storm water runoff and the hydraulics of culverts and open channel flow (some state DOT’s may have in-house drainage manuals available for sale).

ACSM Sample Contracts Manual. A reference manual that describes the essentials of a contract for surveying services. Available from American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, phone: 301-493-0200 or www.survmap.org

Advanced Land Descriptions by Paul Cuomo and Roy Minnick. A book that deals with the essentials of writing various types of proper land descriptions. Available from Landmark Enterprises, Fax: 800-497-2665 or e-mail: www.rhmls@earthlink.net

The following may be useful for the TLS examination as well as the NCEES FLS and PLS examinations and may be ordered from Landmark Enterprises or ACSM or most book stores:

• Definitions of Surveying and Associated Terms, by American Congress on Surveying and Mapping.
• Black’s Law Dictionary (hard cover and soft cover versions available).
• Boundary Control and Legal Principles, by Brown, Robillard and Wilson.
• Evidence and Procedures for Boundary Location, by Brown, Robillard and Wilson.
• A good plane surveying text such as Elementary Surveying by Wolf and Ghilani or Surveying by Moffitt and Bossler.
• Route Surveying and Design, by Gibson and Meyers (or similar book on route geometry).
• Surveying with Construction Applications, by Kavanagh (or similar book on construction surveying).
• State Plane Coordinate System of 1983, by James E. Stem, published by NGS, GPO, www.ngs.noaa.gov/PUBS_LIB/pub_index.html
• Land Survey Review Manual, 3rd Edition, by R.B. Buckner.