• Property survey
• Dealing with boundary disputes (this function comes under the department of the Deputy Governor of the State)
• Ecological survey
• Acquisition and compartmentalisation for forestation
• Assisting the courts by providing crown survey evidence for land disputes
• Provision of survey controls
• Mapping (geographical, aviation, irrigation)
• Running a survey training school
  
  

• Site works
• Traverse
• Computerisation
• Cartography
• Drawing of maps
• Checking

• Size of Plans and Format to be used
  Any plan intended for registration must be in five (5) copies of print format and one cloth copy. The plan must not be more than 75 centimctres in width and 300 centimetres in length unless in the opinion of the Surveyor General a plan of greater width or length is necessary. No plan should be smaller than 35 centimetres by 40 centimetres.
• Accuracy and Quality
  All plans being presented for registration must be neat, of good quality draftsmanship and drawn accurately to scale
• Margin
  A marginal outline not less than 2 centimetres from the edge of the plan is to be drawn around all sides of the plan. No information is to appear outside the marginal line.
• Outlining
  The area of the plan to be registered is to be outlined. Neither the symbols nor the data on the plan should be obscured by the outline. When outlining a plan, careful consideration is to be given to the line weight. The outline is to be 3 to 4 times the thickness of the normal line weight of the plan. It must be bold enough to eliminate any possibility of confusion as to the area that is to be registered under the plan.
• Heading-
  Each plan must bear a heading, preferably on the top right-harid side, which states:
  1. The nature or type of plan, e.g., "Plan showing survey of Public Work (Road)" or "Plan showing survey of Subdivision of Lot I, Block 7, Plan 881000 I within the NW 1-20-4-4"
  2. The location of the area affected described by quarter section, section, township, range and meridian or by river lot or by lot, block and registered plan number and the quarter section, section, township, range and meridian. If the area shown on the plan is a re-subdivision of part of an area, the words "part of' are to be included in the heading. If a plan shows a river lot or settlement lot, the theoretical township identifier must be shown
  3. The full name of the locality
  4. The scale of the plan. No company logos are permitted on the plans;

• Scale-
  The I, 2 and 5 scale (i.e., I :500, I: 1000, I :2000, I :5000), the National Standard of Nigeria scale, should be adhered to. No plan should be on a ratio scale of less than one to five thousand. In addition to the scale statement in the heading, scales are to be shown graphically.
• Details-
  Details should be shown in an enlargement when any portion of a new plan of survey requires excessive information or where the scale of the plan is such that all of the information cannot be shown in the body of the plan. The scale of the detail must always be shown and should follow I :500 scales.
• Arrangement of Data -
  All data is to be legible and must be placed on the plan so that it can be read from left to right or from the bottom to the top of the plan. Survey control data shown on the plan must not cross lot lines. In cases where this becomes necessary, a separate network for control ties should be shown on the plan. If the control ties are shown on the body of the plan, they must be shown in broken 'lines.
• Orientation-
  The orientation of the survey must be shown properly as advised by the Survey Department.
  10. Plan Registration Information -
  The following is to be drafted on the top right hand corner of the plan:
  Plan No. _____________________________________
  Entered and Registered on ______________________
  Instrument number ____________________________
  A.D. Registrar
• Surveyor's Affidavit -
  All plans of survey not being a plan produced by the Surveyor General or Officers of his department must be accompanied by an affidavit.
  The following information is to be drafted on the plan:
  Permit Stamp (if applicable)
  Name of the Surveyor:
  Surveyed between the dates of _______________ and __________ in accordance with the provisions of the Survey Law CAP 147 Revised Laws ofEnugu State 2004.
• Legend - The legend is to contain an explanation of all symbols ,ami abbreviations or other information required to interpret the plan of survey.

Where there is an omission, clerical error or other defect in a registered plan, the Director of Lands may correct the plan if he is satisfied that the correction, will not adversely affect any person or if all persons who may be adversely affected have consented to the correction. The Surveyor General must consent to the correction. It is important to note that "an omission, clerical error or other defect in a registered plan" is restricted to defects other than an actual survey error. The terms "omission" and "clerical error" do not encompass a survey error and accordingly, "other defect" must be restricted in its meaning in accordance with the ejusdem generis rule of interpretation. The Director of Land cannot use this section to approve corrections to plans, which have the effect of moving monuments or altering property boundaries.

There may be situations where other methods can be used to correct title boundary problems in place of registering an actual correction to a plan through the use of oile of the types of orders described above. Documents such as transfers of land, road closing bylaws and plan cancellation bylaws all registered in conjunction with new plans of survey may be acceptable to correct the title boundary problems. Using this method to correct title boundary problems would also require various approvals, such as subdivision approval, if the boundary issue were being resolved by way of a new subdivision. It is impvrlant to note that there is a difference between correcting a title boundary problem through the registration of new documents and plans vs. the registration of an order which directs that survey monuments, and thus title bouildaries, be moved.

1. A Document Registration Request Form (D.R.R.)
2. A tier from the State Surveyor General containing the following information:
   1. A detailed explanation of the nature of the error or defect and the corrections to be made. The corrections can either be in a list form or marked on a copy of the plan trimmed off to sheets no larger than I I Y2 x 14 inches
   2. A statement that no improvements have been made (e.g. fence, driveway, garage, setback requirements, utilities) relying on the incorrect information on the plan and that the correction will not create any encroachments or have any other adverse affects
   3. Advise whether the corrections affect any other registered plans
   4. A statement that no monuments have been moved or removed
   5. A statement that no property boundaries are being altered or moved
   6. Consent from the owner(s). Note that this consent is usually required where areas or distances are to be amended.