§ 5-427
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§5–427.
(1)In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
(2)“Practice land surveying” has the same meaning as provided in § 15–101 of the Business Occupations and Professions Article.
(3)“Professional land surveyor” means a land surveyor who is licensed by the State Board for Professional Land Surveyors to practice land surveying.
(b)A professional land surveyor, or an agent or employee of a professional land surveyor, who enters a property to practice land surveying may not be held liable under the common law tort of trespass.
(c)This section does not:
(1)Affect, and may not be construed as affecting, any immunities from civil liability or defenses established by any other provision of the Code or available at common law or equity to which a professional land surveyor, or an agent or employee of a professional land surveyor, may be entitled; or
(2)Impair the right of a person to seek redress under any other provision of the Code or at common law or equity for conduct by a professional land surveyor, or an agent or employee of a professional land surveyor, that is otherwise actionable.