13-222.Action against land surveyor.

Subsection (a) covers older claims, against a "registered land surveyor," for surveys completed after July 26, 1967: no action for damages, or for contribution or indemnity tied to the surveyor's negligence, errors, or omissions, may be brought more than 4 years after the claimant knew or should have known of the problem. That subsection applies only to causes of action that accrued before the 2002 amendment took effect.

Subsection (b) is the current rule, covering a "professional land surveyor": no action for damages — whether for negligence, errors, omissions, torts, breaches of contract, or otherwise — or for contribution or indemnity, may be brought more than 4 years after the claimant knew or should have known of the problem. That discovery period is capped by a 10-year statute of repose from the act or omission, though anyone who discovers the problem before that 10-year mark still keeps a full 4 years to sue. A surety on a payment or performance bond gets the same time limit as the bond principal.

Subsection (b) also extends the clock for minors and people under legal disability: the period doesn't start running until the person turns 18 or the disability is removed, and this current version applies to causes of action accruing on or after the 2002 amendment's effective date.