About MARLS
MARLS Membership Application
MARLS Marketplace Supplies
MARLS History and Organization
The Montana Association of Registered Land Surveyors (MARLS) is a statewide organization of professional land surveyors licensed to execute land surveys in the State of Montana and dedicated to improving the quality of professional land surveying and land records in the state. This organization not only supports the land surveyors at the state level but also at the national level. MARLS is a charter member of the Western Federation of Professional Surveyors and an affiliate member of the
American Congress on Surveying and Mapping.MARLS held its first meeting on April 30, 1963. At that meeting, it was decided that an association needed to be formed "to further and protect the interests of the profession of land surveying". Eight points were adopted as guidelines on how this was to be done. The membership started out with 28 members. MARLS currently has approximately 500 members and eight state chapters. Click here for a MARLS membership application.
The
MARLS Board of Directors and Committee Chairs hold meetings every quarter. These dedicated people deserve our thanks and gratitude because without them the surveying profession in Montana would not be what it is today.Although MARLS continues to grow every year, it is not just enough to be a member. It takes all of the employees in the land surveying profession within the state to be active and recruiting members.
MARLS is your
Continuing Education and training organization, providing annual conferences and Metnet seminars to help you meet your continuing education requirements for the State of Montana.MARLS monitors and proposes Legislation regarding the surveying profession with a lobbyist working with the MARLS Legislative committee..
Included in MARLS web site is a
Schedule of Events, so that you can look forward and see what is coming. Also included is a Directory of Related Links. This directory will easily help you get to other areas of important surveying related information; for example, you will be able to find the web pages of ACSM, POB Magazine, National Geodetic Survey, and many other survey related organizations. We have also made it easier for our surveyors to order their supplies through the MARLS Marketplace. Here you can order your Standards of Practice Manuals, LS monument signs, books, pins, hats, or Certified Corner Recordation Forms and much more.