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title: "Breach of the rules on topographic, geodetic and cartographic activity (Art. 177⁸)"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/administrative-and-public-law-en/breach-of-the-rules-on-topographic-geodetic-and-cartographic-activity-art-1778-en"
field: "Administrative & Public Law"
description: "Art. 177⁸: breaches of the rules on topographic, geodetic and cartographic activity. Individuals: warning or 50–100 lari; legal entities 100–200 lari. Legal.ge."
updated: "2026-10-14"
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---

# Breach of the rules on topographic, geodetic and cartographic activity (Art. 177⁸)

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## What Article 177⁸ is about and whom it concerns

Article 177⁸ of the Georgian Administrative Offences Code governs liability for breaches of the rules connected with topographic, geodetic and cartographic activity. The norm concerns the professionals of this field directly — surveyors, cartographers — and the companies that commission or carry out such work. It unites three directions: failure to comply with the lawful demands of the state geodetic supervision body; breach of technical norms and standards in the course of the works; and breach of the rules on recording, storing and using the relevant materials and data.

If you have received a warning or a fine under this article, this page explains which actions fall under the norm, what sanctions are provided for natural persons and for legal entities, and where the zone begins in which a challenge to the decision still has room.

The norm is addressed both to individual specialists and to firms that carry out geodetic work as part of wider projects: the warning and the fine are provided for natural persons and for legal entities alike, though in different amounts. If correspondence with the supervision body exists, the story of the case should begin exactly there, because the demands and your answers to them shape what later became the charge.

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### Which actions are punishable under Article 177⁸?

Three directions: failure to comply with the lawful demands of the state geodetic supervision body; breach of technical norms and standards during topographic, geodetic and cartographic works; and breach of the rules on recording, storing and using the relevant materials and data. In each case the exact requirement that was breached must be established.

### How much is the fine?

For a natural person — a warning or a fine of 50 to 100 lari. For a legal entity — a fine of 100 to 200 lari. A small amount does not mean the decision cannot be challenged: checking its grounds is always possible.

### Can a company receive a warning instead?

Under the wording of the article, the warning-or-fine alternative is written for natural persons, while for legal entities only a fine is provided — 100 to 200 lari. So a warning is not provided for a legal entity under this article.

### The supervision body's demand was groundless, yet I was fined anyway?

The article is built on lawful demands — non-compliance with an unlawful demand should not, on the same logic, attract liability. Whether the demand was lawful is a question of fact, refuted with evidence, and that work is done together with a lawyer.