The operational management of the cadastral survey is the responsibility of the cantons: they plan and manage the various operations and define the specific standards for their own cantonal purposes. They verify and approve their cadastral surveying activities in order to give them an official stamp. The documents then become legally binding in accordance with the provisions of the Swiss Civil Code.

19 cantons use their own agency for the management of their cadastral survey.

The cantons of Appenzell Innerrhoden, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Glarus, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Uri and Jura, plus the Principality of Liechtenstein, have delegated their operational management to the Federal Directorate for Cadastral Surveying, which means that the latter assumes responsibility for the associated tasks under the direction of a licensed surveyor.