The creation and processing of survey sketch are one of the most common activities with which a surveyor encounters in practice. A survey sketch in the Slovak Republic must be created in accordance with existing regulations to date: Directive for measuring and executing changes in the file of geodetic information of the Cadastre of the real estates" and Directive for the creation of survey sketches and the setting-out of the boundary of a lot". In the context with development of surveying technology and changes in legislation of the Department of Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre, there were also several changes related to the creation and final processing of the survey sketches. For that reason, the Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre Authority of the Slovak Republic released a series of guidelines, according to which it is now necessary to create survey sketches. The present paper is devoted to an overview of individual regulations in the period 2009-2014, under which it is necessary to submit a survey sketch in a complex form of the proof of authentication of survey sketch to the appropriate Cadastral Department of the district office.