I think the owner is simply naive and ignorant. They paid you 8 years ago or 5 or whatever, and it was good then. They do not realize what an ALTA Survey is. They really only need to read the Minimum Standards, and they would know that you cannot simply provide a new cert. In fact, there are a whole new set of Minimum Standards in 2016.
@flga-2
If buyer client accepted a "recertified" ALTA...using outdated standards...I wonder which E&O would have to pay out...the surveyor's or the attorney that suggested it?
I think title law brings out the worst because most lawyers don't actually know what they are doing in it. They assume they can deal with it, but law in different areas is very specialized.
AMEN!
I recently explained to a client's attorney that "updating" an old survey caused me to incur the same liability as I did originally, and that asking me to provide the same information for less money was fundamentally unfair. He understood me perfectly, talked to his client, and the retainer fee was here in short order.
