Providing CAD files, a question…
I’m curious on others thoughts and/or policies on this…
16 years ago, I did a staight-forward property line adjustment survey between 2 parcels in a recorded Partition Plat. It was for a developer who owned both of the original commercial parcels. I didn’t tie all of the boundary monuments for each of the 2 original parcels, only the ones needed to monument the new line. I monumented that new line – as required by law – and I recorded the required Record of Survey map. I provided legal descriptions for each of the new parcels. The developer sold one of the parcels (1 ac.+/-) right away and kept the other 4 ac.+/- undeveloped parcel, which he now has for sale.
I received a request from the engineer of a potential buyer, for my CAD file for the record of survey map. He did ask if I was interested in providing a proposal for a topo survey – I’m not. And I’m also not really interested in providing a CAD file from a 16 year old survey, the line work of which could be re-created in about 10 minutes, using the data given on my recorded survey map. BTW, the developer is OK with me providing the file but understands that he doesn’t own the file and can’t require me to.
Would you or wouldn’t you provide the file and why??
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