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What to do now….
Surveyor A executes a boundary survey of existing properties in a PLSS state (Section 36 and US survey). All the properties surveyed (farm and timber) are owned by the same individual but have never been consolidated. Said Surveyor A does not tie into any Section corners, US Survey corners and does not find any existing controlling monuments for the tracts. Surveyor A locates public road improvements and an existing RR bed (abandoned, rails removed). Surveyor A calc’s up a resolution, writes up a legal description of the consolidated tracts.
Fast forward 2 years…. Surveyor A is not in the picture. Surveyor B discovers the plat was never recorded (per County Recorder) and the pins were never set. Per the county’s request and the client, Surveyor B records Surveyor A’s survey (which was signed and sealed by Surveyor A at the time of the survey).
Surveyor B goes to the field to set the pins and finds existing monuments 80 feet away.
What to do now…Corrective plat? Resurvey of the plat recorded and show variation? Duck and Cover?
Just to spice it up a bit, the property was conveyed months ago based on the prepared descriptions…
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