It was brought to my attention that I made a typo on a bearing call for a plat that was issued in 2003.
The attorney that caught the error has requested that I correct the plat and send him a copy so that he can record the survey with the act of correction.
At this point I do not see a problem with that, and have made a note explaining what had happened and that no additional field work had been performed, but I thought that I should run it by the "board" and see if my thoughts are wrong.
Thanks,
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While I'll almost always say 'it depends', I've done the same thing. I add a revision date, and add the note..no big deal in the end.
Sounds fine to me as long as the note shows clearly that the change was only to correct a minor scrivenor's error and nothing else on the face of the plat.
N-E instead of S-W? or a "real" typo?
No, SW when it should have been SE.
I think the bearing was labeled N91°W...
🙂
No, that would have been on YOUR plat. 😉
Which reminds me of the old days, telling the IM to turn 89-59-60.
> Which reminds me of the old days, telling the IM to turn 89-59-60.
I remember the DOS C&G software would sometimes spit angles like that out in the stakeout report.
Is this a survey or a subdivision? The term "plat" gets thrown around in more than one way it seems. Are you in a recording state? If it is a subdivision, then it would be simple to correct with an affidavit.
Do not feel bad. It happens. I did the same thing a few months ago. Thankfully it was caught at the courthouse, but, not until after the deed and mortgage had been filed. I paid for the refiling of the deed and getting the title company happy. No big deal.
About 10 years ago I discovered a similar error made by a then-deceased surveyor about 30 years earlier on the boundary of a 30 lot subdivision around a small lake. I was surveying the remainder tract that adjoined the subdivision which had changed hands several times in those 30 years.
Around here, everything is a plat whether one tract or 50.
No, not a recording state. To me, a plat, is a plat, is a plat.
Can you file an affidavit rather than a new plat drawing?
I thought that would be better, but the attorney is requesting a corrected plat.
Around here, a plat refers to a subdivision of land for the purpose of recording.
If that is the same for you, then an affidavit would be the easiest solution.
Just for one screwed up Letter of the alphabet?????
yep.
How long has he been practicing? Seems like the request of an inexperienced individual. I'd press for an affidavit.
And If I don't?
the bright side
At least with a Bearing error, a user of your plan would most likely notice the error and be able to figure out it was a simple East-West error. No such luxury with a coordinate error.
