20. _____ (a) Locate improvements within any offsite easements or servitudes benefitting the surveyed property that are disclosed in the Record Documents provided to the surveyor and that are observed in the process of conducting the survey (client to obtain necessary permissions).
My question is where do you stop locating the improvements within the offsite easement that benefits the subject property?
If you have a sanitary easement that benefits your property where do you stop the location?
We are working on a couple of small out parcel site in front of a Walmart. The title commitment lists easements that run all over the Walmart property and a couple of them do benefit our property. Are we supposed to show the whole easement and all structures/improvements on the whole easement across the Walmart lot?
Please can someone shed some light on this.
Thank you
> 20. _____ (a) Locate improvements within any offsite easements or servitudes
>Are we supposed to show the whole easement and all structures/improvements on the whole easement across the Walmart lot?
Yes, I let clients know up front that this one will cost additional time and efforts.
Just my opinion here, but I always thought this was listed for things like cross access agreements and easements for entrances and such. That way they can see how you get into and out of the property and see that its not blocked or anything. The problem is the ALTA standards are worded in such a way that it would include any easements. Of course on some properties, this could get really complex, and you might end up surveying most of the parent tract in following the ALTA standards.
First of all this is a negotiated item in which you need to get in writing, which easements your client wants you to located improvements and for and how far they want you to go. Then you charge accordingly.
Exactly. When the 2011 Standards first came out, I attended a seminar given by Dick Bales (who helped draft the standards) regarding the changes from 2005 to 2011. The discussion about #20 was particularly interesting. In the course of the discussion, someone brought up the example of surveying an outlot in a large mall, where the access road(s) and parking lots could be easements that would affect the outlot. The question was "would I have to get the improvements in the access roads and pertinent parking lots?". The short answer was yes.