Not true in every case Larry, but good point.
> That’s right. If the Title Company doesn’t provided it for you, it’s pretty much a waste of time for you to find it for yourself and plot it.
Ian, you must work with different title companies than I do. Worthless entities that they are these days (in my opinion), title companies hardly provide anything anymore, except for prelims with big gaping holes in them. Their plants have been reduced to digital warehouses in which many of the important maps and documents were lost or so poorly scanned that they're effectively unavailable, the title officers who knew anything about regional (let alone local) title have all retired, the escrow officers know and care nothing about things like zoning, and the focus of the whole operation is to move paper through to closing as fast as possible with as little human intervention as can be arranged, and hope that it all turns out okay in the end.
So when my client stipulates that Item 6 is to be shown, and I say "I'm waiting for the title company to send me the document," I'm going to wait a long time to finish the survey and get paid, because title company staff doesn't have the first clue about how to figure out the zoning. If, on the other hand, I provide an indication of the current zoning status -- which may not bear any relationship to the zoning that was in force when the buildings were built anyway -- and qualify that indication with a source citation, I can give the client what he (thinks he) wants, finish the job and get paid.
No damage claims against me in almost 20 years, knock wood!
We must do, Jim. I recently had a title officer go to Solano County and pull a series of deeds dating back to 1856 in order to clear up an easement mess.
I get great service from the title companies I deal with.
The only Land Title Survey I've shown setback info on used the data provided for me by the title company.
Clearly different experiences, Jim.
My contracts spell out that I get readable copies of all Schedule B docs...and I do...even the PTR that had over 60 exceptions.
It's like deja vu all over again, then again.