I'm in the process of buying a home and one of the surveyors said that I can't sign my survey. Is this true? I tried to google it but not much..
Assuming that you are no longer an LSIT in NJ......I doubt that there is any legal prohibition.?ÿ But it might be seemly to have "one of the surveyors" sign it for you, just to keep up appearances.?ÿ
There is nothing in the Oklahoma Statutes concerning preparing a survey for property you either own or are attempting to own, even though some might think the optics of doing so aren't favorable.?ÿ I personally don't see anything wrong with it and I've done it numerous times over the years.?ÿ The last time was in 2010 when I sold my folk's old homestead.?ÿ I was not only the seller, I was also the surveyor that signed a proper and current survey of the property.?ÿ Talk about warranting the deed!
The one thing surveyors fight every day is the fact that our work will be subject to scrutiny from anyone, anytime and sometimes forever.?ÿ You should be able to trust an able land surveyor to perform professionally on any property. Where lays the title is almost an afterthought to our work.?ÿ
That's my 1/50th. of a dollar.?ÿ
I agree that, barring a statutory prohibition, there's nothing unethical about surveying one's own property.?ÿ The bigger question is, "Do any of the principals in a transaction in which I'm involved object?"?ÿ That would likely be the controlling factor.
I was recently approached by a guy whom I've never met but who shares a back line with my next-door neighbor.?ÿ He's suing my neighbor over the siting of the new fence the neighbor built, claiming that it's several feet on his property.?ÿ He asked if I would be willing to survey the line to substantiate his case, and I said, "Sure!," but cautioned him that involving a surveyor who's so close to the situation might not be a good idea.?ÿ I advised him to ask his attorney, and he got back to me a few days later saying that his attorney told him to get someone else.?ÿ I recommended a colleague who live in another city.
Nothing prevents you from doing it in Georgia Or Alabama, it is only your own conscience that prevents you.
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I would question the thinking of the person not wanting me to survey my own property.
In Florida you can sign and seal a survey of your own property. I had a house built in 2000 and there was no way I would do the survey. Because if something went wrong or the house was not positioned properly who would I sue? Me? Not gonna happen. So a reputable surveyor that worked for the builder did all the surveying. We had set all lot corners in this subdivision previously and I'll be damned, this "other surveyor" pin-cushioned every one of my corners. The iron rod markers are side by side with the caps touching. Go figure? ???? ?ÿ
Like Paden, this has happened a number of times for me. ?ÿNothing improper about it. ?ÿJust be certain you are doing things identically to how you do them on every job. ?ÿYou may be questioned severely for any subjective decisions by some, like a coach playing their own child ahead of your own.
Like the coach, you will be suspected of bias.?ÿ If you sued a judge would you trust them to hear the case??ÿ
How can you slept at night knowing your own property in a pin cushion?
I would not Survey my own property, maybe and a big maybe if it was for a lot and block and all the corners were found.?ÿ If it was any kind of acreage I would not Survey it.?ÿ
Thinking about pulling all rods and replacing the corners with monuments. ????
Make sure to use Railroad ties, the bigger the monument the less chance of a pin cushion.
Our laws require you to disclose potential conflicts of interest to our client. The practical effect is we can survey our own property, but we have to disclose if we survey for the neighbor.
If I thought there was a potential problem, I probably wouldn't survey my own.?ÿ If its more or less a run of the mill job with no major problems, I don't see a problem.
