Perpetuation of the Point of Commencement myth.

is not for me.

I did a re sub and now I will prepare the new title description.
It is 3 tracts that are being formed into one.
It is about 7 acres of the most top dollar commercial real estate that one will find here.

Past surveys from the 80's.

Here is a situation that I run into frequently and see more and more of on local surveys.
The point of commencement myth.
Most of these surveys are shown to be always tied to a section corner or /1/4 cor that is long gone and forgotten.
The descriptions will continue to use these monuments and/or corners as the point of commencement.

On plats, surveyors will even show the point of commencement and tie measurements based on the old title document or previous survey without a tie.
Some will use verbiage such as "reported by "Mr. Old surveyor XXX" on his plat etc."

I tie unless it is not possible as in this case
This is located in a head rights section where the monument corners are long gone.
It would be futile to remonument the corner
In this case, it falls on a street in an exclusive PUD that has been around for 40 years.
So I really have nada when it comes to a point of commencement to base a M&B description other than one of the property corners of the tract.
There is an safe and secure NGS PBM located nearby that I have tied but commencing from that monument will raise a lot of 'foreign flags' with the attorneys etc.

just a rant and off to lunch....gumbo is on