HUGE CON
Well said. This is why I am against this abomination.
CON -invasion of privacy issues
> My suggestion would be to allow surveys to be kept private, but private surveys could only be used by the person who paid for them. If a survey were not recorded within x days of completion, other surveyors would be forbidden to consider them when making surveys. The surveys would be inadmissible in court. Title insurance companies would be forbidden from removing the survey exception in policies on the basis of an unrecorded survey. So the client could use it to build an improvement or for his own peace of mind, but that's all. If the neighbor claimed the new improvement encroached, the client wouldn't be able to introduce the survey in court to assert there was no encroachment.
That's one of the most ridiculous things I've ever read.
What you're written means that I am basically forbidden from accepting any boundary evidence originating from an unrecorded survey.
Yes...I am a greedy SOB!!
Expecting our profession to memorialize evidence and produce defensible products is not laziness. It also hasn't caused the myriad of issues I see in this thread. I pay $5 a page to record my maps. They are checked for original signatures, size and to ensure the mylar has been sprayed. Other than that the county must have a place to put recording info. I charge more for my services than most. We have more work than hours to get it done. None of this has made us lazy. We have some of those to be sure. I call it the 'dirt bag factor'. A given percentage of any population is fairly useless. That's another topic. Point being if recording caused the problem we should have it. Cause and effect doesn't pass the most basic sniff test.
As for your business decision, I doubt you would have made the same choice if recording laws were in effect. If the law changed today it would take decades for it to impact your model. We have been recording over 30 years and I still consult numerous sources other than the recorder. Your kids would have to adapt to change as our Profession has since day 2. Such is life.
In the end our opinions don't matter if not acted on. Based on this thread it would seem folks think policy writes itself or is handed down from 'them'. I grew up seeing people change things. For that I will be eternally grateful. If you feel that strongly, find out how it's done and do it.
CON -invasion of privacy issues
If you are in a PLSS state then all deeds are tied to the U.S. Public Land Survey System. Therefor all surveys should be public information just like any other instrument filed at a court house is.
I would ask that your CCRs eventually get filed...
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