When submitting a survey for county review, do you submit paper or digital files?
it’s a mix here. Some counties are all digital, some are stuck in 1985, faithfully supporting the timber industry…..
New Zealand has been all digital submissions for a number of years now
Most Oregon Counties, including the one I deal with most often, require paper submissions. Paradoxically, it seems to be the backwater ones that are most open to accepting digital submissions.
Clark County, Washington accepts digital submissions and frequently responds with comments the same day.
We can submit a few counties around here digitally.
@norman-oklahoma Multnomah County now except digital review copies. You still need to mail a check before they will begin the review.
“Mail a check “ another pet peeve. Counties that require a check- won’t take a credit card.
No cheques any more here in New Zealand - none of the banks accept or process them
The counties near me in California all accept digital submittals and payments. But don't hold your breath waiting for comments -- 3 months isn't unusual, and sometimes they go a year or more.
I just sent in a digital review copy to a local county. I referenced two monuments that were planned for removal as part of construction project. I just reset them per ORS. Pretty straight forward you would think. I get the review comments back asking to reference deeds and show the property along with the historic underlying lots. The county redlines do not indicate who reviewed the survey (nice PDF). I called them last week to talk to discuss their misconception that this was boundary resolution on my part. Still waiting for a phone call back a week into the process. I only get 30 days to file once reviewed. They were quick to cash the check though.
There is one county that adds notes to our plat after I sign it and immediately records it. Not cool. Most others return a paper copy, sometimes digital with the approval stamp and we record it.
Me. "What's the difference?"
T.C. Carroll "It's the difference between right and wrong!"
@jimcox So, if I sent you a check for a buttload of money, how would you ever access that money?
@holy-cow Your money would be safe - I would have to travel to a jurisdiction where cheques are still accepted, cash it, buy gold and head home with those sovereigns jingling in my pocket.
Here in the Virgin Islands, we have a new acting Public Surveyor (not a surveyor, but that's another story). He's going all digital for submissions and it seems to be going much better.