you have one unheard message......

Yes I can, but can either of you read it much less understand it?

I'm all about customer service and don't think I've smarted off like that in years, but I think it often. Then, have an extra tottie before bed.

Steve

read between the lines

> ..I've been working closely with the Ravalli Co GIS department and we disagree with where you are showing the Hwy R/W...

translation: I sold a house and your survey shows it almost entirely on the RW. My bacon is gonna be crisp if you're right. I need some ammo to try and prove you've "moved" the RW since I sold the house....

Reply "Have the GIS folks prepare a map and certify the ROW location and we litigate and your expense of course"

Have them provide you with the document that shows how the Ravalli Co GIS department places the Right of Way as they have it shown.

Keep us updated on this one! 🙂

The deeds used as reference for this survey are referenced on the plat and are available at the courthouse. In order for me to release this information, I will need a written authorization from my Client. Upon receipt of the authorization, we will prepare a contract for Professional Consultation for $120 per hour with a $500 minimum. Hello_________Hello

I think this is related to the OP's employment with the State DOT.

Here the Realtor would have to submit a PRA (Public Records Act) request which would go to the Staff Counsel who would tell us what we have to turn over (some things may be redacted). The requestor pays the costs of copying. This is if they want copies of the survey file.

Of course, the Realtor could get a copy of the filed Survey and obtain copies of the recorded documents referenced by it, all from the County Recorder.

"The deeds used as reference for this survey are referenced on the plat and are available at the courthouse. In order for me to release this information, I will need a written authorization from my Client. Upon receipt of the authorization, we will prepare a contract for Professional Consultation for $120 per hour with a $500 minimum."

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This is the correct response.

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They have a copy of the drawing and have read the property description. Both have all the proper information showing the why and how and by certifying to your survey you have notified the public that this is what is there.

No GIS department has the authority to ask you to prove anything you have done.

Around here, the local department that is in charge of those maps does not have anyone on staff that can read a property description and put it on a map and cannot look at a drawing and find anything on the ground. They have no mapping skills and are actually accountants and appraisers that handle setting up a budget and adjust tax rates to pay for the county's expenses.

I have a few clients that lack this ability and would run off a cliff or into a body of water if they used Garmin or TomTom. My neighbor is the same way, a few weeks ago on a foggy morning was driving by instruments and turned right when it said turn and ran over a large highway sign that crashed thru his skyroof and folded his car to where both bumpers were pointing upwards. Front and side airbags saved him.

Send them the contact information of a university nearby and/or seminars that they can go and learn what their job requires of them.

:'(

> I think this is related to the OP's employment with the State DOT.
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> Here the Realtor would have to submit a PRA (Public Records Act) request which would go to the Staff Counsel who would tell us what we have to turn over (some things may be redacted). The requestor pays the costs of copying. This is if they want copies of the survey file.
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> Of course, the Realtor could get a copy of the filed Survey and obtain copies of the recorded documents referenced by it, all from the County Recorder.

Ohio minimum standards for private surveys require documents referenced to be cited on the plat of survey.

>Ohio Administrative Code 4733-37-05 Plat of survey. (C) The surveyor shall include the following details: (7) A citation of pertinent documents and sources of data used as a basis for carrying out the work. The citation shall include, but not be limited to: current deeds as of the date of the survey, prior deeds or other documents of record, and available deeds of record for adjoining parcels along each boundary line of the survey. If the adjoining parcel is a recorded subdivision, only the subdivision name, recording information and lot numbers need to be shown.

Simply replying that the documents are referenced on the survey plat should be enough. However, if the OP is indeed referring to a DOT survey document then bringing Staff Counsel into this is likely mandatory. Even if getting an attorney involved is likely to muddy the waters.