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Joined: September 14, 2011 5:19 pm
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RE: Zoning Riddle

Why would want them to require parallel side lines??? That seems like a harsh restriction just for making lot width calculations easier. And yes, wi...

12 months ago
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RE: “What does a surveyor do?” Spiel

I think we often make this mistake, but we shouldn't be marketing our proffesion to people who love math. It's definitely the wrong proffesion for a s...

12 months ago
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RE: Taxes in Texas

Some quick googling (so take this advice with a grain of salt) shows that taxable services that are "used" outside the state are not subject to Texas ...

12 months ago
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RE: City Dedicating Land to Itself

As has been pointing out, local practices vary, but in general this is perfectly acceptable. Municipalities own land, and they also manage land in beh...

12 months ago
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RE: Registry research - an advantage to the old index books

Thats a good point...but I think jurisdictions that do a good job with "see..." are in the minority.

12 months ago
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RE: Recorded Subdivision - Never Conveyed

This is absolutely correct, but what some are trying to point out, is that once the offer is made in a public way (i.e. recordimg) it usually can't be...

1 year ago
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RE: The disconnect between education and learning what is necessary

Stranded, I was all set to argue with you, but by the end I didn't disagree. I would add that except maybe for the remedial kids, the teacher shouldn'...

1 year ago
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RE: Client Doesn't Like Result of Survey, Withholds Payment, Threatens Complaints

Seems like walking your client through the survey is basic costumer service in our businesses.

1 year ago
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RE: Perils of multiple choice questions

So the correct answer to the number of lines of latitude expressed as a whole number is,,,,,,,,179?This still isn't right. The number of lines of lati...

2 years ago
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RE: Is it a Subdivision?

It comes down to whether the land owner pays upfront or their successors pay later. The paying later model usually means lower fees for land surveyors...

2 years ago
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RE: Is it a Subdivision?

The statute of frauds is powerful; however a merger of two parcels is not a tranfer of title.

2 years ago
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RE: Is it a Subdivision?

I hold the same personal opinion, but unfortunately our personal opinions aren't worth much on this issue, because local goverments and/or states may ...

2 years ago
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RE: Is it a Subdivision?

What a subdivision is changes depending on jurisdiction so the general answers aren't very helpful. For example, in Alaska, once a subdivision plat i...

2 years ago
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RE: Unimproved alleys

Way to little information here to make any comment. First of all was tha alley just shown on a plat or was it actually dedicated? If it was dedicated ...

2 years ago
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RE: Deed language

@mightymoe OK, it seemed like you were in correction mode. This is one more thing to consider correcting.

2 years ago
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RE: Deed language

One thing you didn't ask about was "state of facts". "State of facts" has a specific legal meaning which is not what you mean here. I know some titl...

2 years ago
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RE: Alaska Surveyor?

What recording district is that in? Isn't that a question to ask of an Alaskan registrant? That's like asking what county in the L48. Every rec...

2 years ago
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RE: Boundary issue deed question

@holy-cow I always start by digging back to the same point. The point in time when the boundary I am surveying was created.

2 years ago
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RE: Which answer is correct?

Your Casio is set to "linear input" so it reads 6÷2 as a fraction. The default on Casios is the natural input which will give you the same result at t...

2 years ago
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RE: Which answer is correct?

The lesson here is to understand your calculators notation, amd when writing out mathematical expressions never write them like this. As far as the ...

2 years ago
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