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Maintenance and acceptance don't necessarily go hand and hand. In some places the entity that does the accepting of subdivision ROWs doesn't even have...
Talk to someone local. Every jurisdiction is different. I have never heard of a planning department director having the authority to vacate a road, bu...
This is why something more substantial than a rebar with a plastic cap is good idea. A missing cap, a misaligned cap, a pipe not set firmly, damaged f...
@bushaxe?ÿ I wouldn't use the term legal fence, but I agree with Murphy's sentiment. A recorded survey is a public?ÿ explanation of the work put on t...
You trace the chain of title back, and then search under the names of the owners.?ÿ
@holy-cow?ÿ True, but most of the easements I worked on there predated statehood.?ÿ
@holy-cow?ÿ In Alaska the building and maintenance of a road is very independent from the existence and establishment of a public ROW easement. Alask...
The natural monument holds, but....when boundaries are hard to define the first bona fied?ÿattempt to fix them will hold. In other words, if the metes...
@holy-cow?ÿ I assume that the boundaries of the road easement were outside the scope of the survey, and it's only shown for informational purposes. B...
@richard-germiller?ÿ A common mistake, but it's not the date of the patent that matters its the date of entry.
@mike-marks You seem to have correctly identified the 19th century. The contracted "surveyors"?ÿ often never set foot in the township. They had huge ...
@edward-reading?ÿ It doesn't really exist anymore...
@edward-reading?ÿ Alaska has all the recorded surveys and deeds available on line for free and no income tax, and depending where you live, no sales ...
@nate-the-surveyor?ÿ Not all parts of the country are as developed as yours. Many of us routinely break down sections for the first time.?ÿ
@holy-cow?ÿ As long as the filed surveys have equivalent permanence and protection to recorded documents its 6 of one and a 1/2 dozen of the other. C...
@murphy?ÿ Not this again. Arguing against the concept of recording because a few of the many jurisdictions that require it have done it badly is faul...