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

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...

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...

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

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...

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

I assume you have done your due diligence here, but a warning to others: Be careful, make sure the field notes support the idea that the newer lines...

@ozzy84 the temperature of the air, which is what we try to measure when we are talking about weather isn't different in the sun and the shade. We put...

And I have found a penny in the spot it was dropped 100 years ago... or did a wondering toddler, or bird pick it up and move it? You are buying your...

One more reason to not rely on MAG nails, especially those hammered into asphalt, for control in the medium to long term. Exactly. Of course even ...

@jph My post was a reply to Aliquot where I restated and expanded on his post. Nothing I wrote says 'JPH this is how you survey '. And my post was ...

@fairbanksls I am not interested in being friendly, but I would pretend and try to talk to the adjoiner to help figure this out.

@james-vianna because presumably he was hired to show his client where the boundaries of their property are, not to map the walls that are already vis...

@arctanx I could find examples form other states, but I can't think of any particular example in Texas. I am licensed in Texas, but haven't done any s...

@holy-cow then the reason for disapproval would be a zoning restriction, not that it was in two subdivisions. Hopefully this is something a surveyor w...

@arctanx sounds like a good first step!

The country probably just doesn't know how to deal with it in their approval process/record management system. This is an example of when it is approp...

@aliquot The new parcel cannot encroach any more than the parent tract. So use the parent tract deed for the same adjoining line that would be descri...

something more substantial than a PK nail? My residential customers would not generally like to spend an additional $300 to get a brass mon, but w...

That’s not acceptable as a property monument In what jurisdiction? If we have stooped to using legal minimum standards to determine what is ...