@andy-j Your point about the relationship between the boundary and the improvements is correct, but I hope your surveys also contain sufficient data ...

@murphy I dont understand what PLSS vs. non PLSS has done with anyhting. I have about equal experience in both.?ÿ The support for mandatory recordin...

@murphy Every recording law I have seen has a timing element. The reason recording laws exist is not becasue of an epidemic of malicious boundary de...

@murphy ?ÿThere is no requirment anywhere to record a private boundary. That would be an interior boundary.?ÿ Nothing is being taken so I dont under...

@holy-cow Yeah, there are some survey outfits that make a habit of showing all the improvements on their boundary surveys, but everywhere I have work...

@andy-j After some more thought about your example I am even more confused. If the neighbor moved the monument you set or recovered, your only protec...

@andy-j Improvements don't usually make it onto my boundary surveys, unless they impact the boundary. The interior of a property is only of concern t...

@txsurveyor Of course you need to draw the line somewhere in what you will do for free, that's of the reasons recording works so well. You can send t...

@txsurveyor Improvements have no place on a boundary survey, but your right there could be now be encroachments that weren't shown on your old survey...

@txsurveyorInspectors and appraisers get paid to do the work again, just like surveyors. Title companies are in the insurance business, why would they...

You wont find anything at BLM becasue although they are in the Federal style these were not Federal surveys.?ÿ

@jph ?ÿI think what most surveyors are really worried about in non recording states is that the more people who see their work the more likely it is ...

The idea that providing a copy of a survey that you signed years ago somehow makes you liable for anyhting that has happened after the date of signatu...

@jim-frame Much of the land area of Alaska ( not including the major cities) is not subject to taxes.?ÿ

@pls9362 I don't think that would help much. For positions that require specific education/professional licenses American?ÿ goverments usually lag fa...

@stlsurveyor A geophysicist is just as capable as a surveyor at the "here lies" part. When a land surveyor is absolutely needed is when the "here lie...

What does "background in geophysics" mean? If you have an advanced degree in geophysics you are just as capable as most surveyors are at figuring out?...

@poorpdop Don't they have some sort of index? Or if not, couldn't thay just keep a copy in one of the files? In some places the two new lots would ge...

@poorpdop In many places there would be no need for two plats, that seems unnecessary, but I guess it depends on how records are localy organized and...

@kscott I am a high desert(ish) resident too. No HOA's here, but I have delt with a few in other places. They can be nasty. In my private life I stay...