It is also takes less money per capita to maintain roads in States with denser populations.?ÿ

If by everwhere, you mean everywhere in the U.S. I agree.?ÿ Everytime I return from other deveoped nations I am shocked at the state of rural roads he...

@holy-cow I have only worked in a couple, and the only effect on my work was I put a note on the plat alerting any potential furure owners about its ...

@kscott Why assume that there are HOAs??ÿ

@paul-in-pa Do you know the jurisdiction this is in? Lot line adjustment plats are not a thing in many places.?ÿ

As others have said how this is best handled will vary drastically by jurisdiction. Why is your title block so long. Shouldn't it just call out both l...

@daniel-ralph Perment exclusive easments are not really easments though. Only the railroads can get away with that in court. If your local jurisdicti...

The error propagation you describe does pop up from time to time, but it comes from a misapplication of the PLSS, not a problem with the PLSS itself. ...

@holy-cow The fatalism of not even looking for original corners is the bane of our profession. Its good to hear that some still do there jobs. Of co...

Usually it?ÿ isn't your job to clear up these double corners, but in some cases it could be. When your easment is close enough to the boundary, it pro...

@thebionicman I think you meant to reply to @Murphy, but anyway, I agree.?ÿ

@murphy As noted before, if clients want to protect their private information the ALTA itself doesn't need to be recorded, a separate plat with only ...

@bstrand Depends on the state, but a common theme is if there is a material difference between what you find and the last recorded survey.?ÿ

@mike-marks No state requires ALTA surveys to be recorded, but many ALTA surveys trigger recording requirements in many states. Often the interior im...

Some jurisdictions limit the practice of professional land surveying to boundaries, some don't. As usual a general question on this forum results is s...

@stlsurveyor Why does the title company "keeping the original description" have any relevance? These are recorded documents.

@bstrand The lines will always be of record, so they can always be refered to in any kind of boundary documents, but after a vacation the cease to ex...

You got it. This is explained in the BLM Manual.?ÿ

This is an elongated section, see Section 4-44 of the Manual.?ÿ

As others have said, I dont think it matters, but whether the lot exists or not is highly dependent on statutes, ordincemces, and local customs, so I ...