@true-corner ...but a curve isn't a straight line.?ÿ ?ÿ

@dave-karoly If you find a 1/2" rebar you use your professional judgement to determine if it is the original. If for some reason you believe it is no...

@mightymoe Again,?ÿ it sounds like you are doing the right thing. But your good decision might amount to nothing if you don't explain on your survey ...

@mightymoe Again,?ÿ it sounds like you are doing the right thing. But your good decision might amount to nothing if you don't explain on your survey ...

@dave-karoly Not necessarily, it only must control the property of the owners who accept it. Often others will use the accepted position to calculate...

@holy-cow A math solution is the last resort, but a five year old monument with no explanation isn't a resort at all it is nothing.?ÿ A five year ol...

It sounds like you are putting the property corent in the right place, but I wouldn't call it the 1/16th corner unless you are sure there are no prope...

It doesn't even have to go as far as a judge?ÿ More often it's just the next surveyor who needs the information. It is much more likely for peace in ...

@dougie Yes replace it, but you still need to communicate why you set the new monument where you did. That would still require a description of the T...

Be careful with imprecise terms. On much of the cost private property ends not at mean high tide, but a mean higher high tide.?ÿ

@andy-nold Who said this?????

You need to talk to BLM Cadastal. Mike Purtee is the current chief cadastral surveyor. They have what you need.?ÿ?ÿ ?ÿ No BLM surveys are not filed ...

@paul-in-pa ?ÿ Paul,?ÿ BLM has the federal survey authority for all federal interest land. Most of their modern survey work has nothing to do with ...

Where I worked there were always more customers than we wanted to serve asking for our services.

@jph "Legal description" is an awful and misleading term. Your terms sound good. I use "land description".

@holy-cow I just don't get the auto correct on my phone. It changes what I write to nonsense more often than it helps.?ÿ

@norman-oklahoma The difference is that a deed written by a land owner is just as valid as a deed written by an attorney. A survey by a landowner do...

@rplumb314 Right, it is practicing law in many states, but the land owner can always right one himself.

@holy-cow I had one like that once. We never could find what the number corresponded with (they had all changed twice), even with an extremely helpfu...

For a simple cash sale the?ÿ client can write their own deed, the forms can be downloaded for free. The only skill required is the description, but if...