Not directly applicable but many stat s have adopted the following: The easement acquired by the public in a highway includes every reasonable means ...

@bill93 I don't really disagree, but I would phrase it differently. Boundary law is usually equitable on the large scale, but may seem inequitable wh...

@james-fleming I wouldn't call using a fence line as the best availble evidence of the original line a "fence line survey", that's just a survey, and...

@big-d-2 That's a pretty big net. In my experience working and being licenced in PLSS States, and colonial states, deed staking in just as prevalent ...

You appear to be under the misunderstanding that surveyors don't have to go back to the creation of the boundary in PLSS states??ÿ ?ÿ

A few have hit the nail on the head. I haven't studied every state's regulations, but all of the many I have only regulate commerce. If he was paid fo...

@dave-drahn But from what you have told us you l, are the only one who thought the pipe was a property corner. I won't give you advice on adverse po...

What exactly is the problem? It sounds like you mistook the pipe as the corner, realized the mistake, and then found the correct corner. To said the r...

Or pay about $3 more for a metal cap. If a property curbed isn't worth enough to spend $3 more why are we surveying it??ÿ

I would be thankful for someone pointing out an error prior to recording.

@dave-karoly Yeah, the only way we could hope to consistently turn out competent almost surveyors from the education system is to have post graduate ...

@frozennorth You are right. I don't think either stringent reviews of experien or crafting good exams will be very easy though. 

@paden-cash This decision doesn't transfer any interest in surface rights or minerals. 

@dave-karoly There are not many patents in Oklahoma Indian country. Most private (non Idian) title originates with deeds from the various tribes, or ...

@lee-d Of course there are other ways besides a four year degree, and of course there are people who can gain the needed skills without a degree, but...

@bill93 An ABET degree certainly doesn't guarantee any boundary law beyond the absolute basics, but that doesn't mean that formal education isn't the...

So what's the takeaway??ÿ A quality liberal arts degree in any discipline is worthy training for an LS concerning communication skills, technical scie...

@dave-karoly Right, the distinction between the US and the test if the world is that the advanced education may have come from a "College".

Just to clear something up, Anericans don't distinguish between a college degree and a university degree like the rest of the world. There are differe...

@dave-karoly Of course there are exceptions (like you), but most who are drawn to the surveying profession require four years of education to become ...