Conducted a survey this weekend of an acre sized rural property because the client is insisting that one or more corners were moved by the previous su...

From, "Writing Legal Descriptions" Wattles, 1976 Page n137 If the deed specifically states, “to a point; thence northeasterly 12-% rods to a point; ...

@dougie no individual entity has a specific interst in a public utility easement until they use it. The appropriate governmental body (apparently the ...

For some reason surveyors have begun to use rhe term "thalweg" to mean "thread". The use of the term "thalweg" makes no sense in reference ro a water ...

I have never seen one quite like that, but marking lot numbers on caps is very common. It's even required in some areas.

For some reason surveyors have begun to use rhe term "thalweg" to mean "thread". The use of the term "thalweg" makes no sense in reference ro a water ...

@jon-payne what a great deed restriction.

@on_point it's not necessarily a personal failure, just a failure in the sense that what we are licensed to do can't be achieved. There should be no...

@bstrand it's usually the local goverment who needs to approve PUE and drainage easment vacations unless they were granted to a specific person or par...

Those easements don't necessarily sound like easements granted to the city. Does the plat grant these easements to the city? PUE's generally allow any...

@on_point generally our job is to locate the boundary. We mostly charge a lot more than just digging up evidence is worth. It's true that boundaries ...

@jon-payne an awful law on first read, but it does makes sense in a non recording state.

I would think you’d be further ahead to locate the bent pin where it is and set a new one with cap where you determined the corner should be then let ...

I don't understand the argument against sharing. Recording I get, especially with fees involved. Here we are required to file surveys with the County ...

@horseshoes-handgrenades I like those too, but sometimes writing on a wet page is unavoidable.

This could have been avoided if Tennessee land surveyors didn't have the the self defeating idea that surveys shouldn't be recorded I think yo...

@stephen-ward you have identified the opportunity for an intermediate step. Requiring counties to record surveys that are voluntarily submitted by sur...

@jon-payne I agree there is a little bit of disconnect between the legal idea if notice and the practice idea of notice. The practical effect of recor...

I mean, I understand the idea behind this.?ÿ But aren't there, better, ways to serve public notice to the landowners than this? Is TN a mandatory rec...

I mean, I understand the idea behind this.?ÿ But aren't there, better, ways to serve public notice to the landowners than this? Is TN a mandatory rec...