What did the current owner buy? It's interesting that you ask that.?ÿ The most recent deed excepts out the strip as can be seen here. -- attachment ...

@wa-id-surveyor It doesn't necessarily work like that. Look up the doctrine of strips and gores. Despite attorneys and land owners attempting to litte...

I will start by saying that I know very little about PLSS rules and procedures but aren't the words on paper a guide to get you close to finding the l...

@tim-libs I understand you clearly and agree with your choice of method to mathematical close the figure using higher precision reporting. It's the pe...

@tim-libs It's the use of the word "mis-closure" that is throwing me off. I agree that the first choice should be composs rule. Has the lake really no...

Donƒ??t monument the R/W BC, simple. No one really needs it. The homeowner is going to landscape up to the the sidewalk. A city locally requires ever...

I don't think using any kind of adjustment is appropriate with that large of a bust. First thing I do is inverse through each of the legs and double c...

If this is the MI case Not to beat a dead horse or anything but... Does the note below belong on a survey or is it a legal opinion? Is this the b...

@jon-payne it is different in that there are a multitude of ways to mathematically determine the west 10' of lot 10, and only one correct?ÿ mathematic...

Thanks again for the feedback.?ÿ I love hearing the different perspectives on the things that keep surveyors up at night.?ÿ (Or wake them up 😉 Conti...

A story from the land owner side of the picture: A high voltage transmission line was headed through an area that I own land in. The power company sai...

@mightymoe what is the problem now? I thought you would have been with me on this since I am arguing for land owners' rights.?ÿ

@andy-bruner I feel a little differently about easements that directly serve the landowners who are burdened by it. My comments were based on transmis...

Easement work for utilities or municipalities includes protecting your client. That means since the work is for the dominate estate care needs to be g...

@rover83 we don't generally monument all easements on a property we are surveying because our clients, the landowners, usually don't want to pay for i...

@mightymoe creeps and scum are in the eye of the beholder I guess. I would use that term for the landowners.?ÿ ?ÿ

@holy-cow thankfully blanket easements are usually frowned upon now, but this is the kind of transfer of financial responsibility to the landowners th...

@rover83 "for a tine" is key. Before construction and often again years after construction the location becomes invisible. Even when "visible" it's on...

@holy-cow I must ve missing part of the discussion.?ÿ What am I bickering about? When did we start talking about monuments being taken out? Whoever is...

Just tossing this discussion out there to be chewed upon. There is a big difference between a small, short easement and one that runs across four sta...