In my state we don't file surveys or include survey narratives. There could be many reasons that a found corner is not accepted and a calculated posi...

This is not a situation that involves a navigable waterway, it is a manmade lake where the dam and the lake are maintained by an HOA. The adjoining de...

The facts are presented on the face of the survey. The Professional opinion is rendered by showing the boundary lines, corners found or set as well a...

I guess it's maybe only the wording we differ on. Walking lawyers and officers of the court through our findings, by my definition, makes us expert w...

Try doing a charcoal rub on paper to see if you can raise the text, like people do on old head stones.

Please understand that I am not arguing with you but, simply debating the judicial aspect of the conversation. By any definition of the word "judicia...

I am in no way a skilled drafter, when I am working in Carlson, or even A CAD I know enough to be dangerous. I create my layer names and import my te...

"When the court does decide the location, they still turn to us to locate, mark, and memorialize the lines and corners." I not certain in what context...

The wells are on the property and cannot be tapped directly from the wells. The mineral rights sales agreement said, in no uncertain terms, that the ...

That is only true to a certain extent. One cannot know where the courts will adjudicate the line(s) to be. In NJ, all land dispute cases are heard i...

The original 13 colonies (colonial states) are much different than the PLSS states when it comes to how boundary lines are constructed. We are metes ...

I guess it depends on where you are located. In about 2007 I found a great retirement property in West Virginia. After scouring the state, I finally...

It is impossible to do construction surveying for $25/hour when you consider the costs of equipment, insurances, supplies and payroll, even if it is a...

In NJ, for a residential resale or new construction, the buyer pays. 99.99% of mortgage companies require a complete survey. The cost of the survey ...

When the housing market crashed in 2008, I was one of the victims of the economy that lost their jobs. I was fortunate enough to have a long list of ...

There is no such thing as a Mortgage inspection here in NJ.

In my 30 years of being licensed in NJ, I have never been asked to prepare a survey certificate and don't think that they exist in NJ, with the except...

Hawaii, over the course of the coming years, is going to be facing a difficult challenge as it related to surveying. In the areas that were devastate...

I don't see how pre-prepping your client adds any value and few will want to entertain stories. They are only concerned about what is going on as it ...