Clearcut, Your cautionary tales are very compelling, and I think every one who attempts to survey their own property be told some of the scary stories...

I see Michael Stone below is looking for a job, maybe he can write legal descritions outside of the CAD platform.;-) Sorry, I couln't resist. No, I d...

It's an age-old discussion. Is looking for the iron in the ground purposely left by a land surveyor to mark the corner of the property land surveying...

> Hi,> > If a staff expands due to temperature, then the reading will be smaller, therefore the expansion value should be added to the initia...

> ...Never considered searching for monuments a survey, it is just one part of such and if monuments are found and a few checks made might make a n...

I tend to agree.Of course I'm not sure this guy isn't one of "us" trying to pull our chain (pun intended). I am suspicious of his term "property pins...

> I have no idea what a "location drawing" is. Maybe that is the local term for a survey map?I don't either. I don't knwo if it's a drawing based...

How old is the plat? What is the date by the signatures? What state are you in? Does it have a "seal" with a land surveyor's name and number on it?

> .... that doesn't look like an actual survey to me. It looks like it was inked, with circle templates and leroy lettering to me. That would imp...

re: > So all these found monuments are the rear corners of a prior phase, and are intended to be coincidental with your phase? And they fit within...

:good: Good post, my thoughts exactly. Why did it have to come to some legislative action?

Makes you kind of wonder what a "friend" is. Someone that will throw business your way instead of taking their business to a stranger, or someone who...

I traced a description that had a sketch exhibit accompnaying the metes-and-bounds written description. The metes and bounds had number by each cours...