That is unethical in every state I've worked in.?ÿ The thing is, if they know that you haven't been paid for the work.

From my limited experience in court, (and this might not be the same where you are), the court definitely wants you to work something out among yourse...

MA has this requirement, and while I didn't have an issue with it, (or at least the BOR members who conducted my interview didn't have any issues with...

@brett911fitz?ÿ I would too, if they want you to tell them where to dig, without giving you enough information to do it

@brett911fitz?ÿ Do you have a locator you can hook up to the test leads?

@brett911fitz?ÿ If you have no as-built data, what are you going on, the design??ÿ I don't think I'd take a job to find the anomalies, then.?ÿ I'd s...

@aliquot?ÿ The deception in my mind is that they're attempting to manufacture their own evidence to support their AP claim.

@mightymoe?ÿ Yes, I understand occupying land in order to gain title.?ÿ That's part of the law, in most states. Writing a deed for land you don't ye...

Peripherally.?ÿ The pig gives you the distance/station where the anomaly is.?ÿ Based on that you snap a point at that station on the as-built CAD, and...

@aliquot?ÿ Eh, I think it's pretty much the definition of fraud: ?ÿ fraud fr??d ƒ?§ n. A deception practiced in order to induce another to give...

@rover83?ÿ It was sent to the Engineer for the Court (Surveyor).?ÿ They were usually pretty easy to deal with.?ÿ The most bizarre part was that they...

@rover83?ÿ It's not necessarily, off. Their thinking as I interpret it:?ÿ They have a plan of property whose boundary lines have been determined by ...

Said it before, Mass Land Court would require notations like that for the submittal plans.?ÿ Not sure if they do any more. Some of that carried over ...

@holy-cow?ÿ I've seen straws before, but thought that was for some other title reason. I've never seen a case where someone claimed land this way.?ÿ...

@david-livingstone?ÿ And sometimes that's a good way to avoid a potential PIA client

@bill-c?ÿ Could be.?ÿ I never looked into that closely.

@mike-shepp?ÿ I suspect that is their reasoning.?ÿ But I'd think that would fall apart fairly quickly.?ÿ It probably would make more sense if they f...

This isn't some sort of malpractice for the attorney?

@williwaw?ÿ I've written about a few here. It's more often the potential client and not necessarily the actual site or survey that makes me want to ...

I agree with you in this case.?ÿ But quitclaim deeds are used quite a bit to convey property where I live and work, with no issues.