Since you mentioned a section breakdown, I'm too far removed geographically to have a good answer for you, even with the plan copies the others are as...

Your example just fired up a bunch of questions in my mind. I'm not familiar with mining claims, but I always thought they only conferred a right to e...

That would prevent any prescriptive claims from ripening in most any state, I would think. It removes the "hostile" aspect of the statutory requiremen...

I'm with you on this. Oftentimes a search by street name will turn up plans that are not referenced in any of the deeds you find. It's major PIA when ...

Every place I have worked has a clause in the contract that the research, calculations, CAD, etc. are "instruments of service" and belong to the compa...

It sounds like you "bit the bullet" early enough that the opportunity cost of trying to make the old dongle work did not skyrocket beyond the cost of ...

That's an interesting question, Bill - does permission expire when the land ownership changes? I would think that it does, so it would seem that the t...

I'm not a surveyor in Wisconsin so don't know the standards of practice there. For what it's worth, in my area of practice (Massachusetts), there is ...

@tom-bushelman if you're referring to Christopher Knight - he wasn't known to his neighbors as a hermit. He was arrested because the neighbors were si...

In Mass. we have to give "reasonable notice" before entering the non-client property. Usually the field crew talking with the neighbors is sufficient....

I can't suggest a dollar value, but I will advise that it's better to get the $ up front, not spread out over time. I have seen a number of buy out si...

He did note that the board requiring 4,000 hours broken down into 5 categories is Texas.

Personally, I would not be very keen on being an add-on survey department to an existing civil engineering-only firm. Most of my career I've worked fo...

I wouldn't sweat not having that evidence. Even if he does go to the effort to file a complaint, the board will probably dismiss it for lack of a vali...

The last couple times I was asked, "why does it cost so much?" I told them my company pays well, we have excellent benefits, and a retirement plan. Pl...

I believe you are in the time frame when the county surveyors in Mass. generally set the stones with the center back at the "point".

This is the correct interpretation of the sketch. There is a similar sketch in the MassDOT (formerly MassHighway) survey manual showing a great number...

You will get more useful answers if you at least mention the state you are in. Laws regarding subdivisions and public road/easement creation vary wide...