RE: When a fence disagrees with your math, what goes on the plat? Let me rephrase the question, "When record title indicates one location for a boun...

The post I made referred to the State repository for deeds, not surveys, and the State doesn't validate those(deed) records. Is that an answer to...

MightMoe said it and I'm in complete agreement ... "And remember courts don't convey ownership in these cases, they identify it",  

When a fence disagrees with your math, what goes on the plat? Those title folks would have us believe that the sum of record title = ownership. We kn...

As an Arkansas resource please add: Arkansas Division of Land Surveys

Read this book!                         It's worth the $20 cos...

Surveyors have it so easy today. Most of the stuff you need to know is available with a computer, for free. That first law textbook cost me two day's ...

My premise was that the most valuable survey was one that mimicked the analysis a court would apply. Since I surveyed in Arkansas, it was the Arkansas...

Very true. But a stack of all the books needed for the technical side of surveying would be equally overpowering. And if one has studied the footnotes...

Will the 9000' line represent the limit of any of the legal rights of someone, such as, but not limited to, ownership or easement? If so, is this co...

Is there a question of ethics here? If the client indicates the water level will be needed on a repeat basis, do you ..... Say you're available an...

The courts say to construe the deed by the four corners with the intent of the grantor being controlling. A course cannot be evaluated in isolation. T...

I have pondered that question for almost 50 years. Nobody likes the concept of a wide boundary line; not landowners, not surveyors, or courts. But if...

If the original deed was for the tree with no mention of center, then even if the tree is gone we are looking for the location of the tree at the time...

I would agree with most all of this except I would change one word - The term is "polishing the turd". Perfection only appeared in the minds of the...

In my opinion, no. But this is an area where law may differ state to state. And there are many surveyors that have a different opinion than my own. Wh...