Surveyors continuily misunderstand the function of the deed here in the US. We need to understand the rights and responibilities of the land owner, (...

Check Lucas's Dec 2010 POB article and know that the owners have the right to establish their common boundary.The surveyor, having no ownership intere...

CA ss 321321. In every action for the recovery of real property, or thepossession thereof, the person establishing a legal title to theproperty is pre...

The rare competent real estate attorney knows that all written descriptions contain errors and the older the description, the larger the probable erro...

You have an unrecorded sub'd where the owners have established their boundaries.OBEY SS 321 of California statutes.Five years is the only time require...

Mr FrymireYour client lost ownership rights when he did not protest the location of the established boundary within the statute's specified time limit...

Dealing with retracement surveys, there are two principles that apply.The first is that the record description is not controlling and the second is th...

This years update for Backman & Thomas's "A Practical Guide to Disputes Between Adjoining Landowners - Easements" has an extensive update of condo...

The function of these types of certifications is to eliminate the need to prove that the surveyor had a duty to those who MAY want to sue you.Your res...

There is nothing stopping a reasonably competent surveyor from placing a document including a survey and an owner's affidavit in the public records so...

Check your state laws governing municipal authorities, there are rules they must follow for road widening.It is a form of extortion when they 'require...

It is the owner's responsibility, not the state or the surveyor, to protect the owner's interest.If a state has a statute of repose or limitation that...

If the whole section is in private ownership, there is no requirement to follow the Manual in creating parcels of land within that section. You only ...

If established physical boundaries run in cardinal directions and the area is similar to the area called for by the aliquot part description, bona fid...

Don't forget that Iowa recently passed a 'boundary by acquiesence' law that may make the occupation the determining factor in fixing the location of b...

Mr. Falk & Mr. BreysacherIn the US, a surveyor begins 'building his case' before getting to the job site. How do you convince a judge you were in...

RADUDifferent legal system = different priorities.Richard Schaut

Mr. Morgan& Mr. AdamsYou are right, the 'field book' can take many forms; pencil & paper, digital camera & numerical photo log, video tape...