Land Surveying Information

The Professional Surveyor roles and responsibilities are to:

• Review your deed along with other evidence and render a professional opinion as to the locations and any conflicts of the boundaries of your land.
• Set monuments at your property corners and mark them so they can be easily found and identified.
• Keep an accurate record of all services performed and measurements obtained.
• Identify and advise you of any apparent defect in your land description or evidence of conflict of ownership and/or use.
• Prepare a plat or map of your property indicating boundary measurements, the monuments found and placed, and the calculated area. Provide the client with copies of these maps bearing the Professional Land Surveyor’s signature and seal.
  Copies of these maps will also be filed in the County Records where the land is located. This will ensure that the plat or map is available for public inspection.

In addition, a Professional Land Surveyor is qualified to:

• Create a property description for all new parcels or any existing parcels that may have a defect.
• Appear in court as an expert witness concerning real property ownership, location, or use.
• Assist you in the planning and layout of the Lots, Blocks, Streets, Easements, etc. in a new subdivision.