Question about land survey

[beppington]

The exception to this rule would be Alaska, there is still ground there that has never been split up in sections.

It was -17F one morning when I was in Fairbanks in Nov. '06. I couldn't figure out how anybody in their right mind could even care where the property lines were ... then a guy came cross-country skiing past me with two happy dogs running alongside with their tongues hanging out. Not sure how those tongues weren't frozen. :confused2:

 

[Larry Caldwell]

Like I said, its against the law to pull survey markers. How would you feel if you paid for a survey, and then your neighbor pulled your stakes? It's no different than going over and slashing his tires. It can cost thousands of dollars to do a survey in rural areas, and would cost the owner money to reset the stakes.

Actually, it costs the guy who pulled the pin thousands of dollars to reset it. Even if he's not in a state that will send him to jail for it, he is still liable for the damages.

 

[bp fick]

My son is a Registered Professional Land Surveyor and while he was up last weekend, I showed him this thread. With lots of eye rolling and shrugging, he said these are typical things RLS face. Surveyors may enter land, it is not trespassing. He has had to explain the law to deputies called out many times. A professional tries hard to be a professional at all times. Sadly, as in any profession, not all do.

My son tells funny stories of doing a line survey for a fella. The guy gets home from work and calls the Engineering Firm office. "Thought you were going to do my survey today. What's up?"

"Your survey was completed, sir". "Staked, flagged and marked".

"There is no evidence whatsoever. No flags, no markers. The neighbor must have pulled them all up before I got home. You'll have to come back and do it again."

"That would fine, sir, we'll see if we can schedule another survey crew, but of course you'll have to pay for another survey. Obviously, these guys cannot come do it again for free."

"But my neighbor stole my first survey, in effect. What I am supposed to do?"

"You'll have to take that up with your neighbor, sir. Do call us back if you want it surveyed again. Have a good day, sir, and I hope it all works out for you."

 

[sweettractors]

I had a neighbor that is "Passed" now that would probably shoot anyone that he caught on his property and tried to argue with him about why they were there. I remember one time the Government told him they were going to test his cattle for brucellosis and he said they were not and they did not. The local EPA people told him they were going to check his sinkholes. They did not. Surveyors, beware of some of these old timers. Ken Sweet