Professional Surveyors and Real Property Descriptions (eBook)

Composition, Construction, and Comprehension

Stephen V. Estopinal, Wendy Lathrop (Autoren)

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2011 | 1. Auflage
288 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-08466-3 (ISBN)

Infos

The only modern guide to interpreting and writing real property
descriptions for surveyors

Technical land information is no longer the exclusive domain of
professional surveyors. The Internet now houses a multitude of
resources that nontechnical professionals--such as attorneys
and realtors--access and implement on a daily basis. However,
these professionals are trained in aspects of law and commerce that
do not provide the proper education and experience to interpret and
evaluate their land boundary information discoveries correctly. As
a result, their analysis is often erroneous and the data
misapplied--ultimately leading to confusion and costly
litigation.

Professional Surveyors and Real Property Descriptions attempts
to bridge the ever-widening gap between the users of land boundary
information and the land surveyors who produce it. An expert team
of authors integrates the historic and legal background of real
property interests with fundamental concepts of the surveying
profession in a manner accessible for average readers. These
provide the basics for both properly comprehending older
descriptions and competently constructing complete and modern real
property descriptions that foster better communication. Highlights
in this book include:

* An in-depth exploration of historic descriptions and how to read
them

* Coverage of the widely accepted ALTA/ACSM Land Boundary Survey
standards and associated property descriptions

* A diverse collection of examples and practice scenarios

* An overview of the latest issues related to the use of GPS and
GIS

Written in easy-to-understand language, this practical resource
assists nontechnical professionals in understanding exactly what a
surveyor does and does not do, and serves as a valuable tool for
obtaining the most satisfactory, accurate, and complete real
property descriptions.

Autor

Stephen V. Estopinal, PLS, PE, is the Surveying Division Manager at SJB Group, a land surveying, civil engineering, real estate services, and program management service company in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He has been in the practice of land surveying for more than forty years. Author of A Guide to Understanding Land Surveys, Third Edition (Wiley) and columnist for Professional Surveyor Magazine, he is a frequent lecturer on surveying matters and regularly serves as an expert witness. Wendy Lathrop PLS, CFM, President of Cadastral Consulting, LLC, is a professional land surveyor, planner, and Certified Floodplain Manager, involved since 1974 in projects ranging from construction to boundary to environmental land use disputes. She has been presenting seminars for her colleagues across the country since 1986 and is a contributing editor for The American Surveyor magazine. She is a past president of the National Society of Professional Surveyors.

Inhalt

Chapter 1. Introduction.

Property.

1.2 Title and Interests in Real Property.

1.3 Transfers of Title and Interests.

1.4 Deeds.

Chapter 2. Land Record Systems.

2.1 Overview.

2.2 Metes and Bounds.

2.3 United States Public Lands.

2.4 Platted Subdivisions.

Centerline.

Baseline.

2.5 Combined Record System Descriptions.

Chapter 3. Directions.

3.1 Angles.

3.2 Meridians.

3.3 Bearings.

3.4 Curved Lines.

3.5 Azimuths.

3.6 Compass Directions and Headings.

Chapter 4. Map Projections.

4.1 General.

4.2 Projection-less Maps.

4.3 Conformal Plane Projection.

4.4 Application.

Chapter 5. Platting to Describe.

5.1 General.

5.2 Original Surveys.

5.3 Retracement Surveys.

5.4 Preserving the evidence in words: a case study.

5.5 Reference to Plats in Descriptions.

Chapter 6. Composing, Comprehending Descriptions.

6.1 General.

6.2 Hierarchy of Calls.

6.3 Caption.

6.4 Body.

6.5 Elements of the Description.

6.6 Punctuation.

6.7 Deed discrepancies - Conflicts.

Chapter 7. ALTA/ACSM Surveys.

7.1 Land Title Insurance.

7.2 ALTA/ACSM Survey Standards.

7.3 Accuracy Standards.

7.4 Informational Options.

7.5 The description for an ALTA/ACSM survey.

7.6 The Surveyor Is In Charge.

Chapter 8. Situational Awareness.

8.1 Deed discrepancies - conflicts.

8.2 Professional Responsibilities.

8.3 Regional Lexicon and Local Practice.

8.4 Introducing uniform language.

8.5 Breaking old habits.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.7.2011
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Berufs-/Gebührenrecht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Sachenrecht
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Bauwesen
• Schlagworte: Bauingenieur- u. Bauwesen • Business & Management • Civil Engineering & Construction • Immobilien u. Grundbesitz • Law • Law Special Topics • Property & Real Estate • Rechtswissenschaft • Spezialthemen Rechtswissenschaft • Surveying • Vermessung, Trassierung • Wirtschaft u. Management
• ISBN-10: 1-118-08466-7 / 1118084667
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-08466-3 / 9781118084663