Boundary Surveys
Bohannan Huston fully supports our engineering based and independent clients with all types of boundary and property survey services, including plats of survey and subdivision plats, ALTA surveys and PLSS retracements. We can fully support community development based projects. From the creation and recordation of easements and legal descriptions of highway right-of-way limits, we are familiar with all types of boundary survey issues.
Terms and Definitions
Plats
A plat is a diagram drawn to scale showing all essential data pertaining to the boundaries and subdivisions of a tract of land. This document shows all the facts and findings regarding the survey. A plat may constitute a legal description of the land and be used in lieu of a written description.
ALTA Surveys
The American Land Title Association (ALTA) Surveys give a little company, lender or lender/borrower a survey showing where buildings, improvements, easements and boundaries are on a non-personal/residential property. These surveys provide imagery for all the parties involved with the transaction. The survey is prepared in conjunction with a current title report and supportive documents for the items delineated within.
Legal Descriptions
Surveys of a particular parcel of land in such a way that it uniquely describes the particular parel and no other. A legal description may be a simple reference to a lot as shown on a subdivision plat, or be described by meters and bounds. To be adequate, it should be sufficient to locate the property without oral testimony.
Right-of-Way Maps
A parcel of land granted by deed or easement for construction and maintenance according to a designated use. This may include highways, streets, canals, ditches, or other uses
Easements
Areas of land owned by the property owner, but in which other parties, such as utility companies, may have limited rights granted for a specific purpose.
PLSS (Public Land Survey System) Retracements
A survey attempting to re-establish an existing survey line. The rule is that the current surveyor must follow the footsteps of the original surveyor when doing retracement surveys and must reflect the intent of the original surveyor.
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