How to Get a Land Survey
Determine boundary lines and obtain accurate measurements of your property with a land survey.
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Things You'll Need
- Purchase Agreement
- Yellow Pages
- Contractor Referral Services
- Title Insurance
Instructions
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Determine your reason for a land survey, such as locating boundary lines in order to build a fence or place a building.
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Consult the yellow pages or Internet listings for land surveyors in your area.
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Contact several surveyors and explain your specific needs for a land survey.
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Provide the surveyor with copies of old surveys of the property, title insurance policies, and other pertinent documents relating to the property.
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Ask the surveyor for an estimate of the cost of conducting a land survey on your property.
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Inquire about how long it will take to receive the survey.
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Check the land surveyor's references and certifications.
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Retain the services of a land surveyor by issuing a work order that spells out the type of survey work to be completed, delivery date and estimated costs.
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Tips & Warnings
Remember that in some areas, weather may hamper a surveyor's ability to do a survey. Keep the season and weather in mind when planning to get a survey.
Buying property without a land survey could mean trouble in the future if questions arise about the legal boundaries of your property or the location of easements on your land.
Get everything in writing.
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Comments
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My land is irregular, according to the survey (front side is 5 feet wider than back side. Is this normal?
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is it procedure of surveying also
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azrls
May 29, 2010
Dumb. Looking in the phone book or Internet for a land surveyor (or attorney, or doctor, or dentist) is bad advice. You will find surveyors who have been disciplined for incompetence (although you won't know that), or have gone out of business, or died.
