ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey News What to Consider when Considering Optional Table A Items When contemplating an ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey performed to the Minimum Standard Detail Requirements, transaction parties must also weigh the need for any additional Optional Table A Item as a part of the scope. Attached to[...]
ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey News REPORTING AND SHOWING ACCESS Per the Minimum Standard Detail Requirements for ALTA Surveys in Section 5.B, 6.C.iii and 6.C.iv, the Surveyor has specific responsibilities in reporting and showing how the surveyed property gains access to a dedicated public right-of-way, or to clearly indicate the lack[...]
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Revision The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) has approved the ASTM E1527-21 Standard Practice for Phase I Environmental Site Assessments. Here are some of the main points purchasers, developers, lenders, and others involved in commercial real estate transactions need to know: As of February[...]
Why Won’t a Boundary Survey Suffice? In efforts to save cost or time, parties in a commercial real estate transaction may contemplate engaging a surveyor to provide a boundary survey rather than an ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey. However, a boundary survey only reports a retracement of the property lines and[...]
ALTA Surveys: Flood Zone Determinations It is a typical requirement, imposed by the lender in a commercial real estate transaction, that the flood zone be determined for properties to be mortgaged. The flood zone designations are defined by FEMA (The Federal Emergency Management Agency) based on studies provided by USGS[...]
Why Do We Call It an ALTA/NSPS Survey? ALTA is an acronym for the American Land Title Association and NSPS stands for the National Society of Professional Surveyors. In 1962, the two industries came together for the first time to design a survey product that would rely on the land[...]
ALTA Surveys: What is a Metes and Bounds Property Description? There are many types of property descriptions. They include properties defined within a recorded subdivision; Section, Town and Range descriptions; parcels defined on a recorded parcel map; and one of the most common, a metes and bounds description. These descriptions[...]
Zoning Information: ALTA Survey Table A Item 6(a) and 6(b) 2021 Clarifications When a surveyor presents any type of survey, whether it be a boundary, subdivision, ALTA, or topographic, they are providing their best professional opinion. That opinion is formulated to comply with the corresponding state statutes for engineering and[...]
Boundary Resolution and Research Responsibilities When a surveyor presents any type of survey, whether it be a boundary, subdivision, ALTA, or topographic, they are providing their best professional opinion. That opinion is formulated to comply with the corresponding state statutes for engineering and surveying where the surveyor holds their licensure.[...]
New and Modified Surveyor Responsibilities: Section 6 of the Minimum Standards With the adoption of the new 2021 Minimum Standard Detail Requirements for ALTA/NSPS Land Title Surveys, there have been several modifications and a new responsibility added to Section 6.C. – Easements, Servitudes, Rights of Way, Access, and Documents. In[...]
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