Description
Only two persons who can truly resolve a disputed boundary or title problem. Those persons do not include attorneys, title companies or surveyors. And, in a sense, they do not even include judges and juries – at least not of their own volition. In this series of tutorials, we will explore the role that the professional surveyor can and arguably should take in helping property owners establish or maintain their common boundary at the location that they were perfectly satisfied with – at least until the surveyor showed up! In this second tutorial we look at considerations in the dynamic that exists between matters of title and matters of survey.
Pre-Requisite knowledge
It is highly recommended that The Surveyor’s Judicial Role Tutorial I (What is the Real Role of the Boundary Surveyor?) be viewed before taking this tutorial, although it is not completely necessary. Otherwise, the only pre-requisite for this tutorial is having an interest in understanding the difference between matters of title and matters of survey and some considerations in that regard.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the participant should expect to be able to:
- Explain the role and authority of the surveyor with respect to unwritten rights
- Explain the surveyor’s responsibility with respect to junior/senior conflicts
- Identify the three different types of recordation acts.
- Outline the differences between the three different types of recordation acts
- Describe the purpose of a marketable title act and how it operates
