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2011 ALTA/ACSM Survey Standards
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Date: May 4, 2011
Requested CLE Credit: 1.50
 
Presented by: Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law
 

Description

 

2011 ALTA/ACSM Survey Standards

Event Code: RP1RSS
Recorded on Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Format: Teleconference and Live Audio Webcast
Duration: 90 minutes

Sponsor: The American Bar Association Section of Real Property, Trust & Estate Law

 

PROGRAM INFORMATION

Surveys are an integral part of real estate transactions. Accurate and properly prepared surveys are essential to diligence items, especially when land is to be insured for title insurance purposes. The American Land Title Association and National Society of Professional Surveyors, Inc. recently promulgated, effective February 23, 2011, new minimum standard detail requirements for ALTA/ACSM land title surveys.

This program will discuss the new minimum standards, and explain how these standards may impact the requests and production of surveys and the treatment of surveys for title insurance purposes.

Among the topics to be covered include:

  • Requests for survey;
  • Surveying standards and standards of care;
  • Boundary resolutions;
  • Measurement standards;
  • Records research;
  • Fieldwork;
  • Plats or maps;
  • Easements, servitudes, rights-of-way, access and record documents;
  • Certifications and;
  • Deliverables 

PROGRAM FACULTY

OUR EXPERTS:

  • James J. Brown, Bock & Clark Corporation, Akron, OH
  • James Gosdin, Stewart Title Insurance Company, Houston, TX
  • Orlando Lucero, Stewart Title of Albuquerque, LLC, Albuquerque, NM
ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST REGISTER

Cancellations and requests for refunds will be honored on the following basis: Two business days or more, 100% refund; one business day or less, 100% refund minus the $25 administrative fee. Substitute registrants are welcome.

CLE Information 

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