Offering CE for Surveyors, Engineers, and Title Agents
Property Surveying in Downtown Areaas
July 10, 2025
9:00 AM - 11:40 AM (EST)
3 hour credit. Registration Fee: $99.00
SPEAKER: Gary Kent
Whether in the downtown of a large or medium-sized city or in the center of a small town, conducting a boundary survey in an urban core requires a different mindset and an entirely different set of considerations. In this program, we will discuss and provide examples of the sorts of things that surveyors should search for, account for, and assess when surveying in zero lot-line areas. Included in the program will be some court decisions that are on-point that will provide perspective in these situations.
Rights and Responsibilities in the Lands of Others: The Effects of Easements on Surveyors' Work
August 14, 2025
9:00 AM - 11:40 AM (EST)
3 hour credit. Registration Fee: $99.00
SPEAKER: Wendy Lathrop
Easements are rights given to one party to use the land of someone else. Both sides have certain rights to be protected as well as responsibilities to preserve the existence and usefulness of the easement. The Land Surveyor is often asked to determine the location of easement rights on the ground, based upon a written description, but sometimes an inspection of the property reveals uses not publicly recorded. What makes an easement an easement, when does an easement cease to exist, and how do easement rights affect land use? What is the Land Surveyor's responsibility in reporting recorded or unrecorded land use?
Discussion will include the definition of an easement, creation and termination of easements, dominant and servient estates, and a sampling of pertinent state statutes and case law.
Title Insurance and Boundary Surveys for Surveying Professionals
October 24, 2025
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM EST
Registration Fee: $129.00
4 Credit Hours.
SPEAKER: JEFF LUCAS
The two most important documents relative to the ownership of property may be the Title Insurance Policy and the Boundary Survey. But what do these documents actually do for the property owner? What does the title policy actually cover and what doesn’t it cover? Does the survey of the property create any assurances for the landowner? What is the role of the ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey? These documents and other related matters will be discussed in order to answer these and other important questions.
OBJECTIVES: To enhance professional competency and improve practitioner’s knowledge of the law as it relates to the practice of land surveying.