COT 272

Surveying Law

Don Rericka, Instructor

Prerequisite: COT270

Text: Brown's Boundary Control and Legal Principles, Robillard and Wilson, John Wiley & Sons; 5th edition (May 2003)

Reference Text: Evidence and Procedures for Boundary Location, by Robillard and Wilson, John Wiley & Sons; 4th edition (January 2002)

Reference Text: Clark on Surveying and Boundaries, 5th Edition, by Robillard, Lexis Law Pub; 7th edition (June 1998)

Legal aspects of surveying relative to boundary control, including sequential and simultaneous conveyances, adverse possession, riparian rights and boundaries and other interests in real property.  Study of evidence and how it impacts boundary surveying will be reviewed.  State laws and standards which impact surveys are studied.

1.  Demonstrate an understanding of the general legal aspects of land surveying.

2.  Demonstrate an understanding of sequential and simultaneous conveyances, and the differences between them.
3.  Demonstrate an understanding of principles regarding adverse possession and
other unwritten rights situations.

4.  Demonstrate an understanding of riparian rights and water laws.

5.  Demonstrate an understanding of the various forms of evidence in boundary
surveying.

6.  Demonstrate an understanding of various state laws and standards which impact land surveying.

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