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As clearcut as the boundaries staked out by surveyors are, the lines of authority over the information in those signed and sealed surveys are blurring.
Many court disputes over easements created for transmission lines and other utilities involve easements that are not appurtenant to any particular tract, commonly known as "easements in gross."
Back in October of last year, we discussed the disturbing case of Vizaline, a company founded in 2014 that uses public information, draws the deed lines with a software program that plots the bearings and distances, then Vizaline places that plot on an aerial image and produces a "Viza-Plat."
Floating easements are problematic for surveyors because they only identify the subject tract that is burdened by the servitude and lack a written description defining the location within the tract.