Legal Issues

LAW

The Fine Line Between Surveying and the Law

July 15, 2021

Surveying butts up against many legal and interpretive property issues and can often find itself intersecting with the law.

POLICY POINTS

Congress Organizes to Promote Reform of Design and Construction-Related Contracting

New caucus launched between the US House and Senate to promote reform in construction-related contracting.

John M. Palatiello

June 2, 2021

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The stature of the surveying and geospatial profession in Washington, DC was recently enhanced by the launch of a bipartisan Construction Procurement Caucus in the U.S. Congress.

UPDATES

The 2021 ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey Updates

Three important takeaways.

Emell Derra Adolphus

May 26, 2021

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Three things the changing the 2021 Alta/NSPS land title survey updates.

POLICY POINTS

Land Surveying Policy Points: President Trump Signs Digital Coast Act into Law

The legislation elevates a digital mapping project by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration into a fully authorized program.

John M. Palatiello

April 14, 2021

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The surveying profession scored a major victory when President Trump signed S. 1069, the Digital Coast Act.

UNMISTAKABLE MARKS

Land Surveyors, Dockominiums: Understanding Dockominiums for Internal Revenue Generation in the Caribbean

Internally Generated Revenue (IRG) is one the sources of revenue open to local and national governments in the Caribbean, and Dockominium registration fees are sometimes overlooked as a source of revenue.

Jack McKenna Fitzherbert Reyes

April 9, 2021

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In this Unmistakable Marks column in Point of Beginning magazine, land surveyors Jack McKenna and Fitzherbert Reyes discuss the often-overlooked revenue attached to Dockominiums.

UNMISTAKABLE MARKS

Dockominiums: A Strange Development In the Law of Waters

The term itself is somewhat flexible, with several courts referring to these legal constructs as 'so-called Dockominiums.'

Kristopher M. Kline PLS

December 16, 2020

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Dockominiums seem to stretch the limits of riparian law.

TRAVERSING THE LAW

An Open Letter to the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying

"Surveying property boundaries is not an engineering project," says Lucas, "though too many so-called surveyors treat it as such."

Jeffery N. Lucas, PLS, Esq.

July 18, 2020

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"Surveying property boundaries is not an engineering project," says Lucas, "though too many so-called surveyors treat it as such."

UNMISTAKABLE MARKS

Overburden of Easements in Land Surveying

Kristopher M. Kline PLS

July 14, 2020

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Court disputes relating to overburden can be found in early 20th century decisions, but the vast majority have been heard within the last 30 years.

TRAVERSING THE LAW

Can A Boundary Survey Be Negligent If You Weren’t Proven Wrong?

Jeffery N. Lucas, PLS, Esq.

June 16, 2020

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What land surveyors can learn from the recent Connecticut Superior Court case of Iron Shields Investment, LLC v. Miller, (2019).

COMMENT

NCEES leadership responds to criticism over efforts to support surveying licensure

Responding to an article published in POB, the organization clarifies its position on the role of surveying in public protection and the activities included in surveying licensure.

May 6, 2020

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Responding to an article published in POB, the organization clarifies its position on the role of surveying in public protection and the activities included in surveying licensure.