ALTA-ACSM Land Title Survey Checklist - Boulder …

1 1 ALTA/ acsm land Title Survey Checklist In addition to the requirements listed below, the Survey shall contain the following: _____ (1) Sufficient data to clearly indicate the theory of location applied in finalizing the locations of the corners. (2) Any data at variance with this theory of location. (3) Sufficient data to allow the retracement without difficulty of all pertinent lines, corners, easements, and other encumbrances shown on the plat or referenced in the Title commitment. Detail that cannot be legibly depicted on the Survey plat shall be otherwise explained in the surveyor s report. _____ A statement of apparent encroachments listing (1) all apparent encroachments in an alphabetical or numbered listing, (2) a written description of the improvement that is apparently encroaching and the measured maximum extent, (3) whether the improvement apparently encroaching is from the subject property onto an adjoining property or from an adjoining property onto the subject property, and (4) correspond to a circled identifier on the Survey .

2 ALTA/ acsm Minimum Standard Detail and Drawing Requirements Note: These requirements have been modified from and may require additional information than the standard ALTA/ acsm requirements: General _____ Survey to be based on local state plane coordinates or other basis as may be required by the local jurisdictions. _____ Upon completion and acceptance by all parties, furnish one reproducible mylar, three prints, an Adobe Reader (.pdf) and AutoCad (.dwg) compatible with the current versions of Owner s software. The drawing shall utilize layer naming conventions, line types, and line weights such that each identifiable item is on a unique layer.

3 There shall be no entities on layer zero. The drawing shall be purged of all unused blocks, layers, linetypes, and fonts before submittal. _____ Record the plat of Survey and the associated surveyor s report in the county recorder s office in the county where the property is located and provide a copy of same to Owner. Paragraph (2) _____ Surveyor name, address, phone number _____ Surveyor seal, signature, registration number _____ Caption ALTA/ acsm land Title Survey _____ Date Survey completed handwritten next to seal or signature or otherwise provided such that the date is automatically updated to differentiate the newest version of the Survey , including field work completion date _____ Date of all plan revisions _____ Certification per job requirements Paragraph (3) _____ Accordance with accuracy standards along specified statement in certification Paragraph (4)

4 _____ Scale, generally not exceeding 1inch equals 50 feet, such that the Survey is legible. _____ Graphic scale _____ North orientation of plat (toward top of drawing preferred) _____ Legend detailing all symbols, linetypes and abbreviations used on the Survey when not otherwise noted on the Survey Paragraph (5)(a) _____ Mathematical dimensions, directions _____ Curve data including arc length, delta, radius, chord and chord bearing _____ Point of Beginning as appearing in surveyor s description _____ Point of Commencement 2 _____ Record POB if different from above _____ Well-fixed bearing base _____ North arrow referenced to bearing base _____ Note if bearing base is different from Title bearing base Paragraph (5)(b)

5 _____ Both record and measured angles and distances and which are used in description _____ Statement, if failure, of record description to close mathematically Paragraph (5)(c) _____ Measured and record distances from corners of parcel surveyed to nearest street right-of-way lines _____ Recovered corners and evidence of corners _____ Names of streets and highways abutting or adjoining property, including jurisdiction, width, and type of pavement _____ Widths of Rights-of-way (if variable, indicate as variable and provide appropriate dimensions to define it) along with source of information _____ Note any use contrary to above _____ Access (or lack thereof) to abutting streets or highways _____ Private roads to be so indicated _____ Streets defined but not opened Paragraph (5)(d) _____ Reference record plats or maps, right-of-way maps, filing date, map numbers, etc.

6 , including those obtained by contacting local and state agencies _____ Lot, block, section numbers, etc. of surveyed premises _____ For non-platted adjoining lands, names and recoding data, including date, identifying adjoining owners as they appear of record _____ For platted adjoining land , the recording data of the subdivision plat, including date, shall be shown _____ Platted setback or building restriction lines recorded on subdivision plan or on other record documents delivered to the surveyor _____ Contiguity, gores, and overlaps along the exterior boundaries _____ Interior parcel lines with gores and overlaps, if any _____ Balance of parcel if whole parcel not surveyed and notation indicating extent of Survey Paragraph (5)(e)

7 _____All pertinent monuments, with a notation indicating which were found and which were set, identified as to their character, their size, their location including their location relative to the surface of the ground, and whether or not they were held as control on the Survey . Found monuments shall be accompanied by a reference to their origin when it is known. Where there is no available documented origin, it shall be so noted on the plat. Include dimensions as to their relationship to established corners and boundary lines or a list showing the north and east ground coordinates and a description for each such points. When a list of coordinates is provided for such points, include coordinates for at least four corners of the established boundary in order to relate such points to the boundary.

8 _____The location of all monuments and physical evidence of possession on or beyond the surveyed premises on which establishment of the corners of the surveyed premises are dependent. This includes monuments on all controlling corners or lines appropriate to the description of the tract being surveyed, but in no case shall the Survey show fewer than two (2) monumented corners regardless of the description of the tract. Include bearings dimensions as to their relationship to the property and to controlling lines on the Survey . Paragraph (5)(f) _____ Character of evidence of possession with relationship to property (both measured and record).

9 Include type, condition, and estimated age of possession. When no visible evidence of possession is present, indicate such along each line of the Survey . 3 Paragraph (5)(g) _____ Buildings on property with measurements perpendicular to nearest two perimeter boundaries _____ Building street numbers where available _____ Statement of No buildings when none are present. Paragraph (5)(h) _____ Evidence of easements or servitudes referenced in record document, on or crossing property, including adjoining properties if they appear to affect property. Include state clearance limits of railroads on or adjoining property (implied easements), possible prescriptive easements, apparent rights-of-way, and high water marks of streams that may be declared navigable based on local, state, or federal precedent _____ Easements and servitudes of record; if no observable evidence, per record; if no observable evidence, so note _____ Observable evidence of easements and servitudes of all kinds, that is roads, rights-of-way, legal (regulated) drains or tiles, watercourses, drains, telephone, telegraph, water, sewer, gas, oil pipelines, etc.

10 On or across surveyed property, or adjoining the property _____ Surface evidence of underground easements or servitudes _____ Sufficient data to show the locations of such easements and servitudes in reference to the boundary of the property Paragraph (5)(i) _____ Character and location of walls, buildings, fences, and other visible improvements within 5 feet of boundary line on either side _____ Evidence of apparent encroaching structures, appurtenances, and projections such as fire escapes, bay windows, windows and doors that open out, flue pipes, stoops, eaves, cornices, areaways, steps, trim, etc., either way across property line, easement line, or setback line, with extent of apparent encroachment Paragraph (5)(j) _____ Driveways or alleys and other ways of access, and evidence of adverse use, if any, either way, with appropriate measurements _____ Apparent encroachments of driveways or alleys on adjoining properties Paragraph (5)(k) _____ Cemeteries and burial grounds, as observed or as of record in public offices, or provided by client Paragraph (5)(l) _____ Ponds, lakes, springs, rivers, bordering on or running through the property.