Boundaries and Servitudes
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What’s Included: Full webinar recording, written course materials, expert instruction, a mandatory quiz, and a certificate upon completion.
Deliverability Timeline: All courses are generally available within 1-2 weeks after the live presentation.
CE Credits: AIA and/or LA/CES accreditation is available by request for courses recorded prior to March 11, 2026. All courses after that date include those accreditations by default, if applicable. With these accreditations, our courses qualify for credit in nearly all states for engineers, surveyors, architects, and landscape architects.
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Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 – 11:45 am
Lunch (On your own): 11:45 am – 12:45 pm
Afternoon Session: 12:45 – 4:30 pm
Important Concepts
Louisiana Civil Code
Titles define what
Surveys show where & how much
Evidence
Rules of evidence
Sources of evidence
Boundaries Based on Written Land Descriptions
Intent
Conflicting description elements
Original surveys
Sectionalized lands
Subdivision map
Metes and bounds
Boundaries Based on Possession
Acquisitive prescription (Adverse possession)
Acquiescence
Estoppels
Boundaries by agreement
Technical Concepts
Datum
Distance
Direction
Area
Credits
Attorneys
6.5 Louisiana CLE Hours
6.5 Texas CLE Hours
Professional Engineers & Land Surveyors
6.5 PDHs
Louisiana Insurance Producers
6.0 Title Continuing Ed. Hours
Landmen
6.5 AAPL CEUs
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public. The Louisiana CLE Committee has approved this event for 6.5 CLE hours for attorneys. HalfMoon Education is an accredited CLE provider in Texas, and this course qualifies for 6.5 CLE hours for attorneys.
This event offers 6.5 PDHs to Louisiana engineers and land surveyors to whom the subject matter is professionally relevant. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education provider for Louisiana engineers and land surveyors.
The Louisiana Office of the Commissioner of Insurance has approved this course for 6.0 Title continuing education hours, which include 4.0 General Insurance Principles hours and 2.0 Consumer Finance Protection hours.
The American Association of Professional Landmen has accredited this course for 6.5 RL, RPL or CPL recertification credits (CEUs) and no CPL/ESA or ethics credits.
Current information on continuing education approvals can be found at www.halfmoonseminars.org.
Attendance will be monitored and reported, as required. Attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.
Speakers
J. Anthony Cavell, PLS, CFedS
Mr. Cavell lives in Baton Rouge and is a native of Lafayette. “Tony” is a licensed PLS and CFedS. He is a Fellow of American College of Surveying and Mapping (ACSM) and the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS) and a past president of NSPS and Louisiana Society of Professional Surveyors (LSPS). Mr. Cavell is on the Board of Directors of AAGS and associate editor of the Surveying and Land Information Science Journal (SaLIS). He is the surveyor for the LSU Center for GeoInformatics (C4G) & La. Spatial Reference Center (LSRS). Mr. Cavell served on the East Baton Rouge Engineer and Surveyor Selection Board. He provides consulting services, covering GNSS, geodesy, property/ boundary, historical surveying, and education. He was awarded the 2007 Earle J. Fennel Award for Surveying and Mapping Education.
