Agenda

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8:00 – 8:30 am EDT
Morning Session
8:30 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Lunch (on your own)
12:00 – 1:00 pm EDT
Afternoon Session
1:00 – 4:40 pm EDT

Presented by:
Gary Kent

Agenda
The Art of Retracement
Definitions
• Retracement boundary survey
• Original boundary survey
Introduce flowchart
Intent – the Holy Grail
Determining if there was an original survey
• Yes, there was an original survey
• The surveyor’s responsibility – follow in the footsteps
The surveyor’s challenges
Identifying the best evidence of intent
Determining the best evidence of the original survey
• Direct
• Indirect
• Determining the acceptable precision of indirect evidence
• Summarizing intent and direct & indirect evidence
No original survey (or I don’t know if there was an original survey)
• Retracing when there was no original survey
• Determining the best evidence to rely on
Ambiguities
Definitions
• Patent
• Latent
• Explaining/solving patent ambiguities in the legal description
• Explaining/solving latent ambiguities by exploring and analyzing extrinsic evidence
Analyzing the evidence and applying the appropriate boundary law principles
Potential conflicts independent of the resolved boundary
Completing the survey

The 2021 Minimum Standards for ALTA/NSPS Land Title Surveys
Purpose and development of ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey
• Elements of ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey
Ordering the survey
Surveying standards and standards of care
Effective date
• Other requirements and standards of practice
Normal standard of care
Boundary establishment
Measurement standards
Records research
Fieldwork
• Monuments
• Rights of way and access
• Lines of possession and improvements along boundaries
• Buildings
• Easements and servitudes
• Cemeteries
• Water features
Preparation of the plat/map of ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey
• Fieldwork
• Boundary, description, dimensions, closures
• Easements, servitudes, rights of way, access, documents
• Presentation
Certification
Deliverables
Table A
Preface
Items 1-19
Item 20

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Credits

Indiana Professional Engineers
& Land Surveyors
8.0 PDHs

Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 8.0 PDHs to professional engineers
and land surveyors licensed in Indiana.

The Indiana Land Surveyor Board has approved HalfMoon Education as a
continuing education provider (No. CE10600325). This course offers land surveyors
8.0 hours of continuing education, based on 50 minute hours. The State Board of
Registration for Professional Engineers has approved HalfMoon Education as a
continuing education provider (No. CE21700059). This course offers engineers 8.0
hours of continuing education, based on 50 minute hours.

Attendance will be monitored, and 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.

Completion certificates will be awarded to participants who complete this event
online, respond to prompts and earn a passing score (80%) on the quiz that follows
the presentation (multiple attempts allowed).

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