Boundaries and Easements Seminar
Agenda
Locating Land Boundaries on Paper (And on the Ground)
Thursday, November 17th, 2016, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM CST
Boundary retracement theory and principles
Interpreting land descriptions
• Metes and bounds
• Lot and block
• Dos and don’ts for writing descriptions
Applying principles of boundary location
• Collecting and evaluating all types of boundary evidence:
documents, physical evidence, people, surveys
• Locating the described land on a map
• Locating the described land on the ground
Solving land description and boundary location problems
Identifying, Classifying and Locating Easements
Thursday, November 17th, 2016, 1:30 – 3:30 PM CST
What is and is not an easement
Reviewing state law on easements
Creating easements:
Easements by necessity, easements by use, written easements
Identifying critical distinctions between easements in gross,
easements appurtenant and prescriptive easements
Maintaining easements
Knowing when and how to terminate easements
Obstructing use of easements and determining remedies for obstruction
Defining Trespass and Adverse Possession
Friday, November 18th, 2016, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM CST
Defining trespass
Reviewing the history of adverse possession
Maintaining a claim for adverse possession
• Statute of limitations
• Elements of a claims
Defending against a claim for adverse possession
Examining recent adverse possession cases
Resolving Boundary Disputes
Friday, November 18th, 2016, 1:00 – 2:30 PM CST
Types of boundary disputes
• Adverse possession, easements, boundaries
Obtaining and reviewing boundary evidence
Methods for establishing disputed boundaries
Participating in dispute resolution techniques
• Litigation, arbitration, mediation, agreements, title insurance
Examining boundary dispute case studies:
Exploring techniques for resolving sample disputes
Webinar Instructions
All attendees must log-on through their own email – attendees may not watch together if they wish to earn continuing education credit. HalfMoon Education Inc. must be able to prove attendance if either the attendee or HalfMoon Education Inc. is audited.
Certificates of completion will be provided for each webinar attended and will be sent via email in PDF form about five business days after the date of the conclusion of the series.
Webinars are presented via GoToWebinar, an easy-to-use application that can be run on most systems and tablets. Instructions and login information will be provided in an email sent close to the date of the webinar. It is highly recommended that you download, install and test the application before the webinar begins by clicking on the link in the email.
GoToWebinar system requirements:
Operating System:
Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 10
Mac OSX 10.9 (Mavericks) – 10.11 (El Capitan)
Web Browser:
Chrome v34+, Firefox v34+, Internet Explorer 8+, Microsoft Edge, Safari v6+
Internet connection: Hardware:
Minimum of 1Mbps 2GB RAM or more
Credits
Attorneys:
7.0 Approved CLE Hours for AZ, AR, CA, MN, NC, OH, TX, VA, VT, WI
Pending for MS
Land Surveyors:
7.0 Tennessee PDHs, TX PDHs Pending
7.0 PDHs all other states excl. FL, NJ
Professional Engineers:
7.0 PDHs in all states
Continuing Education Credit Information
These four interactive webinars offer a total of 7.0 continuing education hours to attorneys, land surveyors, and professional engineers, to whom the subject matter is professionally relevant. Check each course listing for the number of credit hours offered. Interested professionals can earn continuing education hours by participating in any or all webinars.
Each webinar has been approved or offers CLE credit for attorneys in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and Wisconsin. Credit is applied for and pending in Mississippi. Attorneys in other states will need to apply themselves to their licensing entities.
Each webinar offers PDHs to professional land surveyors in most states. Credit approval has been secured for Tennessee land surveyors, and course approvals are pending in Texas. Credit is not being sought in Florida or New Jersey. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in other states.
Each webinar offers PDHs to professional engineers to whom the subject matter is professionally relevant in all states that accepts this learning method. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota. Other states do not preapprove educators or courses.
Participation certificates will be awarded to participants who complete a program in its entirety and respond to all the verification prompts and/or questions that appear during and/or after the course instruction.
Speakers
Barry E. Savage, PLS
Survey Products Group Manager with Tennessee Valley Authority in Chattanooga, TNMr. Savage began his survey career while in college in 1981. He graduated from the University of Tennessee at Martin with a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering Technology. Mr. Savage worked for the next 10 years for various civil/survey firms in positions ranging from crew chief to senior designer. In 1993 he started Savage Surveying and Mapping. While operating his firm Mr. Savage surveyed several state lines to resolve jurisdictional conflicts. He served as survey consultant during the construction of the Ocoee Whitewater venue for the 1996 Olympics. Mr. Savage is currently the Survey Products Manager at the Tennessee Valley Authority providing survey services to support their seven-state service area. He has been an adjunct faculty member at Cleveland State Community College for 20 years where he teaches courses in boundary law, geodesy, and general surveying. Mr. Savage and his students have retraced the historical surveys of Henry David Thoreau on Walden Pond in Concord Massachusetts. He teaches continuing education courses on surveying and boundary issues across the country. Mr. Savage is a licensed surveyor in Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama.
There are 4 Courses in This Seminar
