Agenda

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Tuesday, December 3, 2024 
8:30 am – 4:30 pm EST

 

Presented by: Barry Savage, PLS

Locating New York Land Boundaries on Paper (And on the Ground)

  • 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
  • Understanding and using geographic information systems (GIS)
  • Solving land description and boundary location problems

Identifying, Classifying and Locating Easements

  • 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

Trespass, Adverse Possession and Other Unauthorized Access to Land

  • Elements of civil trespass to land
  • Reviewing the history of adverse possession
  • Maintaining a claim for adverse possession
  • Defending against a claim for adverse possession
  • Examining recent adverse possession cases

Resolving Boundary Disputes

  • 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

Understanding Riparian and Water Rights

  • History and development of riparian rights
  • Determining land boundaries near the water line
  • Determining access rights to surface waters
  • Determining rights to groundwater
  • Complying with regulations restricting access to and use of surface water and groundwater

 

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Credits

Engineers
7.0 PDHs

Land Surveyors
7.0 PDHs

PIE - Practicing Institute of Engineering
7.0 PDHs

 

Continuing Education Credit Information

This webinar is open to the public and is designed to qualify for 7.0 PDHs for professional engineers and land surveyors in New York.

HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved continuing education sponsor for New York engineers and land surveyors via its course approval from the Practicing Institute of Engineering.

This webinar has been evaluated for compliance with NYS Mandatory Continuing Education requirements for professional engineers and land surveyors by the Practicing Institute of Engineering, and has been approved for 7.0 PDHs.

Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the webinar for those who attend the entire course and score a minimum 80% on the quiz that follows the course (multiple attempts allowed).

On-Demand Credits

The preceding credit information only applies to the live presentation. This course in an on-demand format is not preapproved by any licensing boards and do not qualify for the same credits.

Speakers

Barry E. Savage, PLS

Survey Products Group Manager with Tennessee Valley Authority in Chattanooga, TN

Prior to his service at TVA, Mr. Savage was in private survey practice for 10 years specializing in dispute resolution and expert witness services. He has surveyed several disputed state boundaries to resolve jurisdictional conflicts. Mr. Savage is an adjunct professor at Cleveland State Community College where he teaches courses in boundary law, geodesy, GIS, and surveying fundamentals. He has researched and retraced the historical surveys of Henry David Thoreau and has published several articles on the subject. Mr. Savage teaches exam review and continuing education seminars at various state and local conferences across the country.

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