The 2021 Minimum Standards for ALTA/NSPS Land Title Surveys
Agenda
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Tuesday, February 11, 2025
9:00 am – 12:15 pm CST
Presented by: Gary Kent
Purpose of and Standards for ALTA/NSPS Land Title Surveys, Part 1
- 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, right’s of way, access, documents
- Presentation
- Certification
- Deliverables
- Preface
- Items 1-19
- Item 20
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Credits
Engineers
3.0 PDHs
Land Surveyors
3.0 PDHs
PIE - Practicing Institute of Engineering
3.0 PDHs
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This webinar is open to the public and is designed to qualify for 3.0 PDHs for professional engineers and land surveyors in most states; please refer to specific state rules to determine eligibility.
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HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for land surveyors licensed in Indiana (License No. CE10600325), Maryland, and North Carolina (S-0130). This course has been pre-approved for 3.0 PDHs for land surveyors by the Florida Board of Professional Surveyors and Mappers and by the Missouri Board of APEPLSPLA.
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Speakers
Gary R. Kent
Meridian Land Consulting, LLCGary Kent is in his 40th year with Schneider Geomatics in Indianapolis – having transitioned to part-time status in 2020. He also provides training, consulting and expert witness services as manager and owner of Meridian Land Consulting, LLC. He served as chair of the Joint ALTA/NSPS Committee responsible for the ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey standards from 1995 to 2021. He has also served on the Indiana State Board of Registration for Professional Surveyors since 2004 and is a past-president of both ACSM and the Indiana Society of Professional Land Surveyors. Mr. Kent has presented programs on boundary law, easements and rights of way, surveying standards and practice, and leadership multiple times in all 50 states.