Understanding Land Surveys, Legal Descriptions and Boundaries in Kentucky
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Agenda
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8:00 – 8:30 am CDT
Morning Session
8:30 – 11:40 am CDT
Break
11:40 am – 12:10 pm CDT
Afternoon Session
12:10 – 3:50 pm CDT
Presented by
Anthony M. Gregory
Ordering and Reviewing Land Surveys
Kentucky requirements and standards for professional land surveyors
Ordering and reviewing land surveys
Boundary survey standards – Kentucky
Research and investigation
Mortgage inspection plats – Kentucky
ALTA/NSPS land title surveys
Reviewing title issues disclosed on sample survey plats
Writing and Interpreting Legal Descriptions
What is a legal description?
Who can write a legal description?
Types of legal descriptions
United States Public Land System
Metes and bounds system/descriptions – Kentucky
“Of” descriptions
Some key words in legal descriptions
Some words we can do without in legal descriptions
Determining what controls in a legal description
Order of importance of conflicting title elements
Corners and monuments
Lot and block descriptions (subdivisions)
Locating Land Boundaries
History of land boundaries
Evidence of boundary location
• Words as evidence (written and verbal)
• Monuments as evidence
• Occupation as evidence (possession lines)
• Plats as evidence
Interpreting evidence – Kentucky
Evidence and technology
“Boundary” line vs. “property” line
Sequential conveyances and simultaneous conveyances
• Senior/junior rights
State boundary surveying standards
ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey Standards
Surveyor’s role in boundary disputes
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Credits
Professional Engineers &
Land Surveyors
6.5 PDHs
Kentucky Attorneys
6.5 CLE Hours
Continuing Education Credit Information
This webinar is open to the public and offers 6.5 PDHs to engineers and land
surveyors licensed in Kentucky. Educators and courses are not subject to
preapproval in Kentucky.
Professional engineers seeking professional development/continuing education
credit in other states will be able to claim the hours earned at this webinar, in many
cases. Refer to specific state rules to determine eligibility.
The Kentucky Bar Association has approved this activity for 6.5 CLE credits, including
0.0 Ethics credits, for Kentucky attorneys.
Completion certificates will be awarded to participants who complete this event,
respond to prompts, and earn a passing score (80%) on the quiz that follows the
presentation (multiple attempts allowed).
Speakers
Anthony M. Gregory
Anthony M. Gregory is a professor emeritus of Civil Engineering Technology, at Purdue University Northwest, Hammond Campus, in Hammond, Indiana. Professor Gregory is registered as a land surveyor in Indiana and Illinois and consults as a professional surveyor at Abonmarche through their Hobart, Indiana office. He has presented numerous seminars on various land surveying topics to professional land surveyors, surveying technicians, attorneys, title company officials and real estate professionals. Professor Gregory has an A.A.S. degree in Civil Engineering Technology, a B.S. degree in Construction Technology from Purdue University Calumet (now Purdue University Northwest) and a master’s degree in City and Regional Planning from the Illinois Institute of Technology. He is a member of the Indiana Society of Professional Land Surveyors (ISPLS), the Illinois Professional Land Surveyors Association (IPLSA) and the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS). Professor Gregory previously served on the ISPLS Board of Directors and is a past society president. He currently serves on the Board of Directors, and the Trig-Star Committee for NSPS and is the NSPS Trig-Star Coordinator for Indiana. He and his wife currently serve as co-pastors at Center Pointe Church in Grove City, Ohio.