Trusted Land Surveyors in Wheat Ridge, CO

Per Colorado Revised Statutes 12-25-202(7): "Professional Land Surveyor" means an individual who practices professional land surveying and who is currently licensed with the State board after demonstrating competency to practice, as defined by section 12-25-214. Licensing is earned through years of education and experience and successful completion of a series of licensing examinations.

Most boundaries are created by written documents (such as Warranty or Quit Claim Deeds) that contain specific descriptions. Property rights may also be established by unwritten means such as long time physical occupation of land. A Professional Land Surveyor will research these factors and how they affect the boundaries of your property.p

You should have your land surveyed: Before you purchase it. This will disclose the relationship between the lines of possession and the deeded property lines. A lending institution may require either a Land Survey Plat or an Improvement Location Certificate of your property when you borrow money on it. Whenever you believe there may be a conflict of use on your property. Prior to dividing a parcel of land for sale. The county or city where the property is located may require a Land Survey prior to the construction of any structure or improvements (such as fences) on the property. When you intend to sell any tract of land. When your attorney, architect, real estate broker or municipal planning or engineering office advise or requires it.

Explain why you want the survey. The surveyor can then advise you as to what standard and type of survey is required. You should furnish the Professional Land Surveyor with a description of the property along with all other information or documents that you have regarding the parcel. These would include abstracts of title, title reports, previous survey reports and maps and the location of any corner monuments. The Professional Land Surveyor may request a retainer and written authorization to proceed prior to conducting the survey.

The Professional Land Surveyor's fees will be based on the anticipated difficulty and time required to complete the project. Routine survey projects may be estimated as to cost, but the client should be aware that in many situations, the Professional Land Surveyor cannot predict the amount of work that will be required to recover necessary monuments, restore lost or obliterated corners, research city and county records, collect field data, complete mathematical calculations, and prepare descriptions and maps of the property. All of this must be combined and analyzed to establish the location of property corners and create the final map. One of the most uncertain and costly parts of the survey is the recovery of various types of monuments. It is important for landowners, contractors and the general public to be aware that the careless treatment and destruction of survey monuments adds time and cost to subsequent surveys. Competitive bidding for the lowest price does not necessarily protect the interests of the client, the public, or the Professional Land Surveyor. The competency, reputation, education and experience of several surveyors should be considered before one is selected to perform the survey.