Land Title Surveys: Important Information That You Need to Know

Out-of-State Land Surveyors may not realize that the DORA AES Board considers all ALTA/NSPS Land Title Surveys to be a monumented land survey. This means that you’re required to set property monuments when they are not found while performing an ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey. Therefore, by default, Item 1 of Table A is required in addition to the Minimum Standard Detail requirements for these surveys whether your client requests it or not. See Board Rule 1.6(L) for additional details.

If you monument a property corner for an ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey, you are then required to deposit or record your map with the appropriate County entity as it is considered a Monumented Land Survey. See section 38-51-107, C.R.S for more information.

A Board Rule that you also might have missed is Board Rule 1.6(E)(4) which was created in order to counter the ‘pin cushion’ effect. This Board Rule states “If a monument is set, as a result of a land survey, that represents the same corner or control corner of an existing monument, the professional land surveyor setting the new monument shall, on the resulting land survey plat, make a note of the reason the professional land surveyor did not accept the existing monument”.

Also consider that you are obligated to submit and/or rehabilitate monument records when appropriate. We encourage you to review sections 38-53-104 C.R.S and 38-53-105 C.R.S. and Board Rule 1.6(D) to understand if/when this is appropriate.