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2025 March seminar

REYNOLDS LODGE at LAKE SHAWNEE

3315 SE Tinman Cir., Topeka, KS

Friday March 14th, 2025

featuring Gary R, Kent, PS - Speaker

Gary Kent is a Professional Surveyor with Schneider Geomatics in Indianapolis. After 37 years, he transitioned to part-time in 2020 and formed Meridian Land Consulting to provide training, consulting and expert witness services. Gary was chair of the ALTA/NSPS Workgroup responsible for the ALTA/NSPS Standards from 1995 to 2021. He has presented programs on boundaries, standards, risk management, safety, easements, leadership, and other topics multiple times in all 50 states. Gary has 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.

The Art of Retracement

Every professional surveyor across the United States knows the phrase “Follow in the Footsteps” as it relates to conducting a boundary retracement survey. But what does it really mean and what is the basis for following the footsteps? And exactly whose footsteps are we talking about? What happens when the evidence of the footsteps on the ground conflicts with the written title? What if the written title description is ambiguous? What if there are seemingly no footsteps to follow? In this program we will explore the concept of retracement, how it relates to and is dependent on the document of conveyance, and what controls when conflicts and ambiguities are inevitably encountered. When armed with a full understanding of the concept of retracement, surveyors will be much better equipped to help steer their clients (and their affected neighbors) away from the pain and cost of litigation, and towards an amicable solution based on well-placed confidence and understanding of their respective roles and responsibilities.

ppt_Art_of_Retracement_KSLS_20250314.pdf

Easements & Rights of Way

Surveyors deal with easements almost every day, and they are the subject of a tremendous amount of litigation, so they are of great interest to the surveying community. The program covers all aspects of easements from their creation (both written and unwritten), through interference, maintenance, overburdening, how they differ from licenses, the importance of recordation, reversionary rights, and the many ways in which they can be terminated or extinguished. The program is tailored to the laws and court decisions of the state in which the program is presented.

ppt_Easements_KS_20250314.pdf

SCHEDULE

Friday, March 14th, 2025

7:30 am - 8:00 am Check in & continental breakfast

8:00 am - 12:00 pm The Art of Retracement

(with break)

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Catered lunch

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Easements & Rights of Way

(with break)

REYNOLDS LODGE at lake SHAWNEE

3315 SE Tinman Cir., Topeka, KS

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