For nearly 60 years, Evidence and Procedures for Boundary Location has offered guidance on the principles of land boundary law and evidence for accurate boundary determination to professional surveyors, students in surveying programs, and those studying for the Fundamentals of Land Surveying licensure exam offered by NCEES. Evidence and Procedures presents methods for the rediscovery or recreation of real property boundaries. Through the use of historical documentation, field investigation and recreation of the original surveying methodology, the book provides the reader with acceptable and legally defensible tools for the re-establishment of land boundaries.This classic text has been updated to include new case law examples throughout, the latest in forensic investigation in the discovery of obscured evidence, and an all-new chapter on emerging technology in the field of boundary surveying. This book is an indispensable reference for land boundary surveying and a must-have for every professional land surveyor or those studying to enter the profession.

Donald A. Wilson is President of Land & Boundary Consultants, Inc.  
Charles A. Nettleman, III, Ph.D., is President and CEO of Nettleman Land Consultants, Inc. and Director of the Nettleman Institute of Land Surveying Engineering Technology, Inc.  
Walter G. Robillard is a Principal at World Boundaries, Inc.  

Preface

1 Introduction

2 Definition, Scope, and Nature of Evidence

3 Words as Evidence

4 Evidence and Technology

5 Other Types or Species of Evidence

6 Calculations and Measurements as Evidence

7 Plats as Evidence

8 Evidence of Water Boundaries

9 Using Historical Knowledge as Evidence

10 Recording and Preserving Evidence

11 Procedures for Locating Boundaries Described by Words

12 Original Surveys and Related Platting Laws

13 Unwritten Transfers of Land Ownership

14 Guarantees of Title and Location

15 Using and Understanding Words in Boundary Descriptions

16 Professional Liability

17 Professional Stature

18 The Surveyor in Court

19 The Surveyor, the Law, and Evidence: A Professional Relationship

Appendix A The Surveyor’s Report

Appendix B Wooden Evidence

Appendix C The [Quasi-]Judicial Function of Surveyors

Appendix D Geodaesia

Appendix E Land Acts that Created the Public Lands

Index