Survey Map 101 for Attorneys: Critical understanding of parcels in legal matters involving land

In any legal matter involving land, it is important to know exactly what parcel of land is involved and, secondarily, what its features are. While a survey map is very helpful, too many lawyers do not understand what a survey entails and how to read a map to get the most from it. This presentation will break down the survey and map into small, understandable units, and then build them into a comprehensible whole. The map will be compared to the legal description found in a deed, title commitment, or similar document, and the techniques for performing an analysis and flagging different sorts of problems will be discussed.

Key topics to be discussed:

• Importance of identifying the parcel of land
• Survey map and its role
• Understanding surveys
• Analysis of survey maps

Closed-captioning available