- How boundaries are created; Characteristis
- Where the Rules of Construction come from
- How gaps and overlaps are handled
- Description
What are Professional Ethics [for Washington Surveyors]?
- Ethics guide decisions
- Laws set the floor, ethics set the bar
- Ethical decisions often live
Gary R. Kent, PS – 2/25/2026 10:00
MERIDIAN LAND CONSULTING, LLC – 317.345.4031
1. History / Talking Points Today
We are going to be talking about section 1 of the ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey.
This is the 11TH version. It just went into effect. They started in 1962. 1986. 1988, 1992, 1997. 1999, 2005, 2011, 2016, 2021, and now 2026
Gaps and Overlaps
Seeking to define the survey terms of Gap and Overlap reminds me of what a colleague once said: “You know how on the East Coast people are up in your face and gruff, sometimes mean even? Well, they don’t mean it. Similarly, you know how people on the West Coast are pleasant and kind to
Reitz v. Knight – Case Review
While the conflict attendant to boundary disputes is tremendously wasteful on their own, there is a way to accelerate the extreme wallet purge as if a financial bulimic. That way is to challenge the validity of the neighbor’s survey with one’s own. This is what occurred in Reitz v. Knight.
In surveyor speak this type
Land Surveyors’ Association of Washington’s Banquet is Tonight
Today is the second day of the Land Surveyors’ Association of Washington’s (LSAW) Annual Conference.
This year the conference is back at the Tulalip Resort.
As always there will be a Banquet. I certainly will be there this evening.
The reason beyond the good food, fun, and fellowship, is because this will be the end
A Norwegian & A Polack Who Don’t Meet in a Bar — Hamlet’s Poland Sub, Subplot
Surveyors: Instead of Depicting Calculated Corners … Are You Willing to Put Your Professional Career at Stake?
There is a renewed call for a survey which exemplifies the problems which have been kicked around at Survey Connect [HERE].
As it should happen, I have found such a survey. Please see King County recording 20141112900002 [HERE].
I invite surveyors – especially those licensed in Washington State – to provide
Surveyors Against Lawyers v. Lawyers Collaborating with Surveyors
Surveyors Should Bring About Peace Between Neighbors
I’m not a surveyor, but I have spent enough time getting to know surveyors as well as seeing how their work can later affect their clients and their client’s neighbors that it has become clear that there are basically two types of folks producing very different types of surveys.
Jeff Lucas, PLS, JD – who