I received an important comment to my recent post “Survey Says the Fence Encroaches – Now What?“. I think that commenter Scott D. Warner, R.L.S. Senior Director / Editor Land Surveyors United (www.landsurveyorsunited.com) has made such an important point that I want to reproduce it here, so that it won’t be overlooked.
A survey is authenticated not by the fact that a surveyor’s stamp is upon it. This alone is inadequate.
In addition to the stamp, the surveyor must place his or her signature and the handwritten date of the survey’s completion across the stamp.
Notably, in the past the expiration of the surveyor’s current license (which must be renewed every
Last night I went to the monthly North Puget Sound – Land Surveyors of Washington (NPLS-LSAW) meeting. After all the chapter business was conducted, Bobby Wildrick, PLS (i.e. professional land surveyor) gave a presentation about GPS accuracy.
Mr. Wildrick conducted an experiment, in which seeking to hold all other variables constant, he used high-end Leica
In preparing for conference seminars that I will be giving early next year for the Land Surveyors Association of Washington (“LSAW”), I found a quote in a Washington Supreme Court decision that is perfectly apt for any type of boundary dispute case.
In Hudson House, Inc. v. Rozman, 82 Wn.2d 178, 179 509 P.2d
A question was recently posed on the King County Bar Association’s list serve that may be relevant to others in the future. So, I have decided to memorialize the recommendation in this post.
The question was simply: “Does anyone have a recommendation for an Aerial Surveyor?” The initial answer, which incidentally came from well north of Seattle
I had the privilege of going out with Robert Winters [background] and Eric Workinger of Chadwick & Winters on a work assignment. Now, I have always loved geometry and maps, and on this occassion, I tagged along to better my understanding of the profession which serves as the predicate for so much of my boundary dispute law work.
The
Governor Gregoire announced her proposed plan for balancing the biennium budget today. The Seattle Times’ Andrew Garber reports this story in full here. Yet, the story is perhaps best captured by the following quote contained within it:
Overall, the proposed budget closes a projected $4.6 billion shortfall in the next two-year budget — which runs through June
