- How boundaries are created; Characteristis
- Where the Rules of Construction come from
- How gaps and overlaps are handled
- Description
Legislative Process: Life of a Bill
2/26/2026 10:30 AM – Mike McKevilly, PLS – 2015 LSAW Past President
mikem@sittshill.com – 253.474.9449
Mike presented the list of people who are on LSAW’s legislative board.
He then indicated that they are using a software service that assists to easily track by key word when a bill that may be of interest comes up
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
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
2014 LSAW Fall Seminar: RESEARCHING WASHINGTON SURVEY RECORDS
That’s right! The time has again come to slip in under the wire to another exciting Land Surveyors’ Association of Washington (LSAW) seminar. So what’s happening. Well …
LSAW’s Lower Columbia Chapter – right across the river from the Willamette Meridian – in Vancouver, WA is hosting this event to bring surveyors (further) up to
Gary Kent is Coming to Tacoma – May 16 | Sign Up Today
An email hit me this morning from Strafford Live CLE Webinars indicating on Tursday, May 22 at 1:00 EDT (i.e. 10:00 PDT) they are offering an 1.5 hour CLE titled: Title Insurance Coverage: What Real Estate Counsel Need to Know.
This sounds good for real estate counsel wanting to keep abreast of things and
Curtis Sumner’s Radio Hour Interview Overview
Earlier this month I spent a few days as an exhibitor at the annual conference of the Land Surveyors’ Association of Washington’s (LSAW). While there I was fortunate to meet Curtis Sumner the Executive Director of the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS). Curt hosts a weekly web radio program for the nation’s
Mysterious World of Surveying Occurs Largely Behind the Scenes
As an associate member of the Land Surveyors Association of Washington (LSAW), I receive the quarterly magazine, Evergreen State Surveyor. The Winter 2012 edition had an interesting article written by the wife of a surveyor. This is the view of someone close, but not within the survey profession.
Author Stephanie Dickson chronicles her husband’s
Taking a Closer Look at Washington’s New Adverse Possession Law – RCW 7.28.083
I spent the better half of last week at the annual conference of LSAW (Land Surveyors Association of Washington). While there, not only did I have the chance to listen to some interesting presentations, I was given the opportunity to give a presentation on adverse possession … twice.
As surveyors are often the people that identify the titular lines of property which on many