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The survey requirements for the American Land Title
Affiliation® (ALTA®)/ Nationwide Society of Skilled
Surveyors (NSPS) survey have been up to date in February 2021. Given how
vital this survey is to most industrial actual property
transactions, it’s essential that buyers perceive its scope in
order to keep away from pointless prices and delays. JMBM affiliate Trevor
Countryman has outlined these current adjustments under.

New ALTA/NSPS Land Title

Survey Requirements for 2021

by Trevor Countryman

Each 5 years the survey requirements for ALTA surveys are revised.
ALTA surveys are the usual for the industrial actual property and
resort business.

The newest revisions to the ALTA survey requirements took
impact on February 23^rd, 2021. All new ALTA surveys and
any updates to current ALTA surveys will now have to adjust to
the revised requirements.

Click here for a redline displaying the adjustments
for the 2021 ALTA survey requirements.

General, there weren’t many substantial edits to the ALTA
survey requirements for 2021, however under is fast abstract of a few of
essentially the most vital adjustments:

1. The surveyor now should establish any utility poles situated inside
   10 toes of the property.




2. If the surveyor turns into conscious of a recorded easement not listed
   within the title dedication, the surveyor now should notify the title
   firm of such easement and add an evidence of such easement to
   the survey.




3. Desk A Merchandise 11 has been revised to make clear that Desk A Merchandise
   11 solely must be requested if the shopper desires the surveyor to
   embrace proof of underground utilities. To ensure that the
   surveyor to incorporate this merchandise although, the shopper should present the
   surveyor with plans or reviews displaying the situation of the
   underground utilities or should request that the surveyor coordinate
   with a personal utility find firm. Usually coordinating with
   a personal utility find firm provides appreciable time and expense
   to the survey. The surveyor remains to be required to depict on the
   survey map any proof of utilities noticed by the surveyor whereas
   conducting the fieldwork. It is a customary requirement and no
   Desk A gadgets have to be requested for the surveyor to point out the
   location of any above-ground utilities.




4. Desk A Merchandise 18 has been deleted in its entirety. Desk A Merchandise
   18 offered for the depiction of wetlands areas on the survey map.
   Within the 2016 revisions to the ALTA survey requirements, Desk A Merchandise 18
   was revised to require that the shopper present a subject delineation
   of wetlands carried out by a professional specialist to ensure that the
   surveyor to map wetlands areas on the survey. Because of this
   requirement, since 2016 Desk A Merchandise 18 has not often been requested
   by shoppers or required by lenders. With Desk A Merchandise 18 now being
   deleted, former Desk A Merchandise 19 (plotting of offsite helpful
   easements) is now Desk A Merchandise 18, and former Desk A Merchandise 20
   (surveyor offering proof {of professional} legal responsibility insurance coverage) is
   now Desk A Merchandise 19.

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