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Land Surveying Boundry Control & Legal Principles

To register, call Claudia at 479-575-3458.

Series I- Basics Concepts & Metes & Bounds Surveys (.8 CEU) $180

Lecture One: Introduction to Land Surveying
Basic definitions Land Surveying and principle involved

Lecture Two: Possessions & Boundary Rights
Discussion of types of boundaries, adverse possession and details found in surveyor’s plat.

Lecture Three: Basics Principles and Definitions
Discussion of sample property deed. Topics include definitions and surveyor’s responsibility.

Lecture Four: Types of Surveys & Legal Principles
Basic principals including different types of surveys and types of law affecting surveys and surveyors.

Lecture Five: Introduction to Metes and Bounds Surveys
Explanation of various principles pertaining metes and boundaries.

Lecture Six: Conveyances and Junior/Senior Rights
Discussion of conveyances, sequential conveyances and boundary locations. Examples of case law.

Lecture Seven: Sequential Conveyances
Discussion of sequential conveyances and junior/senior rights. Examples of adverse possession and boundary disputes relating to conveyances.

Lecture Eight: Metes and Bounds Surveys
Topics include mistakes in a description, cardinal directions and example problems.

Lecture Nine: Boundary Principles
Discussion of boundary principles and the basis for bearings.

Series II- Subdivisions and Riparian Boundaries (.8 CEU) $180

Lecture One: Subdivisions/Simultaneous Conveyances
Definitions of subdivisions and simultaneous conveyances. Original surveys of subdivisions.

Lecture Two: Subdivision Resurveys I
Resurveys of subdivisions boundaries. Relocations of streets and block corners.

Lecture Three: Subdivision Resurveys II
Establishment of lots within subdivisions. Locations of mistakes and proration of excess deficiencies. Remnant principle. Establishment of lots adjoining subdivision boundaries.

Lecture Four: Resurveys from “OF” Descriptions
Locations of the dividing line for distance, proportional and acreage “of” descriptions. Effect of closing and opening streets.

Lecture Five: Locating Easements and Reversions
Easement rights and fee rights. Conveyances to right-of-way lines. Division of ownership in vacated streets.

Lecture Six: Riparian Boundaries: Definitions
Definition of accretion, avulsion, high water, low water, thread, islands and navigability.

Lecture Seven: Riparian Boundaries Legal Principles I
Limits of riparian ownership and how affected by accretions and avulsions. Ownership of islands.

Lecture Eight: Riparian Boundaries: Legal Principles II
Meander Lines. Apportioning accretions.

Lecture Nine: Riparian Boundaries: Case Studies
Discussion of several Arkansas Supreme Court decisions concerning riparian boundary location between adjoining land owners.

Series III- U.S. Public Land Survey System  (1.0 CEU)  $225

Lecture One: Introduction to the USPLS System
General overview of the system and its introduction with the Seven Ranges in Ohio. Beginning of the original surveys in Arkansas.  System of meridian, base line, standard parallels and guide meridians.

Lecture Two: Original Surveys in Arkansas I
Original surveys of the township boundaries and surveys for subdividing the townships into sections

Lecture Three: Original Surveys in Arkansas II
Completion of surveys for subdividing the townships. Fractional sections and meanders. Original notes and GLO plats.

Lecture Four: Protraction of Sections
Detailed procedures on how the fractional sections were protracted. Examples of exceptions to the general public.

Lecture Five: Subdivision of the Sections
Statutory and case law pertaining to subdividing sections into aliquot parts. Field methods and calculation procedures required for subdividing.

Lecture Six: Proportionate Measure
Calculation procedures for establishing sixteenth and blank quarter corners by proportionate measure. Subdividing fractional sections with special treatment of closing corners in cases of overlaps and gaps.

Lecture Seven: Retracement Surveys
Resolving conflicts between GLO plats and notes. Locating and recognizing original evidence. Typical steps in a retracement survey to include: record research, field research, and field surveys. 

Lecture Eight: Restoration of Lost Corners I
General concepts. Single and double proportionate procedures. Restoring lost standard corners on standard parallels, correction lines and base lines.

Lecture Nine: Restoration of Lost Corners II
Derivation of offset equation for latitudinal curve. Restoring lost section, quarter section and closing corners.

Lecture Ten: Arkansas Court Decisions I
Detailed review of the following decisions: Witkowski vs. White (248 Arl 298) and DuPriest vs. Anthony (226 Arl 894).

Lecture Eleven: Arkansas Court Decision II
Detailed review of the following decisions: Wallace vs. Fordyce Lumber (234 Ark 738) and Morrow vs. White (12 Ark App 16).