The Details of the ALTA Survey that You Need to Know
When it comes to surveys, an ALTA survey is first class. People go to a survey company when they want to buy a piece of property they're interested in and enjoy a thorough survey that complies with national standards. The American Land Title Association (ALTA) and the Land Title Survey Specifications of the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS) establish these nationwide benchmarks. The data that these surveys provide is much more comprehensive and detailed. Here's the sort of data you can assume to find on an ALTA survey:
Improvements to the land
Laws defining property lines
Encroachments
Utilities
Localities
Specification of Real Estate for Legal Purposes
Locations concerning flood risk
American Land Title Association (ALTA) and the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS) have collaborated to establish a minimum standard detail necessity for land title surveys, which people refer to as ALTA/NSPS Survey (NSPS). The insurers, clients, insureds, and lenders who rely on ALTA surveys have a vested interest in their accuracy. When someone sells or transfers a commercial or industrial property, conducting ALTA surveys becomes mandatory. The grounding of these surveys occurs in a Title Report and results from extensive research into utility records, deed descriptions, zoning, planning, and flood information.
Is an Alta Survey Necessary?
Carroll Surveying & Mapping in Colorado is happy to conduct an ALTA survey for anyone interested. Most of the time, however, commercial sites and businesses request this survey. Clients who reach out to you for this service are likely looking to make a long-term investment in this particular piece of land. Depending on the company's goals, it can either establish a permanent presence there or use the location as a springboard for further expansion.
The ALTA survey aims to ensure that the property will continue to meet the facility's needs as it expands. It's important to remember that the property (when the company stays in its location) will almost certainly undergo some development or improvement. Although requests for this type of service to obtain a comprehensive survey of a residential property are relatively rare, we receive them occasionally.
Boundary Survey
If you have a piece of property with a previous description in a deed, you may want to take a surveying service to find out exactly where the property lines are present. In addition, it will detail the boundaries of any easements or encroachments on the property and highlight the restrictions that local ordinances impose. The licensed land surveyors will provide their expert opinion on the reason for and degree of uncertainty in the property's boundary lines and corners in a written report that will be present in the plat of the survey.
Please contact Carroll Surveying & Mapping when you need an ALTA Survey.