LS 40100 - Legal Aspects Of Surveying

Credit Hours: 3.00. Common and statute law; structure of the court system. Real property and classification of interests in it. Unwritten rights in land, such as riparian rights and adverse possession and their relationship to land surveying. Written transfers of land to include simultaneous and sequence conveyances, dedications, and reversions. Procedure of legal surveys. Rules of evidence to include classification of evidence, burden of proof, presumptions, and weight of classes of evidence. Discussion of ramifications when using measurements as evidence. Study of typical court cases. Title insurance. Rights, duties, and liability of a professional land surveyor. Typically offered Fall.

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LS 40100 - Legal Aspects Of Surveying