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property line surveys and info from courthouse.
Posted on 4/6/15 at 10:42 am
Posted on 4/6/15 at 10:42 am
So I need to get my property line surveyed. I have the paperwork from when I bought the house but the words are not legible. I can do the survey myself but don't know where I have to go to get the info. Everyone says the courthouse, but won't give any other specifics. Anyone familiar with the process? It is lafourche parish.
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Posted on 4/6/15 at 10:46 am to CootKilla
I would start by pulling your deed at the Clerk of Court's office. The Tax Assessor may have plat maps that help as well.
Posted on 4/6/15 at 10:56 am to CootKilla
Go to the courthouse (clerk of court) and tell them your name and the date of purchase. They should be able to research you. They will take you to a book which has all of the info. Ask them to photocopy it (will be expensive) and you're done. And if you don't know how to research a survey map at the courthouse, I don't think you can do the survey yourself.
Posted on 4/6/15 at 10:58 am to CootKilla
If it's a subdivision, you should be able to pull the original plat that shows the footage and direction or line travel of every lot.
If it's rural, then your search may go much deeper down the rabbit hole.
If it's a one time deal, most clerks are willing to help you find what you need if you accurately describe to them what you are trying to accomplish.
If it's rural, then your search may go much deeper down the rabbit hole.
If it's a one time deal, most clerks are willing to help you find what you need if you accurately describe to them what you are trying to accomplish.
Posted on 4/6/15 at 11:16 am to CootKilla
If its just a lot in a neighborhood, it could have steel spikes on the corners of your lot.
Posted on 4/6/15 at 11:22 am to CootKilla
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I can do the survey myself
Don't do this. For a lot of reasons.
Let's just start off with this question: Do you own a lot in a subdivision (i.e. does the legal description says Lot __, Unit 3 Uncollared Dog Subdivision . . .) or does it have a metes and bounds description (Beginning at the NW corner of the SW/4 of the SE/4 . . . )?
If it is a subdivision, make a copy of a the plat (probably cost $1) and get a surveyor to mark/find your corners (a few hundred bucks). You want this because if you are off you want someone else to blame.
If you have a metes and bounds description then I have follow up questions.
Posted on 4/6/15 at 11:26 am to Palo Gaucho
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the Clerk of Court's office
This is the best place to start.
The court house will be a nightmare to deal with if you dont get the right person
Posted on 4/6/15 at 11:31 am to 4WHLN
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The court house will be a nightmare to deal with if you dont get the right person
Not really.
Just go ask for help. 99% of the time if you ask nicely and they know you are there on personal business you will find someone happy to help.
Posted on 4/6/15 at 11:45 am to Sparkplug#1
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If its just a lot in a neighborhood, it could have steel spikes on the corners of your lot.
What if equipment bumped it? What if a crazy neighbor moved it because she thinks that part is hers? These frickers are nuts. The surveyor may have to pull from a benchmark down the road somewhere and that's best left to a pro imo. Someone with insurance.
Posted on 4/6/15 at 11:52 am to Broke
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that's best left to a pro imo. Someone with insurance.
Posted on 4/6/15 at 11:55 am to Broke
I do surveying for a living, just not land. I know where one corner marker is but no others. I have a crazy bitch neighbor just like you stated who put up a fence. First it was on the property line now she says it is 3 inches off. I want to survey it myself before I make her hire a pro.
Posted on 4/6/15 at 11:55 am to TigerDeacon
I surveyed in the Army for 8 years and I don't do my own shite. I can. But I don't.
Posted on 4/6/15 at 12:00 pm to Broke
I just want to get an idea of where the back corner is. It is bayou side property and every time she tells me somewhere different. She was there before me and I don't want to take her word for it.
Posted on 4/6/15 at 12:00 pm to Broke
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What if equipment bumped it? What if a crazy neighbor moved it because she thinks that part is hers? These frickers are nuts. The surveyor may have to pull from a benchmark down the road somewhere and that's best left to a pro imo. Someone with insurance.
I was just throwing out an easy answer. I didn't know you had crazy neighbors and can now understand your concern. When I bought my last house, I used a metal detector to find the buried spikes. And, to my surprise, my neighbor was trying to jack about 7 feet of the entire length of one side of my lot. I showed him the spikes and he concurred. We have been friendly neighbors since.
Posted on 4/6/15 at 1:48 pm to CootKilla
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I can do the survey myself
Had someone do this next to a 13 acre piece of land I bought and developed. In the process of developing the lot next to them, I found out they put their sewer system 35 ft onto my lot. It ended up costing them quite a bit of money to pay me the market price for enough land to not have to move their system which would have cost even more. It all cost them a lot more than the $450 they saved by marking out their own lines.
TL:DR hire a licensed surveyor
If you don't know where to start for the legal description then how are you going to know where to start to lay it out correctly?
Posted on 4/6/15 at 1:50 pm to 4WHLN
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The court house will be a nightmare to deal with if you dont get the right person
If the local tax assessor has records online he could get the legal description that way right now without stepping foot into the courthouse. I do it all the time. If he needs any plats though he will have to go to the assessor or CoC.
This post was edited on 4/6/15 at 1:52 pm
Posted on 4/6/15 at 2:21 pm to stout
I have been surveying for 12 years. I just don't have the bearings and distances on my lot and easements. I have 3 land monuments within 200 feet of my yard. I also have 2 friends who used to be land surveyors. None of us have ever had to get the info from the court house. I am going to go to the clerk of court tomorrow to see if they can help me out.
Posted on 4/6/15 at 2:24 pm to CootKilla
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None of us have ever had to get the info from the court house.
So you work for a survey company then?
Because that is pretty standard when ordering a survey.
Posted on 4/6/15 at 2:27 pm to stout
No I work for a major fabrication company who builds large structures with tight tolerances. Two of my coworkers were land surveyors that never went to get info. They had runners that did that for them.
Posted on 4/6/15 at 2:28 pm to CootKilla
So they did go get the info then...
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