re: *Not a Licensed Surveyor

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Totally and completely false.

Don’t believe me?

Survey your property yourself and try to register it at your local court house as a legal description.

Good luck.

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Thats not the point. Yes, licensing is required to register the results with the AHJ. Licensing does nothing to ensure that the results are correct. Licensing does not protect the consumer....there is no liability on the part of the AHJ and the only liability on the part of the licensee is that which can be captured in litigation. Licensing and the requirement of the AHJ that a license is required is part and parcel of the same design to limit competition while doing nothing to protect consumers. If the licensed professional makes a mistake the consumer is the one who pays, The licensed professional may lose their license BUT the consumer is still not whole....that would require litigation and even when the consumer wins a judgement collecting on it will require further litigation....due diligence is the ONLY assurance the consumer has....professional licensing provides a false sense of security in consumers. It is meaningless and actually damaging...it limits competition and drives up costs and provides NO assurance or protection to consumers.

I have to have a code compliance bond to pull most permits in most jurisdictions. That bond is worth about what the paper it is written on in many instances. The only protection consumers have is their own due diligence.