February 8, 2017 4:21 am
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Knowing the location of your property lines can help you avoid fights with your neighbors. Only family law creates more conflict than property boundary disputes, which is why you want to make the effort to avoid them. Hiring a land surveyor can be as necessary as involving a land use attorney in many events. Here are five instances in which you need to contact a land surveyor to confirm your property lines in Guadalupe County, TX: New fence: Your current fence is likely in the correct place. But years of land settling and quick repairs after windstorms may have moved... View Article
January 25, 2017 4:20 am
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A utility easement allows utility companies to use sections of land for electric, telephone, cable and water lines. This use was allowed when land plats were first divided by a land surveyor in Guadalupe County, TX, which gave utility companies access to your land before you acquired it. Most properties on a city grid, water or power system have a utility easement attached to it. Here are why these easements exist and what you can expect if you have one on your land. Arises from public need An easement is an authorization to use land that belongs to someone else.... View Article
January 11, 2017 2:24 am
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Easements allow for right of way through property that does not belong to you. If you are a land planner in Guadalupe County, TX and see that people need to cross a neighboring land plot to get to your subdivision, you need to talk to your attorney about easements. Here are the types of easements used in Texas: Easement by necessity: This type of easement arises with landlocked parcels where the only access is through another’s land. For example, a landowner may subdivide and sell the back 100 acres and keep 200 acres. The only way for the new owner... View Article
December 28, 2016 2:24 am
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Texas does not have a right of entry statute to help land boundary surveys. That is why eminent domain is frequently an issue for the property surveyor in Guadalupe County, TX. If a survey must occur and property owners do not allow access, eminent domain is the next logical step. Here is what you need to know about how this issue affects your land surveys. Usual routine Right of entry and eminent domain arise in boundary surveys. To get an accurate assessment of boundary lines, surveyors must have access to neighboring land plots. In most states, there is a right... View Article
November 15, 2016 9:47 pm
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Any project that is to be constructed in a floodway must undergo a thorough review to determine if the project, once completed, will increase flood heights in the area. Engineers and surveyors must conduct a thorough analysis before a building permit can be issued to the property owner. Once the analysis is complete, a copy of the record must be provided to the community’s permit file in the form of a No-Rise Certification, which guarantees that a project will not increase flood heights. Any No-Rise Certification must be supported by demonstrable technical data and then signed by a registered and... View Article
