In case of a land boundary controversy, a Land Surveyor may appear in court in your behalf as an expert witness. No one else can assume responsibility for the correctness and accuracy of the work performed by an individual Surveyor.

Many Land Surveyors also act as their clients' representative at planning commission meetings and at other public hearings when city or county approval is required for certain developments.

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Question: Will I be shown if there are any encroachments on the property?
Answer: Yes, if you instruct the Land Surveyor to show encroachments in the area of concern to you.

Question: Will I be shown if there are any easements on my property?
Answer: Yes, if you instruct the Surveyor to do so, and provide a current title report or title policy to use for this purpose. The Surveyor will supply a map, plat, or exhibit showing this information.

Question: How will I be shown what has been surveyed?
Answer: Corners of the property will be marked with iron rods, or other such permanent monuments with the Professional Land Surveyor's license number or company name indicated thereon. A map of survey will be filed with the County Surveyor when these monuments are set, indicating dimensions of property lines, monuments, and other relative data as required by State Law. Copies of the map will be provided to you.

Question: Why are there conflicting boundary and easement lines?
Answer: It is often true that boundary/easement line disputes, gaps, and overlaps are a result of legal descriptions which were originally written and recorded without the benefit of the services of a competent Land Surveyor. It is important to have these lines properly described and surveyed, if necessary, when property or easement lines are created or changed.

Boundary Survey: A survey for the express purpose of locating the corners and boundary lines of a given parcel of land. This involves record and field research, measurements, and computations to establish boundary lines in conformance with State Law. Easement lines may also be located with this type of survey.

Topographic Survey: A survey locating topographic features--natural and man made--such as buildings, improvements, fences, elevations, trees, streams, contours of the land, etc. This type of survey may be required by a governmental agency, or may be used by engineers and/or architects for design of improvements or developments on a site.

Subdivision or Partition Survey: The subdivision or partitioning of a tract of land into smaller parcels, showing monumentation and survey data on a map, in conformance with local ordinances and State Law.

Property Line Adjustment Survey: This is a survey to monument an adjustment of a property line between two adjoining properties.

Flood Elevation Survey: A survey which determines if your property is in a 100 year flood plain. This survey includes filling out the federal form which certifies the property elevation and building finish floor elevations.

Other surveys available are high level control surveys, route surveys and construction staking.

Typically, subdivision, partition and property line adjustment surveys require approval of the local planning authority.

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• Type of survey: Costs will increase as the required precision and scope of the survey increases.
• Record search: This varies by (a) the number of parcels involved; (b) the number of past transactions; (c) junior/ senior rights and (d) complexity of deed description.
• Size and shape of property: An irregularly shaped parcel has more corners to monument and lines to resolve than a rectangular parcel containing the same area.
• Sectionalized Survey Work (Rural tracts): This could require the survey of the entire section (640 acres +) in which the land being surveyed lies, regardless of the area of the parcel. In exceptional cases, a survey of more than one section is required.
• Terrain: A level parcel of land is easier to survey than a mountainous parcel.
• Vegetation: Branches, brush, and small trees must frequently be cleared to afford a line of sight for the surveyor. Shrubs, flowers, and trees on home sites are normally not disturbed, but may require additional field time to perform work around them.
• Accessibility: The time to perform the surveying work varies with the distance to, and the difficulty in reaching, the corners on the site.
• Amount of existing evidence on the property: Existing evidence such as iron, wood, or stone monuments, old fences and occupation lines and monumentation is a considerable aid to the Surveyor.
• Time of Year: In summer, foliage may present problems making traversing difficult. In winter, weather may slow travel to and on site.
• Title Company Requirements: Title companies may require considerably more documentation than is normally required by the average landowner.

Because of these variables, it is difficult to determine exact fees, however, if you provide us with all the information requested on the survey quote form, we can provide an accurate quote.

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A Land Surveyor is a valuable integral part of a professional team composed of attorneys, engineers, architects and planners.

Choose a reputable Land Surveyor in whose skill and judgment you can put your trust.

A Land Surveyor should not be selected by price alone. Competency is of first importance. Your selection should be made when you are sure that the professional you have chosen has all of the facts, and is completely aware of your requirements and/or the requirements of the governmental agency having jurisdiction over the property or development process.

A Surveyor's knowledge of required processes, government personnel and legal requirements will speed your project and minimize conflicts. Reputation, standing in the community and a proven record of performance are essential.

Membership in the respected associations,such as the Professional Land Surveyors of Oregon and the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, provides testimony to a firm's commitment to excellence.

Maintenance of Professional liability insurance (Errors and Omissions) permits a level of proven assurance of performance.

Accessibility is a key element of our service. We maintain an office in Gresham, Oregon. All projects are overseen by Kent Cox, owner and Principal of the firm. The majority of client contacts are directly with Kent Cox.

Kent W. Cox & Associates, Inc. brings all of these positive features to each project assigned. When a project also requires Land Planning and/ or Civil Engineering, we can provide this full range of services.