Survey Map 101 for Attorneys: Critical understanding of parcels in legal matters involving land

Minturn Wright
Minturn Wright | Shannon & Wright LLP

Minturn Wright is a founding partner at Shannon & Wright LLP, in Alexandria, Virginia, where he primarily focuses his practice on real estate transactions and litigation matters.

On-Demand: May 10, 2024

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Program Summary

In any legal matter involving land, it is important to know exactly what parcel of land is involved and, secondarily, what its features are. While a survey map is very helpful, too many lawyers do not understand what a survey entails and how to read a map to get the most from it. This presentation will break down the survey and map into small, understandable units, and then build them into a comprehensible whole. The map will be compared to the legal description found in a deed, title commitment, or similar document, and the techniques for performing an analysis and flagging different sorts of problems will be discussed.

This course is co-sponsored with myLawCLE.

Key topics to be discussed:

  • Importance of identifying the parcel of land
  • Survey map and its role
  • Understanding surveys
  • Analysis of survey maps

Closed-captioning available

Speakers

Minturn Wright_FedBarMinturn Wright | Shannon & Wright LLP

Minturn Wright is a founding partner at Shannon & Wright LLP, in Alexandria, Virginia, where he primarily focuses his practice on real estate transactions and litigation matters. He also has had experience dealing with environmental issues, business entities, and trademark issues, particularly licensing. He attended Yale (B.S.) and the University of Southern California (M.S., J.D., Ph.D.), and trained as a surveyor. He is licensed in Virginia, California, and the District of Columbia, and has been a lawyer for three decades.

Agenda

I. Importance of identifying the parcel of land | 11:00am-11:30am

II. Survey map and its role | 11:30am-12:00pm

Break | 12:00pm – 12:10pm

III. Understanding surveys | 12:10pm – 12:40pm

IV. Analysis of survey maps | 12:40pm-1:10pm

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