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- Location of Physical Improvements
This reason for requiring a survey is related to the previous one, but deals with the relationship of all physical improvements on the parcel to the boundary lines of the parcel, not just those improvements near the exterior limits of the parcel. Features which surveyors are often requested to locate include fences, walls, driveways, pavements, buildings, structures, utilities, wells, and natural features such as streams and ponds. This information is necessary to determine the presence of features which may limit the value or use of the property and to determine conformity with local ordinances regarding minimum building setbacks. When most attorneys and laymen think of a survey, this is the type of information they expect to see on the surveyor's final survey map.
- Unrecorded Easements and Other Facts not Recorded
There are numerous unrecorded rights that can affect title to land which may not show up in a title search but will become obvious upon an inspection of the property. The right of a neighbor to use utility lines, drainage ditches, sewer lines, and unrecorded travel easements across the property may have been acquired by prescription or other methods of land transfer by un-written means. A visual inspection of the property will usually give some physical indication as to whether such adverse rights may exist; i.e. the presence of manholes or vent pipes suggest underground sewers or utilities. Only a survey in which unrecorded physical features are referenced to the property line will induce typically a title insurance company to remove its exception of the title policy in regard to "any state of facts an accurate survey might show".
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