{"id":1259,"date":"2016-01-20T18:06:26","date_gmt":"2016-01-21T00:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/harp-onthis.com\/?p=1259"},"modified":"2024-01-19T13:05:45","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T19:05:45","slug":"new-alta-land-title-survey-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/harp-onthis.com\/new-alta-land-title-survey-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW: ALTA Land Title Survey Standards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #2492ab;\">NEW ALTA LAND TITLE SURVEY STANDARDS effective February 23, 2016.<\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>UPDATE: Effective February 23, 2016, new minimum standard detail requirements for ALTA Land Title Surveys went into effect, replacing the previously existing 2011 Minimum Standard Detail Requirements for ALTA\/ACSM Land Title Surveys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note that the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS) is the legal successor organization to the American Congress of Surveying and Mapping (ACSM). Accordingly, the new survey standards will be cited as the “<em>2016 Minimum Standard Detail requirements for ALTA\/NSPS Land Title Surveys.<\/em>“<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" data-attachment-id=\"1940\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/harp-onthis.com\/new-alta-land-title-survey-standards\/surveyorengineerwithpartnermakingmeasureonthefield\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/harp-onthis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/surveyor-engineer-with-partner-making-measure-on-the-field.jpg?fit=1000%2C667\" data-orig-size=\"1000,667\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"Shutterstock","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"Copyright (c) 2012 Tom Wang\\\/Shutterstock. No use without permission.","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"Surveyor,Engineer,With,Partner,Making,Measure,On,The,Field","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"Surveyor,Engineer,With,Partner,Making,Measure,On,The,Field\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/harp-onthis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/surveyor-engineer-with-partner-making-measure-on-the-field.jpg?fit=300%2C200\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/harp-onthis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/surveyor-engineer-with-partner-making-measure-on-the-field.jpg?fit=1000%2C667\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/harp-onthis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/surveyor-engineer-with-partner-making-measure-on-the-field.jpg?resize=1000%2C667\" alt=\"surveyor engineer with partner making measure on the field\" class=\"wp-image-1940\" style=\"width:400px;height:267px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/harp-onthis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/surveyor-engineer-with-partner-making-measure-on-the-field.jpg?w=1000 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/harp-onthis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/surveyor-engineer-with-partner-making-measure-on-the-field.jpg?resize=300%2C200 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/harp-onthis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/surveyor-engineer-with-partner-making-measure-on-the-field.jpg?resize=768%2C512 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Several substantive changes have been made in the updated 2016 land title survey standards. A comparison of the 2016 standards to the previous 2011 standards is highlighted on the Red-lined version showing the changes made. Among the notable changes are changes to the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Table A<\/span> list of <em>Optional Survey Responsibilities and Specifications.\u00a0<\/em>The modifications to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Table A<\/span> are largely a result of the 2016 Land Title Survey standards making certain requirements mandatory instead of optional. Additional changes involve reassigned responsibilities (or at least a clarification of responsibilities) for obtaining certain information for use by surveyors in preparing a 2016 ALTA\/NSPS Land Title Survey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1041\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/harp-onthis.com\/illinois-llcs-the-asset-protection-advantage\/rsp_logohd-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/harp-onthis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/RSP_LogoHD-3.jpg?fit=963%2C350\" data-orig-size=\"963,350\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"RSP_LogoHD (3)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/harp-onthis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/RSP_LogoHD-3.jpg?fit=300%2C109\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/harp-onthis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/RSP_LogoHD-3.jpg?fit=963%2C350\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1041\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/harp-onthis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/RSP_LogoHD-3.jpg?resize=300%2C109\" alt=\"RSP_LogoHD (3)\" width=\"300\" height=\"109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/harp-onthis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/RSP_LogoHD-3.jpg?resize=300%2C109 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/harp-onthis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/RSP_LogoHD-3.jpg?w=963 963w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><span style=\"color: #2492ab;\">Update Purchase Agreements to Require Surveys compliant with NEW 2016 ALTA Land Title Survey Standards<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Especially for commercial or industrial real estate purchase agreements (and financing commitments) requiring ALTA Surveys\u00a0 prepared after February 23, 2016, be sure to contractually require that they be prepared in accordance the the 2016 Minimum Standard Detail requirements for ALTA\/NSPS Land Title Surveys.\u00a0 Be sure, also, to modify your existing contracts as they pertain to the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Table A<\/span> Optional Survey Responsibilities and Specifications<\/em> to address the new <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Table A<\/span> instead of the version associated with the former 2011 standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Purchasers should check with their lenders, and with the title insurance company engaged to insure title, to be certain everyone is on the same page, and that all parties understand their respective responsibilities for obtaining documents and information necessary for use by the Surveyor. Lenders and their counsel should do likewise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2016 should be an interesting year for commercial real estate. Best of luck for a prosperous year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kymn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW ALTA LAND TITLE SURVEY STANDARDS effective February 23, 2016. UPDATE: Effective February 23, 2016, new minimum standard detail requirements for ALTA Land Title Surveys went into effect, replacing the previously existing 2011 Minimum Standard Detail Requirements for ALTA\/ACSM Land […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[27],"tags":[103,36,8,61,60,62,41,23,38,21,40,39,63],"class_list":["post-1259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commercial-real-estate","tag-cre","tag-checklist","tag-commercial-real-estate-2","tag-conducting-due-diligence","tag-development","tag-due-diligence-checklist","tag-how-to-close","tag-industrial-property","tag-keys-to-closing","tag-purchase","tag-real-estate","tag-transactions","tag-what-to-look-for"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3iEPs-kj","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/harp-onthis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/harp-onthis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/harp-onthis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harp-onthis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harp-onthis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1259"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/harp-onthis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2019,"href":"http:\/\/harp-onthis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1259\/revisions\/2019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/harp-onthis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harp-onthis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harp-onthis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}