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SIY13.TXT Self Defense Against Surveyors 69
Chapter 13
Self Defense Against Surveyors
This surveying method does not use bulky instruments on tripods,
nor does it require three assistants waving flags. It is very
easy to survey surreptitiously. Use this ability wisely.
Some other surveyors are not quite so discrete. When the
government wants to take your land by eminent domain, it first
sends out a team of surveyors. You can rest assured that they
won't be using any "poor man's method", either. If you ever see
uninvited surveyors on your property, invite them to leave. At
gunpoint, if necessary. Tell them to bring a court order when
they return.
It is much easier to stop the theft of your land before it has
been measured and entered onto the government's maps. You can't
stop the surveyors permanently, but you can make them show you a
court order. This will warn you what new grandiose project you
are soon to be a part of. There are many sad stories of
residents learning too little and too late that their home was a
part of some new toxic waste disposal site or missile silo.
Don't let it happen to you. And you can even use your poor man's
method to keep the government surveyors almost honest.
If you have understood how a land description is generated from a
actual survey, and how a lost line may be found from a land
description, then you will notice that it is not necessary to
actually survey the boundary. Preliminary civil engineering
surveys are usually done from aerial photography. It is quite
simple, given the proper equipment and mentality, to conjure a
land description which is not what it purports to be. Without
ever setting foot near the property. Forewarned.
When your poor man's survey is not good enuf for your purposes,
then you will have to call in a professional surveyor. Most of
these folks are quite honest, and do a quick and efficient job.
You should read "A Layman's Guide to Land Surveying" (see
Sources, Chapter 14) before surveyor shopping.
SIY13.TXT Self Defense Against Surveyors 70
As with any bunch, there are a few shysters and quacks hiding
behind a professional demeanor. You should be able to smoke out
these charlatans masquerading as surveyors by doing your own
preliminary survey.
Any professional surveyor should agree with you to within your
limit of error. If he doesn't, then don't stop asking questions
until you get a good answer. Accept no magic. If your
"professional surveyor" insists that you are too stupid to
understand what he is doing, then get a real professional. You
might even report the quack to the state surveyors' licensing
board.
Copyright (c)1994 by David Perry Beiter
If you have any questions, problems, or comments, write or call
me.
Dave Beiter, CAVE Inc, 1/2 Fast Road, Ritner KY 42639.
606/376-3137.
MCI Mail: 635-1762
byter@mcimail.com
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