This is a specialized survey frequently required by lending institutions on large commercial or multi-family residential properties. It adheres to a specific set of requirements jointly established by the American Land Title Association (ALTA) and the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM). Generally, in addition to the boundary of the subject property, all of the improvements located on a site will be measured, identified and shown on the survey, together with all applicable easements and setback requirements established by provided documents.

 

 

2005 MINIMUM STANDARD DETAIL REQUIREMENTS FOR

ALTA/ACSM LAND TITLE SURVEYS

as adopted by

American Land Title Association

and

 (a member organization of the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping)

            It is recognized that members of the American Land Title Association (ALTA) have specific needs, peculiar to title insurance matters, which require particular information for acceptance by title insurance companies when said companies are asked to insure title to land without exception as to the many matters which might be discoverable from survey and inspection and not be evidenced by the public records.  In the general interest of the public, the surveying profession, title insurers and abstracters, ALTA and the National Society of Professional Surveyors, Inc. (NSPS) jointly promulgate and set forth such details and criteria for standards.  It is recognized and understood that local and state standards or standards of care, which surveyors in those respective jurisdictions are bound by, may augment, or even require variations to the standards outlined herein.  Where conflicts between the standards outlined herein and any jurisdictional statutes or regulations occur, the more restrictive requirement shall apply.  It is also recognized that title insurance companies are entitled to rely on the survey furnished to them to be of an appropriate professional quality, both as to completeness and as to accuracy.  It is equally recognized that for the performance of a survey, the surveyor will be provided with appropriate data which can be relied upon in the preparation of the survey.

 
                For a survey of real property and the plat or map of the survey to be acceptable to a title insurance company for purposes of insuring title to said real property free and clear of survey matters (except those matters disclosed by the survey and indicated on the plat or map), certain specific and pertinent information shall be presented for the distinct and clear understanding between the client (insured), the title insurance company (insurer), and the surveyor (the person professionally responsible for the survey).