Brown's Boundary Control and Legal Principles, 6th Edition

The Brown's Boundary Control and Legal Principles has been expanded and updated to reflect ongoing changes in surveying technology and surveying law. The 6th edition of this classic reference to boundary law for property surveying provides readers with all necessary information they need to effectively navigate the complex, evolving area of boundary law. 496 pp.

Improving upon its usefulness for both professionals and students alike, this new edition features:

• The latest changes in case law, with examples
• Improved organization and presentation
• Expanded coverage of metes and bounds
• New material on applying the priority of calls to retracements
• Consideration of the ethics and moral responsibilities of boundary creation and retracements

Brown's Boundary Control and Legal Principles contains the latest information on the technologies advancing boundary law, including Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Global Positioning Systems (GPS), and their impact on surveying measurements. The book also contains a wealth of case studies on federal and state nonsectionalized land surveys that serve to demonstrate real-world examples of the covered material. This useful resource is an essential reference tool for professional surveyors studying for state surveying licensing, students, and attorneys in real estate and land law.

Table of Contents:

• 1 History and concept of boundaries
• 2 How boundaries are created
• 3 Ownership, transfer, and description of real property
• 4 Boundaries, law, and presumptions
• 5 Creation of metes and bounds and nonsectionalized descriptions
• 6 Creation of GLO boundaries
• 7 Federal and state nonsectionalized land surveys
• 8 Locating easements and reversions
• 9 Riparian and littoral boundaries
• 10 Resurveying and retracing sectionalized lands
• 11 Locating sequential conveyances
• 12 Locating simultaneously created boundaries
• 13 Locating combination descriptions and conveyances
• 14 Role of the surveyor
• 15 The ethics and moral responsibilities of boundary creation and of retracements

Improving upon its usefulness for both professionals and students alike, this new edition features: