ALTA Surveys

Be sure your using a firm that knows and understands the new changes that took place February 23, 2016.

Alabama Land Surveyors recently conducted A.L.T.A./NSPS land title surveys for several of our clients. If you’re not familiar with this service or why it should be a critical component of your property investment, this background will be useful.

ALTA is an acronym for the American Land Title Association, a trade organization founded in 1907. Together with the American Congress of Surveying and Mapping, ALTA developed a set of land surveying standards to promote uniformity in surveying across the United States.

By standardizing terms and conditions for title insurance policies, the ALTA survey protects property buyers as well as mortgage lenders who make these purchases possible. These standardized forms have been adopted by all major title insurers, except in those states that require a different but basically similar set of terms.

Essentially, an ALTA survey is a boundary survey that meets stringent industry requirements as it shows elements that would affect land ownership, including easements and rights of way.

Would you like to learn more about how to survey your land? Alabama Land Surveyors provides accurate land surveying for commercial and residential clients in Alabama and Mississippi. Give us a call or send us an email. We’re glad to be of service.