Surveyor rights to access private property in MO

[Eagle1]

You understand, their boundaries with you, are your boundaries with them, right? You should care

Yeah but if there is a discrepancy it will get fixed legally. If the survey shows the same line I had nothing to be exited about.

 

[lman]

I like the sign I read once at the entrance to a long driveway, it was worded something like this:

When the dogs approach, lay face down on the ground with your hands clasped behind your head until help arrives. Do not move as that will trigger the pack to attack. Help will eventually arrive however it my take sometime, during this time it will give a chance to think about why you trespassed.

That sign sure made me think I have no business going down that driveway without the owners permission.

I doubt an Amazon driver would appreciate a sign like that. We've got a 13 year old German shepherd that has Degenerative Myelopathy and he has a hard time getting up. I was back at my barn about 1/4 mile from the house and my dog started barking up at the house,
when I saw a delivery truck come and go. It looked like the driver never got out of the truck. I drove up to the house and saw no package so I caught up with the driver and he said there was a note on my account about my dog so he didn't deliver the package when he saw it. My dog is the least aggressive GSD I've ever seen and has never been aggressive toward anybody. I don't know how to get them to change their notes. The UPS driver had the dog up in his truck a few years ago giving him treats.

 

[DarkBlack]

If a new team of professional surveyors wants to re-stake the lines around by a few feet on 80 acres, it really doesn't matter, right?

How do you know it’s only a few feet?
It would matter to me.

Like I said before, I’d be more concerned with the reason for the survey, and the results of the survey, than the survey crew walking on my land. That’s me

 

[Eagle1]

How do you know it’s only a few feet?
It would matter to me.

Like I said before, I’d be more concerned with the reason for the survey, and the results of the survey, than the survey crew walking on my land. That’s me

Are you responsible for the surveyors safety on your land? Any survey disagreement will likely legal wrangling. Injury or death get pretty ugly right away. Now lets talk if they damage something you want a certain way.
Again the OP or myself would have no problem allowing the access and allowing their work.
I do have a problem with people poaching including fishing my big pond, destroying fences or other property. Running vehicles through pastures/hay field, damaging wild life and stock ponds, etc.
You may not see the 5 foot deep ditch in the field but then it's a mess to drag the truck out. I had a yahoo drive in at night and overshoot the dam. 30+ feet straight down into the creek and a big sycamore. Mess to get him out and his truck, then I had to prove it was not my fault...

 

[thclimer]

I doubt an Amazon driver would appreciate a sign like that. We've got a 13 year old German shepherd that has Degenerative Myelopathy and he has a hard time getting up. I was back at my barn about 1/4 mile from the house and my dog started barking up at the house,
when I saw a delivery truck come and go. It looked like the driver never got out of the truck. I drove up to the house and saw no package so I caught up with the driver and he said there was a note on my account about my dog so he didn't deliver the package when he saw it. My dog is the least aggressive GSD I've ever seen and has never been aggressive toward anybody. I don't know how to get them to change their notes. The UPS driver had the dog up in his truck a few years ago giving him treats.

I saw this sign about 40 years ago even before Amazon existed, however I'm not sure what they did with UPS deliveries.

 

[jk96]

Just my guess but I would presume he meant they walked around and "past" his house to get where they were going, not just circling around for no reason.

Ideally and presumably, JK knew his property lines well upon his own purchase. If a new team of professional surveyors wants to re-stake the lines around by a few feet on 80 acres, it really doesn't matter, right?

Exactly the case. I really don't care if the neighbor wants to re survey the lines. We're on 80 acres like I mentioned. If the line moves a foot or two here there makes no difference to me. I'm assuming they just wanted marked so they know where the boundary is. Or maybe they are thinking about selling some of it and getting it partitioned off. Really no business of mine the neighbor can do is he pleases

 

[Eagle1]

How do you know it’s only a few feet?
It would matter to me.

Like I said before, I’d be more concerned with the reason for the survey, and the results of the survey, than the survey crew walking on my land. That’s me

One more thought if you not care if people walk on your land how would even know it was a survey crew?
If you are not paying them are they under any obligation to tell you anything?
Surveyors may not know why they are doing a survey just they are getting paid to do it.
So you may know there was a survey but does anyone have to tell you why?
If they want access to monument to base the survey on, it is best to allow that but here it was a lot of BLM land and the markers and lines are a crap shoot. Multiple surveyors have stated that 20-30' give or take is normal. Then you have the center of creek lines, after the creek moves it's channel...seen people gain or loose acres of land unless they can speak to each other like humans and work it out.

 

[DarkBlack]

One more thought if you not care if people walk on your land how would even know it was a survey crew?

??
The OP stated in his first post that he called “their local office”
“Two weeks ago I came home to a local surveyors company truck idling in my driveway”
He obviously knew who it was.

 

[lilranch2001]

It seems to me that ole Darkey sure likes to just find a reason to argue

 

[DarkBlack]

It seems to me that ole Darkey sure likes to just find a reason to argue

Takes two, pal