Is it Illegal to....

[boxygen]

Dodgeman,
Thanks for chiming in, as i was reading through this thread I was waiting for a surveyor to set this straight. Tax maps are far from deeds, they are more pictorial than anything, and I'v seen them wrong before also.
Also, Nobody has mentioned how much research is involved in doing an accurate survey. As much if not more time is spent at the registry researching previous deeds, abutters' deed, subdivison plans, road commissioners plans to "walk the steps" of all the previous surveyors. Just because the surveyor was onsite for 6 hours, doesnt mean thats all the time they spent on the survey.
Here in Maine, the registry of deeds is available online for a few of the counties. Deeds and plans need to be paid for to print though. You can very quickly find things by name, date, book and page # ect. Very handy if you know how to use it.

 

[dodge man]

Good point, research is a big part, even more so out east where most states are "metes and bounds" method of describing property. There is also the time involved to draw up the plat and calculate the location of the boundary if some of the corners are missing. I have actually gotten a couple of surveys because the tax maps didn't show the correct location for the boundarys. In one case the tax map showed someones house over the line, which wasn't the case.

 

[LBrown59]

ok-- I went and read most of this post..
and I have a few comments..

If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it does it make a noise..
--Trick question-- NOISE- NO=== Sound--- YES
A noise : noise - Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Since no one is there to hear it, it can't be an unwanted or unpleasant sound because no one heard it!

ok- Wise guy mode-- OFF

now for the other thoughts..

down before it hit anything (it was only 20 feet tall and I did it with the loader). By definition this is not a pin, so I would say I am fine. The adjacent properly owner could not be reached (they live in another state) - calls,regular letter (unanswered),certified letter(returned)...
Later,
J

Wonder why they would not accept your letter?

 

[jimbo64]

....remove a land boundary survey marker? I know it is not nice, but is there a law with a penalty attached?
By the way, I'm not planning on doing it. It was just a local discussion about a farmer and a plow. I can't seem to find the law, if there is one.
Thanks.

it is illegal and should be. you would be destoying the validity of something that someone paid big bucks for, [ surveys ain;t cheap as they say ] you could end up doing the re-survey and paying for it, losing some friends or getting shot. nuff said

 

[tallyho8]

The last 2 survey markers I had placed on my property cost me $5000 each. I would be awful upset if someone moved them.

 

[texasjohn]

Am no lawyer, but expect that there is a legal difference between moving vs removing a survey stake.

I suspect that there are many reasons that a survey stake might be inadvertantly or innocently or necessarily "removed."

To MOVE a stake would be an attempt to gain land without paying for it.

 

[dmccarty]

In NC it is a misdemeanor to mess with a survey marker.

Course proving that someone did it is going to be hard.

My neighbor hit one of the concrete monuments with his tractor. He left it as is so its pretty obvious it has been "moved" a tad. But it was an accident and he has not been arrested.

Later,
Dan

 

[ray66v]

From my room at the Holiday Inn Express:

The the way laws I have read so far are worded, they indicate that it is illegal, if you have bad intentions.

That would mean: If you were to remove, and replace it in the same spot, or remove it to erect say a fence post, that would not be deceptive, or mischievous, and therefore would not be illegal.