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Minimum Standard Detail Requirements for ALTA/NSPS Land Title Surveys
(Effective February 23, 2026)

12. _______ As specified by the client, Governmental Agency survey-related requirements (e.g., HUD surveys, surveys for leases on Bureau of Land Management
managed lands). The relevant survey requirements are to be provided by the client or client’s designated representative.
13. _______ Names of owners of adjoining properties according to current tax records. If more than one owner, identify the first owner’s name listed in the tax
records followed by “et al.”
14. _______ Distance to the nearest intersecting street.
15. _______ Features, other than the boundary survey portion of an ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey and the location of features in close proximity to a boundary or
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other title or relevant setback line, may be shown using imagery; however, the surveyor must:
(a) agree with the client in writing on imagery to utilize, including source, date and/or version of imagery, and licensing costs and requirements,
(b) discuss the ramifications of such practices (e.g., the potential accuracy, precision and completeness of the imagery gathered thereby) with the
insurer, lender, and client prior to the performance of the survey, and
(c) place a note on the face of the survey explaining the source, date, precision, and other relevant qualifications of any such imagery.
16. _______ Evidence of recent earth moving work, building construction, or building additions observed in the process of conducting the fieldwork.
17. _______ Proposed changes in street right of way lines, if such information is made available to the surveyor by the controlling jurisdiction. Evidence of recent
street or sidewalk construction or repairs observed in the process of conducting the fieldwork.
18. _______ Pursuant to Sections 5 and 6 (and applicable selected Table A items, excluding Table A item 1), include as part of the survey any plottable offsite (i.e.,
appurtenant) easements disclosed in documents provided to or obtained by the surveyor.
19. _______ Professional liability insurance policy obtained by the surveyor in the minimum amount of $____________ to be in effect throughout the contract term.
Certificate of insurance to be furnished upon request, but this item shall not be addressed on the face of the plat or map, unless required by the jurisdiction.
20. _______ When observed in the process of conducting the fieldwork or otherwise identified in the process of preparing the survey the following conditions and
potential encroachments must be summarized in a table and indicated on the face of the plat or map. Without expressing a statement of legal opinion
or an opinion as to ownership, the table must identify the physical conditions, and provide a means by which the conditions can be readily located on
the face of the plat or map by a reviewer; however, this table may not be a comprehensive list of all concerns shown on the plat or map of the survey.
• Potential encroachments over boundary lines onto the surveyed property from adjoining property and onto adjoining property from the surveyed
property.
• Potential encroachments into rights of way and easements for which written documentation of the existence of such rights of way and easements
was provided to or obtained by the surveyor pursuant to Section 4.
• Potential encroachments of front, side or rear setbacks, but only when the setback requirements specific to the surveyed property were provided
to the surveyor pursuant to Table A item 6(a) or 6(b) or provided in recorded documents.
• Physical access between adjoining parcels without benefit of an easement for which written documentation of the existence of such easement
was provided to or obtained by the surveyor pursuant to Section 4.
• Use of adjoining parcels by apparent occupants of the surveyed property without benefit of an easement for which written documentation of the
existence of such easement was provided to or obtained by the surveyor pursuant to Section 4.
21. _______ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Adopted by the American Land Title Association on October 8, 2025. More at: www.alta.org.
Adopted by the National Society of Professional Surveyors on October 17, 2025. More at: www.nsps.us.com.

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