DID YOU KNOW ….

… within the State of West Virginia, for disturbance of 1 acre or more you must first obtain a General NPDES permit from the State.

… a Professional Surveyor must supervise all surveys. 

… that a permit is required prior to any type of work can be performed within a stream or drain.  The permit is provided by the Corps of Engineers.

… if planning to build a structure and it may be located within a flood zone you are required to obtain an Elevation Certificate.  Generally, a Wetlands Delineation Survey will also be required.

… that all surveying companies, within the State of West Virginia, are required to have a ‘Certificate of Authorization’ prior to providing services.

… the period of time for an adverse possession claim is 10 years of continuous, uninterrupted use.

… when a licensee prepares a boundary survey, he or she shall make a plat of the land and provide a description of survey of the land.

… a mortgage/loan inspection survey is not a boundary survey.  Most times prepared for the lender and not the owner.

… where there is conflict between a written part and a printed part of a document, the printed part will be rejected in favor of the written part.

… prima facie evidence is evidence which is assumed correct until proven incorrect.

… it is unethical for a Surveyor to review the work of another Surveyor for the same client, except with the knowledge of such surveyor, or unless the connection of such surveyor with the work has terminated.

… the highest estate in quality is the fee simple estate, which is one of which the holder has the absolute and unconditional ownership.

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