Chicago Title NCS Chicago: SYFCREC 2021

American Land Title Association® (ALTA®) Minimum Standard Detail Requirements National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS) For ALTA/NSPS Land Title Surveys corners being tested). It is recognized that in certain circumstances, the size or configuration of the surveyed property, or the relief, vegetation, or improvements on the surveyed property, will result in survey measurements for which the maximum allowable Relative Positional Precision may be exceeded in which case the reason shall be noted pursuant to Section 6.B.x. below. 4. Records Research - It is recognized that for the performance of an ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey, the surveyor will be provided with appropriate and, when possible, legible data that can be relied upon in the preparation of the survey. In order to complete an ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey, the surveyor must be provided with the following: A. The current record description of the real property to be surveyed or, in the case of an original survey prepared for purposes of locating and describing real property that has not been previously separately described in documents conveying an interest in the real property, the current record description of the parent parcel that contains the property to be surveyed; B. Complete copies of the most recent title commitment or, if a title commitment is not available, other title evidence satisfactory to the title insurer; C. The following documents from records established under state statutes for the purpose of imparting constructive notice of matters relating to real property (public records): i. The current record descriptions of any adjoiners to the property to be surveyed, except where such adjoiners are lots in platted, recorded subdivisions; ii. Any recorded easements benefitting the property to be surveyed; and iii. Any recorded easements, servitudes, or covenants burdening the property to be surveyed; and D. If desired by the client, any unrecorded documents affecting the property to be surveyed and containing information to which the survey shall make reference. Except, however, if the documents outlined in this section are not provided to the surveyor or if non-public or quasi-public documents are otherwise required to complete the survey, the surveyor must conduct that research which is required pursuant to the statutory or administrative requirements of the jurisdiction where the surveyed property is located and that research (if any) which is negotiated and outlined in the terms of the contract between the surveyor and the client. 5. Fieldwork - The survey must be performed on the ground (except as may be otherwise negotiated pursuant to Table A, Item 15 below). Except as related to the precision of the boundary, which is addressed in Section 3.E. above, features located during the fieldwork shall be located to what is, in the surveyor’s professional opinion, the appropriate degree of precision based on (a) the planned use of the surveyed property, if reported in writing to the surveyor by the client, lender, or insurer, or (b) the existing use, if the planned use is not so reported. The fieldwork shall include the following: A. Monuments i. The location, size, character, and type of any monuments found during the fieldwork. ii. The location, size, character, and type of any monuments set during the fieldwork, if item 1 of Table A was selected or if otherwise required by applicable jurisdictional requirements and/or standards of practice. iii. The location, description, and character of any lines that control the boundaries of the surveyed property. B. Rights of Way and Access i. The distance from the appropriate corner or corners of the surveyed property to the nearest right of way line, if the surveyed property does not abut a right of way. ii. The name of any street, highway, or other public or private way abutting the surveyed property, together with the width of the travelled way and the location of each edge of the travelled way including on divided streets and highways. If the documents provided to or obtained by the surveyor pursuant to Section 4 indicate no access from the surveyed property to the abutting street or highway, the width and location of the travelled way need not Copyright 2021. All rights reserved. Page 3 of 11 American Land Title Association and National Society of Professional Surveyors 126