How to Survey Land Property

The purpose of surveying your land property is to determine borders and the amount of land you own. This information is important if you're making plans to build something on your property and want to make sure the structure is built on your property and not your neighbor's land. There are two ways to do a land survey; hire a professional surveyor to do the work for you, which can be expensive, or do the survey yourself.

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Instructions

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  Visit your local city hall and search for your property records. Property records contain specific information about the amount of land you own. Most land records include maps that will help you determine property boundaries.
- 2
  Locate your property boundaries. Property boundaries are identified by markers. For example, there is usually a marker to identify where a street begins and ends. These markers are usually stone blocks with a rod protruding up from them.
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  Take a piece of string and run it across the ground from marker to marker. You may have to move and shift the string in order to navigate obstacles so that the string stays straight.
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  Using a tape measure, divide the straight piece of string into 10 equal parts. The divides in the line mark where the property lines fall.

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