ASSESSOR'S PLAT SURVEY ADVANTAGES
- ...Allconflicting
and disputed land boundaries are legally reconciled.
- ...Alluncertain or
inaccurate land descriptions are legally clarified.
- ...Allland
boundaries are accurately located by a m odern land survey.
- ...Property
financing transactions are adequately secured and convenienced.
- ...Title insurance determ inations are facilitated by accurate
descriptions.
- ...Transfers of land title are accom m odated w ith
assurance and efficiency.
- ...An equitable basis is provided for
taxation and specialassessm ents and all unrecorded or om
itted land parcels are accounted for on localgovernm ent tax roll.
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...Future property im provem ents m ay be located w ithout encroachm
ents.
- ...Future property divisions by a record land survey are sim
plified.
- ...Allsurvey m onum ents are protected by statutory fine
and/or im prisonm ent.
- ...Public review , governm ent approvals and
court adjudication is duly provided.
- ...W ritten and unw ritten title
rights and/or interests are ascertained or clarified.
- ...Future public
w orks are supported by m ore accurate survey control.
- ...Subsequent
corrections or am endm ents require the sam e statutory process.
- ...Alllocalland ordinances can be m ore effectively adm inistrated.
- ...Inadequate subdivision plats or m aps are vacated in w hole or in
part.
- ...The survey m ust be perform ed and the plat prepared by a
Registered Wisconsin Land Surveyor in
strict com pliance w ith specific statutory provisions.
- ...Cost is
equitably levied upon the basis of assessed land valuation, w ithout
inclusion of the assessed valuation of im provem ents.
- ...Apportioned
cost to the localgovernm ent and individualland ow ners is more econom icalthan by
separate or individualproperty surveys.
- ...Costs m ay be collected by
specialassessm ent, in w hole or in part.
- ...Subsequent
parceldescription is sim plified by lot num ber of plat, in lieu of a lengthy and cum
bersom e m etes and bounds reference.
- ...Boundariesand
cornersaresurveyed inconform itywithpublicland records, buyer and
seller intent and evidence of possession.
- ...Conflicting or disputed
com m on boundaries are m utually resolved by a recorded boundary
agreem ent betw een the involved landow ners.
- ...The finalsurveyed plat
is publicly docum ented in county records and a true and correct copy of the recorded plat is m ade available to the involved landow ners.