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I bought my house two years ago and am looking to repave my driveway. Contractor is telling me I need a survey of my property. I contacted both the attorney and title company involved in the purchase transaction and they both basically said the same thing, there is no survey because one wasn’t required, but here’s the number of a surveyor who will do one for $800.
Who else might have a copy of this? House was built in the 1960’s, so I’m thinking there must be a copy of it somewhere. I think my neighbor is still in contact with the previous owner of my house, so I’m sure I could get in contact with them and ask if they have it if necessary. I would do this as a last resort before coughing up the 800 bucks to have a survey done. Any other suggestions on where else I could possibly search?
I bought my house two years ago and am looking to repave my driveway. Contractor is telling me I need a survey of my property. I contacted both the attorney and title company involved in the purchase transaction and they both basically said the same thing, there is no survey because one wasn’t required, but here’s the number of a surveyor who will do one for $800.
Who else might have a copy of this? House was built in the 1960’s, so I’m thinking there must be a copy of it somewhere. I think my neighbor is still in contact with the previous owner of my house, so I’m sure I could get in contact with them and ask if they have it if necessary. I would do this as a last resort before coughing up the 800 bucks to have a survey done. Any other suggestions on where else I could possibly search?
Edit: property is in NJ, if that matters.
Contact the office of the tax assessor/recorder for your county; maybe they will have a survey even from previously recorded deeds/sales. Some counties will let you make a copy for a small fee or some counties have this info available online... all depends on your county.
If it's in a subdivision the subdivision plat, with associated survey, ought to be on record at the county appraisal district office.
If it's defined by metes and bounds then the language of the survey (”100 yards N from corner marker then 50 yards W then...”) would be findable by tracking back the various deeds that have been issued for the property; again start with the appraisal district.
Here I can get copies of the surveys from the county, if any were completed and recorded. The more populated areas, I can get docs from online when they were uploaded. The more rural counties is a crapshoot.
I bought my house two years ago and am looking to repave my driveway. Contractor is telling me I need a survey of my property. I contacted both the attorney and title company involved in the purchase transaction and they both basically said the same thing, there is no survey because one wasn’t required, but here’s the number of a surveyor who will do one for $800.
Who else might have a copy of this? House was built in the 1960’s, so I’m thinking there must be a copy of it somewhere. I think my neighbor is still in contact with the previous owner of my house, so I’m sure I could get in contact with them and ask if they have it if necessary. I would do this as a last resort before coughing up the 800 bucks to have a survey done. Any other suggestions on where else I could possibly search?
Edit: property is in NJ, if that matters.
Are you simply repaving the driveway in its current location? If so, I would try contacting another contractor before looking into having a survey done. There may be a local requirement for a survey, but there may not be.
If a survey is, indeed, needed, then you will need a stakes-in-the-ground survey. Finding a paper copy of a prior survey may help, but it's not going to point to where the property boundary is on the ground.
EDIT: An older paper survey would help if it showed the placement of the driveway in relation to the property boundary. Check with the municipality as to whether a permit was pulled to put in the driveway. Was it ever replaced, or is it original? It's most likely that the original placement of the driveway required a survey, so it is likely in the correct place.
Last edited by jackmichigan; 03-03-2023 at 07:19 PM..
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