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A survey plat is typically an official document showing property lines of one parcel (or occasionally more) drawn out by a surveyor who is authorized to create land surveys in a specific geographic area. The plat often mentions bordering properties or a reference marker or point in order to establish the property’s relative position to other properties as well. Often these surveys are recorded in the local land records office and are legal documents establishing property lines. Survey plats were also done in areas of the United States under the federal domain before parcels were awarded via land claims or through outright purchase. Survey plats are not a “one and done” situation. Many times a later survey plat may be done to clarfiy lines that have become ambiguous […]