How do I find out a answer to survey a property?

I need to know if there is a dispute about a property line which one is correct? Would it be a GPS survey of only one property or the metal stakes that were orginally put into the ground on the property lines. This is in the State of WI.

How do I find out a answer to survey a property?
Whether or not GPS is used to perform a survey makes no difference in the quality of the survey. A survey done with GPS could be good or bad, just like any other survey. If you are trying to survey your own property using GPS, your work will not stand up in court, since only surveys performed by licensed professional land surveyors can be presented as evidence.





If your neighbor has a survey done by a licensed professional, and you do not agree with it, you have no choice but to hire your own surveyor, and let him know you are hiring him because you need help in a dispute. If your neighbor has surveyed their property with GPS, and you have a survey done by a licensed professional, then you have nothing to worry about, since nothing your neighbor does with his GPS unit can change your property, assuming your neighbor is not a professional surveyor.





If there are two surveys, both done by professional surveyors, and they show different property line locations, then you will need to either reach an agreement about the location of the line with your neighbor, or if you cannot agree, then you will need to go to court, where a judge will decide which line is the true boundary.
Reply:I work in a real estate law firm in North Carolina, and we just go by the metal stakes and the recorded subdivision plat plan. Hire a good surveyor, that survey will more than likly hold up in court if it comes to that.