Land Surveyors in Connecticut: A-2 Survey, Land Survey Cost

License

What a Connecticut land surveyor license means, and how to check one

Connecticut licenses surveyors through the State Board of Examiners for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, administered by the Department of Consumer Protection. The governing law is Connecticut General Statutes chapter 391, sections 20-299 through 20-310. The credential you are looking for is Land Surveyor, usually written L.S. after the name, and it is a separate license from Professional Engineer. Plenty of Connecticut firms hold both, which is why a letterhead reading "P.E." alone is not the credential that seals a boundary map.

The statutory definition at CGS 20-299 is unusually specific about what only a licensed surveyor may do, and it is worth reading before you hire a "site plan service" you found online. Land surveying includes measuring, evaluating, mapping, monumenting or otherwise marking on the ground, property boundary lines, interior lot lines of subdivisions, easements, rights-of-way or street lines, and measuring or marking the horizontal location of existing or proposed buildings and structures with respect to property boundary lines and setback lines. Putting a stake where you think the line runs, or drawing a plot plan showing your addition against a setback, is regulated work in this state.

Verification takes about two minutes. The Department of Consumer Protection runs a public credential search at elicense.ct.gov, free, searchable by name, license number, town or credential type, and it will also generate a full roster of every active Land Surveyor in the state. Look up the individual who will sign and seal your map, not the company. A firm can be perfectly real while the person actually drafting your map is a Land Surveyor-In-Training, which is a separate credential type on the same system and is not a license to seal work.

Two Connecticut specifics change how you should read that lookup. First, Land Surveyor licenses expire annually on January 31 with a $285 renewal fee, so a Connecticut license lapses on a much shorter cycle than the two-year and three-year renewals common in other states. If you are checking in February, check the status field carefully rather than trusting a certificate photographed last year. Second, and this is a genuine gap you should compensate for, Connecticut does not require continuing education hours for land surveyor renewal. Most states do. That does not make Connecticut surveyors worse, but it does mean the license alone tells you less than it would in Iowa or Alabama, so it is fair to ask a candidate directly how recently they have worked to the current minimum standards and whether they hold membership in the Connecticut Association of Land Surveyors.

On Surveyors.io that check is yours to make: a profile carries the number the surveyor entered, says on the page that we have not verified it, and this page links the board lookup so it takes a minute. Board checks and insurance certificates are planned, and this paragraph changes the day they run.

The hook

The Connecticut hook: "A-2 survey" is an accuracy class, not a survey type

Almost every Connecticut homeowner meets surveying the same way. You apply for a zoning permit for an addition, a garage with a foundation, a pool or a deck, and the land use office hands back a checklist that says the plot plan must be based on an A-2 survey. You then call three surveyors, ask for an A-2 survey, and get back quotes that differ by a factor of two or three. Most people assume somebody is padding. Usually nobody is. You asked three firms for three different products using one label that does not describe a product at all.

The Minimum Standards of Accuracy, Content and Certification for Surveys and Maps, Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies sections 20-300b-1 through 20-300b-20, are what your town is really pointing at. Under section 20-300b-11(b), A-2 is one row in a table of Horizontal Accuracy Classes. It means positional accuracy of 1:5,000, linear tolerance of 0.02 of a foot, and angular tolerance of 20 seconds. That is a measurement tolerance. It says nothing about how much of your property was mapped, how far back the deed research went, or whether the surveyor formed an independent opinion about where your boundary is.

What actually describes the job is the map title, and the regulation is explicit that it takes three labels, not one. Section 20-300b-18(6) requires that the first note on the map state the standards used, the applicable Class or Classes of Accuracy, the Type of Survey, and the Boundary Determination Category. Your town names the first of those three. The two it leaves out are the two that decide the price and the value.

Here is what that means in a driveway. Surveyor A quotes you a Property Survey, Class A-2, First Survey: a full field survey of the whole parcel, at least forty years of chain of title research, adjoiner deeds pulled, monuments set at the corners, an independent boundary opinion. Surveyor B quotes you a Zoning Location Survey, Class A-2, Dependent Resurvey: only the parts of the property relevant to the setback question are depicted, no other improvements need be shown, and the boundary is taken from a prior surveyor's map that this surveyor has judged sufficient to rely on and update. Both maps are honestly and legally labeled A-2. One determined your boundary. The other assumed it.

Neither is wrong to sell. If your zoning officer only needs to see that the proposed garage clears a side setback and there is a good recent map on file at the town clerk, the second product is proportionate and you should not pay for the first. But if you have never had the parcel surveyed, if the abutting stone wall is the only visible evidence, or if there is any chance of an argument with a neighbor later, buying the cheap label and discovering the boundary was inherited rather than determined is how people end up paying twice. Ask for all three labels in writing at the quote stage. Any Connecticut surveyor will give them to you without hesitation, because the regulation makes them put those labels on the map anyway.

Decode

The three labels every Connecticut survey map must carry

This is the whole regulation compressed into one table. Read your quote, or the first note on a map you already own, against these three columns. If a quote names only the accuracy class, you do not yet know what you are buying.

The three labels every Connecticut survey map must carry
Label	What it tells you	Where it comes from	Common values
Class of Accuracy	The measurement tolerance only. How tightly the surveyor is committing to the numbers on the map. Says nothing about scope or research	Sec. 20-300b-11	AA, A-1, A-2 (boundary work must be one of these three), B, C, D for other purposes
Type of Survey	What was actually mapped and delivered. This is the scope line, and the difference between a full Property Survey and a Zoning Location Survey is most of the price spread	Sec. 20-300b-2	Property Survey, Perimeter Survey, Existing Building Location Survey, Zoning Location Survey, Improvement Location Survey, Easement Map, Boundary Stake-Out
Boundary Determination Category	Whether the surveyor formed an independent boundary opinion or relied on someone else's. The single most overlooked line on a Connecticut map	Sec. 20-300b-2(e)	First Survey, Resurvey, Dependent Resurvey, Original Survey

One practical consequence people miss: under section 20-300b-2(e)(1), a survey can only be called a First Survey if the surveyor found no prior map or metes and bounds description of your parcel. If a previous surveyor's work exists, the new work is by definition a Resurvey. So a First Survey label on an established Connecticut subdivision lot is a flag worth a question, not a badge of thoroughness.

Accuracy

Connecticut horizontal accuracy classes, from the regulation

These are the tolerances in section 20-300b-11(b) itself. Boundary and limited boundary surveys must meet AA, A-1 or A-2 under section 20-300b-2(d)(1). Classes B, C and D exist for other kinds of mapping and cannot be used to present a boundary opinion.

Connecticut horizontal accuracy classes, from the regulation
Class	Positional	Linear tolerance	Angular tolerance	What it is used for
AA	1:15,000 (1:22,500 beyond 225 ft)	plus or minus 0.01 ft	plus or minus 8 seconds	The tightest boundary class. Dense urban parcels, high-value commercial, litigation work
A-1	1:10,000 (1:15,000 beyond 150 ft)	plus or minus 0.01 ft	plus or minus 10 seconds	Boundary work where tighter control is wanted than the town requires
A-2	1:5,000 (1:7,500 beyond 150 ft)	plus or minus 0.02 ft	plus or minus 20 seconds	The ordinary residential boundary class, and the one Connecticut towns name in zoning permit checklists
B	1:1,000 (1:1,500 beyond 750 ft)	plus or minus 0.5 ft	plus or minus 2 minutes	Not permitted for a boundary opinion. Planning-level mapping
C	plus or minus 2 ft	plus or minus 2 ft	plus or minus 30 minutes	Not permitted for a boundary opinion. Rough location work
D	Compilation of existing data	Not a field survey	Not a field survey	Paper only. A Compilation Plan under section 20-300b-8 carries a mandatory note saying it is not the result of a field survey

Two details that follow from the class and show up on your map. Directions along boundary lines are expressed to the nearest 10 seconds for Class A-2 and to the nearest 1 second for AA and A-1, and distances along boundary lines are expressed to the nearest hundredth of a foot in all three. If you are reading bearings on an old Connecticut map given only to the nearest minute, it predates these standards, which took effect June 21, 1996.

Products

Connecticut survey types, and what each one will not do

These are the types defined in the regulation, in the order most Connecticut buyers meet them. The right question is never "how much is a survey," it is "which type do I need." Getting this wrong is the most common way people in this state pay for two surveys.

Connecticut survey types, and what each one will not do
Type of survey	What it depicts	What it will not do
Property Survey	The full parcel: every boundary monument found or set, dwellings, garages, sheds, driveways, surface utilities, pools, record easements and visible use of them, lines of occupation such as fences, walls and hedges, deed restrictions on building location, unresolved conflicts with the record, and all apparent encroachments	Nothing. This is the complete product and the one to buy if you have never had the parcel surveyed
Perimeter Survey	A 15 foot wide strip along the boundary, 10 feet inside and 5 feet outside the parcel limits, with the same monument, occupation and encroachment content as a Property Survey within that strip	Show anything in the interior of your lot. Useless for siting a structure away from the edges
Existing Building Location Survey	The position of all buildings against boundaries, record easement lines, municipal setbacks and deed restrictions. No other improvements need be depicted	Show driveways, walls, utilities or encroachments that are not buildings
Zoning Location Survey	Existing or proposed improvements against applicable municipal setback requirements. Only the portions of the property pertinent to the issue must be depicted	Serve as a general boundary survey. This is the cheap A-2 many towns will accept, and it is scoped to one question
Improvement Location Survey	The position, horizontally and where required vertically, between particular improvements and applicable municipal or statutory requirements	Cover anything outside the specific improvement in question
Easement Map	The position of an existing or proposed easement against boundary monumentation, improvements, features and unresolved record conflicts, with all visible encroachments noted	Replace a Property Survey. It is scoped to the easement
Boundary Stake-Out	Nothing on paper beyond a signed and sealed letter or sketch listing the monuments or markers set. The deliverable is marks in the ground	Give you a map a lender, title company or land use office can read. No other features need be depicted
Compilation Plan	Approximate size and shape of a parcel derived from land records and other sources	Anything, in evidentiary terms. It carries a mandatory note that it is not the result of a field survey and is subject to change as an accurate field survey may disclose

The Boundary Stake-Out row is the one to read twice. In Connecticut it is a recognized survey type with its own deliverable rule, so if all you need is the line marked for a fence contractor you can buy exactly that and skip the map. What you cannot do is buy the stake-out, then decide six months later you needed a map, without paying for a second mobilization. Decide up front. Compare the same tradeoff nationally in our guide to property line marking and staking.

Research

Why a Connecticut survey costs more than the same lot in Ohio: the 40 year rule

Connecticut writes a research floor into the regulation, and it is the honest answer to why quotes here run above the national average. Under section 20-300b-16(b), every survey presenting a boundary opinion, with one exception, must include a record search of the surveyed property's chain of title with deeds going back not less than forty years. That is not a title company's search for liens. It is your surveyor reading forty years of conveyances to work out what the boundary was intended to be.

The exception is the one that explains the price gap between two quotes. A Dependent Resurvey only has to search the chain back as old as the date of the survey being relied upon. If a solid map from 2019 exists at the town clerk, that is seven years of deeds instead of forty. That is legitimate, proportionate work and it is why you should tell every quoting surveyor about any prior map you have. It is also why the Boundary Determination Category belongs in your quote: it is the line item controlling how many hours of research you are buying.

The regulation then goes further in a way most states do not. Section 20-300b-16(c) says in terms that the forty year minimum "is not to be construed as a flat period of time to search a title" and that "to determine the original intended boundary locations, most surveys require research well beyond the statutory 40-year period." In Connecticut, where colonial deeds calling for a stone wall, a heap of stones or a chestnut tree are still the controlling description on plenty of parcels, that is not boilerplate. Under section 20-300b-17, if the surveyor finds evidence of an unrecorded map, vagueness or conflict in boundary location, or physical evidence of an easement that is not of record, they are required to chase it further, and they may contact adjoining owners about their knowledge of where the lines run.

What the research covers is also specified rather than left to custom. Section 20-300b-16(a) requires examination of the record description of your property and of the adjoining parcels, record surveys and subdivision maps of both, the tax assessor's plats and records, pertinent easements and other documents, and Probate Court records where applicable. That last one matters more in Connecticut than people expect, because a great many parcel lines here were created by the division of an estate rather than by a subdivision map.

The practical move before you spend anything: go to your town clerk and ask what maps are on file for your parcel and the abutters, and ask the assessor for the property card. A prior map is the single biggest lever you have on your own quote, because it can move you from a forty year search to a dependent resurvey. Bring what you find to the quote.

Monuments

What Connecticut requires in the ground, and the waiver clause to watch for

Connecticut sets monumentation by geometry rather than by "every corner." Under section 20-300b-2(b)(1)(I), a Property Survey requires monumentation set at all corners created by a deflection angle of not less than 70 degrees between two consecutive courses, and at intervals not to exceed 600 feet along the boundaries between those corners, except where natural or man made monumentation already defines or occupies the line. In plain terms: the sharp corners get pinned, and no stretch of your line is allowed to run more than 600 feet without something in the ground.

Now the clause worth putting in your contract. That monumentation requirement may be waived, but only through written agreement between surveyor and client, with a note on the map stating that all monumentation found or set has been depicted. Read that as a buyer: if nobody discussed it with you and no pins went in, either the geometry did not call for them or you signed something. And there is a hard carve-out worth knowing, because it is the one place the waiver is not available at all: the waiver is not permitted when the survey is intended for use in a Subdivision or Resubdivision application. If you are splitting land in Connecticut, the monuments go in.

Section 20-300b-13 adds location rules that keep the marks findable. There must be a minimum of three monuments, markers or a combination of the two. Each one found or set must be adequately described and noted on the map. Of the three, two must be within 600 feet of the boundary and of each other. And every point along the boundary, meander lines aside, must be within 600 feet of a monument or marker. That last rule is why a long narrow Connecticut lot running back from a road can require more monuments than a square one of the same acreage.

What counts as a monument is listed in section 20-300b-14, and the list is broader than the rebar and plastic cap most people picture. Acceptable forms include disks or plugs of durable material set in ledge or concrete and marked with a hole or cross; stone or reinforced concrete monuments at least 4 inches square by 30 inches long, marked with a hole or cross, with some ferrous material placed adjacent to stone monuments as an aid to recovery; drill holes at least three eighths of an inch across and half an inch deep, or cross cuts three eighths of an inch deep, in ledge, concrete or the base stones of walls; metal rods at least half an inch outside diameter or pipes at least half an inch inside diameter; nails and spikes set permanently in pavement; foundation corners; and other objects the surveyor deems permanent.

Two of those are very Connecticut and worth knowing before you go looking for your corners with a metal detector. A drill hole or cross cut in the base stone of a stone wall is a lawful, permanent monument in this state and will not beep. So will a chiseled mark in ledge. If your surveyor tells you the corner is a drill hole in the third stone of the wall behind the barn, that is not a shortcut, it is the standard. Get a photograph and a measurement to something permanent the day the crew leaves, because you will not find it again from the map alone. Our guide to finding property pins covers the recovery technique in detail.

Town clerk

Filing your Connecticut survey map makes it part of your deed

Connecticut does not force a plain boundary survey to be recorded the way Iowa does, so the drawing you pay for can quite legitimately end up in your file drawer and nowhere else. But there is a provision here worth using deliberately, and almost nobody explains it to homeowners.

CGS 7-31 provides that when an owner has caused land to be surveyed and a map made, and that map bears the seal of the surveyor and a certification that it is substantially correct to the degree of accuracy shown thereon, the map may be filed in the office of the town clerk where the land sits, and "shall thereupon be deemed a part of the deeds referring thereto, and may be produced in court accordingly." The clerk must also make and certify copies on request.

Read what that sentence does. A filed map stops being your private drawing and becomes part of the record chain, admissible, and permanently retrievable by you, your buyer, your lender and, yes, your neighbor. If you have just settled where a disputed line runs, or you have paid for a full Property Survey on a parcel that never had one, filing is cheap insurance and it means the forty year research you funded does not have to be redone from scratch by the next surveyor. It is also the mechanism that lets a future survey of your lot be a Dependent Resurvey rather than a fresh First Survey, which is money back to whoever owns the property next.

The mechanics are prescriptive, which matters because a map that does not comply will not be accepted. Maps dated October 1, 1974 or later must be drawn in ink or printed on translucent linen or another material approved by the Public Records Administrator, and must be one of three sizes: 36 by 24 inches, 18 by 12 inches, or 18 by 24 inches. Note also the second condition in the statute for maps laying out projected highways: those must be approved by the municipal authority empowered to approve highway layouts before the clerk takes them.

The honest caveat: filing is not always the right call, and it is not free. A map on file is public, so if you were quietly assessing how bad an encroachment is before deciding what to do about it, filing publishes your own evidence. And the map remains the surveyor's work product, so ask at the quote stage whether a filing copy is included, what it costs, and who walks it to the clerk. Get that into the written quote rather than discovering it as an extra later.

Cost

Connecticut land survey cost by survey type

Connecticut sits above the national average, and the 40 year chain of title requirement in section 20-300b-16(b) is a real part of why. These are the ranges licensed Connecticut surveyors quote in 2026. Fairfield County shoreline towns run at the top of each band or above it.

Connecticut land survey cost by survey type
Survey type	Typical Connecticut cost	What you get
Residential boundary survey (Property Survey, Class A-2)	$600 - $1,300	Full parcel mapped, 40 year chain of title, monuments set, sealed map. Fairfield County $900 to $1,500
A-2 zoning location survey for a permit	$700 - $1,500	Improvements against setbacks, scoped to the zoning question. Ask which Boundary Determination Category before you buy
Existing building location survey	$500 - $1,100	Buildings against boundaries, easements, setbacks and deed restrictions. No driveways or utilities
Boundary stake-out (marks only)	$500 - $1,100	Corners or lines monumented in the field plus a sealed letter or sketch. No map
Boundary plus topographic survey	$1,400 - $4,000	Boundary work plus contours and spot elevations for design. Add a Vertical or Topographic Accuracy Class to the quote
Subdivision or resubdivision map	$3,000 - $12,000+	Property Survey standard plus lot layout for the commission. Monumentation waiver is not available on these
ALTA/NSPS commercial survey	$2,500 - $6,500	Title commitment reviewed, Table A items, certified to named parties. Larger sites go higher
FEMA elevation certificate	$400 - $900	Completed FEMA form for flood insurance rating. Common along the Long Island Sound shoreline
Construction stake-out services	$800 - $2,500	Horizontal or vertical control for proposed improvements. No plan need be prepared

Two things move a Connecticut quote more than acreage. The first is whether a usable prior map exists, because that is the difference between a First Survey and a Dependent Resurvey and therefore between forty years of deed research and a handful. The second is stone walls and woods: a colonial description running to a wall through mature growth costs field hours that a 1980s subdivision lot does not. Full national pricing is in the land survey cost guide.

Where

Where Connecticut surveyors get booked, and what drives the local job

Connecticut is small enough that most firms cover two or three counties, but what a survey costs and how long it takes varies sharply by region. This is what actually drives the work in each.

Where Connecticut surveyors get booked, and what drives the local job
Region	What drives survey demand	Typical residential boundary survey
Stamford, Greenwich, Darien, New Canaan, Westport	Teardowns and rebuilds on small high value lots, strict setback and coverage enforcement, frequent variance work needing an A-2 for the Zoning Board of Appeals	$900 - $1,500
Norwalk, Fairfield, Bridgeport, Trumbull	Additions, pools and accessory structures on tight suburban lots, plus coastal flood work near the Sound	$800 - $1,400
Danbury, Ridgefield, Bethel, Brookfield, New Milford	Larger wooded parcels with colonial descriptions and stone wall boundaries, heavier research and field hours	$800 - $1,600
Hartford, West Hartford, Glastonbury, Manchester, New Britain	Established subdivisions with good record maps, permit driven zoning location surveys, steady refinance and addition work	$600 - $1,200
New Haven, Hamden, North Haven, Milford, Branford, Guilford	University area infill, shoreline elevation certificates, mixed record quality between colonial center and postwar tract	$650 - $1,300
Waterbury, Meriden, Middletown, Cheshire, Bristol	Older housing stock, frequent fence and encroachment questions, generally the most affordable band in the state	$600 - $1,100
Litchfield County and the northwest hills	Large acreage, steep terrain, deeds calling for walls and watercourses, long access. Priced by the day as often as by the lot	$1,000 - $2,500+
New London, Groton, Mystic, Old Lyme and the shoreline	FEMA elevation certificates, tidal and coastal jurisdiction lines, seasonal property transfers	$700 - $1,400

A regional note that saves money in the northwest and the shoreline: firms in Litchfield County and along the eastern shore travel, and mobilization is a real line item. If a neighbor is also thinking about a survey, ordering in the same window can take a meaningful bite out of both quotes.

Quotes

How to get an accurate Connecticut quote in one pass

Most of the spread between two Connecticut quotes on the same property is not margin. It is uncertainty about how far the deed research has to go and how much evidence is left in the ground. Every document you supply narrows that, and narrower quotes are lower quotes.

Send four things. First, your current recorded deed with the full legal description, because a description running to a stone wall is a different job from one running to a lot number on a filed map. Second, anything on file at the town clerk: a prior survey map of your parcel or an abutter's, the subdivision map your lot came from, the assessor's property card. Third, a note on access and cover: stone walls, mature woods, wetlands, ledge, fences, locked gates, dogs. Fourth, the reason you need it, because a zoning permit, a fence, a lender and a neighbor argument each call for a different type of survey.

Then ask every quoting firm three questions in writing, and insist on all three answers rather than a price. Which Type of Survey am I buying, in the language of section 20-300b-2? Which Boundary Determination Category, and if it is a Dependent Resurvey, which prior map are you relying on? And are monuments being set, or are you asking me to sign a written waiver of the monumentation requirement?

That third question is the one that separates quotes people think are identical. Two firms can both quote "A-2 survey" at $700 and $1,200, and the difference can be entirely that the first is a Zoning Location Survey relying on a 2019 map with no pins going in, and the second is a Property Survey with forty years of research and monuments set at every 70 degree corner. Neither is dishonest. Only one of them answers the question "where is my line."

A note on scope, because it decides the price more than anything else. If your town asked for an A-2 for a permit and a good recent map is on file, the proportionate product is the zoning location survey and you should not overbuy. If you have never had the parcel surveyed, if you are about to spend real money on a fence, wall, pool or addition near the edge, or if a neighbor has started mowing or parking on ground you think is yours, buy the full Property Survey and consider filing it under CGS 7-31. And if you intend to divide the land, say so at the quote stage, because subdivision work carries the standard with no monumentation waiver available.

Describe the property in the matcher at the top of this page and we will put up to three license-verified, insured Connecticut surveyors in front of you within about 24 hours, with the quote in writing before anyone visits. If you would rather work through the options yourself first, see how to find a land surveyor.

FAQ

Connecticut land survey questions

How much does a land survey cost in CT?

A residential boundary survey in Connecticut typically costs $600 to $1,300, with Fairfield County towns such as Greenwich, Stamford and Westport running $900 to $1,500. An A-2 zoning location survey for a permit runs $700 to $1,500, an ALTA/NSPS commercial survey $2,500 to $6,500, and a FEMA elevation certificate $400 to $900.

What is an A-2 survey in Connecticut?

A-2 is a Horizontal Accuracy Class under Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies section 20-300b-11(b), meaning positional accuracy of 1:5,000, linear tolerance of 0.02 of a foot and angular tolerance of 20 seconds. It is a measurement tolerance, not a survey type. The map title must also state the Type of Survey and the Boundary Determination Category.

Do I need an A-2 survey for a zoning permit in Connecticut?

Most Connecticut towns require a plot plan based on an A-2 survey for permanent structures such as an addition, a garage with a foundation or an in-ground pool, and for anything built under a zoning variance. No state statute requires it. The requirement comes from your town land use office, so confirm the scope with them before ordering.

What is the difference between an A-2 and an A-1 survey?

They are two rows of the same accuracy table. A-2 is 1:5,000 positional with 0.02 of a foot linear and 20 second angular tolerance. A-1 is tighter at 1:10,000, 0.01 of a foot and 10 seconds, and its bearings are given to the nearest second rather than the nearest 10 seconds. Both are acceptable for boundary work in Connecticut.

How do I verify a Connecticut land surveyor license?

Search the Department of Consumer Protection credential lookup at elicense.ct.gov by name or license number, and confirm an active Land Surveyor license for the individual who will sign and seal your map. Connecticut licenses expire annually on January 31, so check the status date. Profiles on Surveyors.io show the number the surveyor gave us and say that we have not verified it, so run that lookup yourself before you hire.

Do Connecticut land surveyors need continuing education?

No. Connecticut does not require continuing education hours for land surveyor license renewal, unlike most states. Licenses renew annually on January 31 for a $285 fee. Because the license alone carries less information here, it is reasonable to ask a candidate how recently they have worked to the current minimum standards.

Does a survey map have to be filed with the town clerk in Connecticut?

Not for an ordinary boundary survey. But under CGS 7-31, a sealed map certified as substantially correct may be filed with the town clerk, and it is then deemed a part of the deeds referring to it and may be produced in court. Maps dated after October 1, 1974 must be 36 by 24, 18 by 12 or 18 by 24 inches.

How far back does a Connecticut surveyor have to search the deeds?

Section 20-300b-16(b) requires a chain of title search going back not less than 40 years for any survey presenting a boundary opinion, except a Dependent Resurvey, which need only go back to the date of the map being relied upon. The regulation adds that most surveys require research well beyond the 40 year minimum.

Does a Connecticut surveyor have to set monuments?

A Property Survey requires monuments at every corner formed by a deflection angle of 70 degrees or more, and at intervals no greater than 600 feet along the boundary. The requirement can be waived only by written agreement with a note on the map, and it cannot be waived at all when the survey is for a subdivision or resubdivision application.

How long does a land survey take in Connecticut?

Two to four weeks is normal for a residential boundary survey, and much of that is record research at the town clerk rather than field time. Colonial descriptions calling for stone walls, large Litchfield County parcels and winter cover all push it out. Order well before a closing or permit deadline.

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