Guides
Written for someone who has just run into a boundary question and wants to understand it before paying anyone.
Roughly 2,500 mapped sinkholes in Greene County, a 25 foot setback rule, and Springfield's requirement for a geologist. What it means for building.
Karst and setbacks →Two million digitized documents, a searchable corner index, run out of the Department of Agriculture in Rolla. Free, and barely known.
How to search →How the PLSS grid works in Missouri, why the squares are not square, and what happens when the original corners are gone.
The grid →What a Missouri PLS is, why firms need a corporate certificate of authority, and what to ask before hiring.
Licensing →How the mapping works, its limits, and when an elevation certificate is worth getting.
Flood mapping →The arithmetic, when you can reasonably skip it, and how to raise it with a neighbor without starting something.
Fences →Why the fence sometimes wins even when the deed does not, and how to handle it without making it worse.
Disputes →How they happen, why they matter more than they look, and your realistic options.
Encroachments →The common types, how to find what runs across your land, and what tends to cause trouble.
Easements →Why a rusty iron rod outranks a tape measure, and how to find your corners.
Monuments →The usual explanations, and what to do about a genuine conflict.
Conflicts →Section township and range, lot and block, metes and bounds. What the words on your deed mean.
Descriptions →Send it. We would rather write the missing page than give you a sales call.