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Board fines surveyor $3,000 over multiple survey errors, will use consent order
Summary
The Tennessee Board of Examiners for Land Surveyors approved a $3,000 civil penalty in a consent order after finding multiple deficiencies in a recorded plat, and directed a combination of penalty and education for the respondent.
The Tennessee Board of Examiners for Land Surveyors approved a $3,000 civil penalty on Feb. 19 after an expert reviewer identified multiple deficiencies in a recently recorded survey plat.
Legal counsel presented Complaint 2025056551, saying the respondent’s recorded survey (dated 07/31/2025) appeared to shift a neighbor’s northwest corner, convert a prior encroachment into the neighbor’s platted boundary, omit a recorded 30-foot easement and contain record-citation errors. The respondent acknowledged several mistakes and told the board a revised plat might be needed.
An expert reviewer summarized the case for the board and flagged a string of concerns: the absence of a vicinity map or descriptive location,…
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