Course Overview
A detailed introduction to the legal survey system in BC and to issues relating to land ownership, legal plans, field monumentation and related surveys, particularly as they relate to the job functions of development approval officers.
Prerequisite(s)
- No prerequisites are required for this course.
Credits
2.0
- Retired
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of each module, the student will be able to:
Module 1 - General Survey Principles
- State and define the types of legal surveys.
- State and define the five types of metes and bounds descriptions.
- State and compare descriptions by subdivision as compared to metes and bounds.
- Plot a survey plan from a deed description.
- State and describe the township system of surveying.
- Discuss the use of photogrammetric methods in performing property surveys.
Module 2 - Land Registration, Monumentation and Sources of Survey Information
- State or define the four basic principles of the B.C. system of title registration, based on the Torrens system and legislated under the Land Titles Act.
- Identify, name and state the uses of the various types of survey monumentation used in legal surveys.
- State the sources of various types of survey information which is on record.
Module 3 - Systems of Survey
- State and define the Township system of survey and its major divisions and numbering system.
- State and discuss the nine systems of survey used in Canada.
Module 4 - The Land Survey Act and Integrated Survey Regulations
- State and define the terms related to Integrated Control Surveys and Monumentation.
- State and define the terms related to Cadastral Surveys in Integrated Survey Areas.
- Discuss the similarities and differences between Control Surveys and Cadastral Surveys in Integrated Survey Areas.
Module 5 - Land Titles Act and Regulations
- State and define the general requirements for registration of indefeasible title and registration of a charge against a property.
- State and define the general requirements for subdivision plans that are to be deposited in the Land Titles Offices.
- State and define the general requirements for subdivision of land.
- State and define two methods for the appointment of approving officers and the general role of the approving officer in the approval and registration of subdivision plans.
- State and define the definitions and general requirements for the preparation of survey plans to be deposited in the Land Titles Office.
Effective as of Fall 2003
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