ALTA SURVEY

An ALTA SURVEY is a land survey with especially stringent requirements as developed by a joint effort of the American Land Title Association and the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping. The ALTA standards are a nationwide uniform set of standards. The survey is specifically designed to satisfy the needs of lenders, corporations and title companies when dealing with valuable commercial properties. An ALTA survey is a boundary survey that has been jointly prepared and adopted by the ALTA/ACSM.