Fill and Sign the Surveyor Boundary Form

Employment of Surveyor by Adjoining Landowners to Locate Disputed Boundary Line Agreement made on the _____ day of _________________________, 20_____, between and among _________________________________ (Owner 1) of __________ ________________________________________________________________________ (street address, city, county, state, zip code) , ___________________________________ (Owner 2), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the state of _____________________________________, with its principal office located at ______ ________________________________________________________________________ (street address, city, county, state, zip code) , said _______________________________ (Owner 1) and __________________________________________________ (Owner 2) being sometimes jointly referred to herein as Owners, and _________________________ _______________________________ (name of surveyor) of ______________________ _______________________________________________________________________ (street address, city, county, state, zip code) , herein referred to as Surveyor. Whereas, this Agreement is being made for the purpose of employing Surveyor to determine the true boundary line between certain tracts of land owned by Owners; Now, therefore, for and in consideration of the mutual covenants contained in this agreement, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows: I. Land Involved A . The tract of land owned by _____________________________________ (Owner 1) is described on Page _______ of Deed Book No. _______ in the office of the ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ (County official’s name and office where Deeds are recorded). The legal description of said land is as follows: (Insert Legal Description) ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ B. The tract of land owned by ____________________________________ (Owner 2) is described on Page ______ of Deed Book No. ______ in the office of the ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ (County official’s name and office where Deeds are recorded). The legal description of said land is as follows: (Insert Legal Description) ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ II. Services of Surveyor A. Surveyor shall determine, as nearly as possible, the true boundary line between the two tracts of land described above. In doing so, Surveyor may rely on the descriptions in the Deed Books mentioned, on the government field notes of the original survey of the lands involved, on such monuments, whether natural or otherwise, and markers or other facts as may have a bearing on the true location of the boundary. B. Surveyor shall establish new permanent monuments along the boundary established under this Agreement. C. Surveyor shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, such quitclaim deeds between Owners as will, when properly recorded, clearly vest title to the portions of land that may affect the respective ownerships, according to where such land may lie in regard to the true boundary line as located by Surveyor. III. Compensation and Expenses A. In consideration of the services to be rendered by Surveyor under this Agreement, Owners agree to pay him a fee of $_____________, with each Owner to pay one half of such amount. B. Owners also agree to pay the reasonable expenses of establishing any new markers along the boundary that Surveyor may erect. IV. Time for Performance Surveyor agrees to commence the survey no later than ______________________ (date) , and to complete such survey within __________ (number) working days after commencing. V. Mandatory Arbitration Notwithstanding the foregoing, and anything herein to the contrary, any dispute under this Agreement shall be required to be resolved by binding arbitration of the parties hereto. If the parties cannot agree on an arbitrator, each party shall select one arbitrator and both arbitrators shall then select a third. The third arbitrator so selected shall arbitrate said dispute. The arbitration shall be governed by the rules of the American Arbitration Association then in force and effect. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which together shall constitute but one and the same instrument. WITNESS our signatures as of the day and date first above stated. _______________________________ ___________________________________ Surveyor OWNER 2 ___________________________________ By_________________________________ OWNER 1 (Name and Office in Corporation)