{"id":8493,"date":"2026-10-17T06:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T13:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.centralcoastclsa.org\/?p=8493"},"modified":"2026-10-16T10:48:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T17:48:21","slug":"question-of-the-month-october-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.centralcoastclsa.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/17\/question-of-the-month-october-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Question of the Month &#8211; October 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:italic;font-weight:400\">Editor&#8217;s Note: As a part of Professional Development, the Professional Practices Committee has put together a series of questions to challenge your understanding and generate discussions on about current California laws affecting Land Surveying. Please add your understanding or questions to the comment section below the question. The Professional Practices Committee answer will appear on November 1!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Question 1:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.centralcoastclsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Alta-survey-commercial-property-site-review-1298679165.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8494 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.centralcoastclsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Alta-survey-commercial-property-site-review-1298679165.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.centralcoastclsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Alta-survey-commercial-property-site-review-1298679165-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.centralcoastclsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Alta-survey-commercial-property-site-review-1298679165-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.centralcoastclsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Alta-survey-commercial-property-site-review-1298679165-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your client requested an ALTA survey of commercial property that is a lot of a subdivision (a recorded tract map).\u00a0\u00a0 They did not check box #1 on Table A to set monuments.\u00a0\u00a0 On your ALTA, you have shown distances from buildings, fences and retaining walls to the property line. \u00a0\u00a0True or False \u2013 a record of survey is not required, since the client did not request monuments to be set.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What do you know about ALTA surveys? 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