Professional Land Surveyors of Colorado

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9/15/2023
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM MST

                                                        

Summer Seminar
Friday, September 15, 2023
8:30am to 3:30pm
5 Continuing Education Units
 
Offered Remotely
and In-Person at Arapahoe Community College
5900 S. Santa Fe Drive
Littleton, CO 80120
 
$50 for Students, $100 for Members, $150 for non-Members
Register at https://www.plsc.net/
 
Boundaries and Adjacent Properties by Ray Skelton is a foundational text that offers practical studies, informed methodically throughout by federal and state appellate and supreme court decisions, on the practice of land surveying.  Through presentation, discussion and case studies drawn from the text, John Stahl will help the professional land surveyor learn and discern the legal basis for their boundary decisions.

John B. Stahl, PLS, CFedS, is a licensed professional land surveyor in the states of Utah and Montana, currently owning and operating Cornerstone Professional Land Surveys, Inc., and Cornerstone Land Consulting, Inc., in Salt Lake City. Mr. Stahl specializes in surveying land boundaries, resolving boundary conflicts, performing title and historical research, land boundary consultation services, mediation, and dispute resolution. He has been qualified as an expert witness in numerous boundary, access, and negligence cases and has actively participated in the preparation of amicus curiae briefs to the Utah Supreme Court. He has furthered his education by participating in a state-qualified mediation training program and earning recognition as a Certified Federal Surveyor. Mr. Stahl has served his profession as state chairman of the Utah Council of Land Surveyors and a Utah delegate to the Western Federation of Professional Surveyors. He is an adjunct instructor for Salt Lake Community College and Utah Valley University, where he has taught mathematics, ethics and liability, and boundary law courses for land surveying students since 1991. He is also a licensed Real Estate Instructor in Utah. Mr. Stahl received his A.A.S. degree in land surveying from Flathead Valley Community College in Kalispell, Montana, and has authored numerous articles and publications covering topics on boundary laws, research, and resolving conflicts of evidence. He has also conducted historical research and written articles on several important milestones in surveying history, including the Uintah Special Meridian Initial Point, the Four Corners Monument, the Stansbury Expedition to the Great Salt Lake, and the Gunnison Massacre. John is president of Cornerstone Professional Land Surveys, Inc., specializing in boundary dispute resolutions, retracement and litigation assistance.