ALTA/ACSM is an acronym for “American Land Title Association” (ALTA) and the “American Congress on Surveying and Mapping” (ACSM). The requirements for an ALTA/ACSM Land Title Survey were jointly established by those two organizations and have been updated from time to time. The current ALTA/ACSM Land Title Survey requirements were recently amended. Effective February 23, 2011 ALTA surveys should be compliant with “2011 – ALTA/ACSM Requirements”. An ALTA/ACSM Land Title Survey (“ALTA Survey”) is a comprehensive boundary survey in which various issues are addressed that primarily concern buyers, lenders and title companies. An ALTA survey will typically provide the title company with a necessary level of comfort that allows removal of the “survey exceptions” from the title insurance policy.
