When you are planning to buy property, you will want land surveying to help you determine where your property lines are. Lines can change and knowing the exact area of the property is important so that you don't have disputes over who's place is where.

When you buy property, you will often get a description of the longitude and latitude of the land. If this is not as exact as possible, you may have problems with your neighbors over who's fence, tree, or even buildings and running water.

Be sure you get the newest descriptions of any characteristics of the property like buildings, trees, water, or even large rocks. You don't want to wind up buying the piece for the beautiful willow tree, only to find out it belongs to your neighbor.

You may have heard about these discrepancies on the news. Many of these arguments could have been avoided if the person who bought the property had gotten the latest description of the place, and had documents of the area that was his.

You may find the area of the place recorded at the local county office in your town. Check the date it was recorded, and if it is old, you may want to get a new description. Talk to your survey company about any questions you may have about the lines of the place, and they should be able to answer.

If you purchase in an area where there are earthquakes, floods, or steep hillsides, the latest survey you got may be wrong. That is because when these natural disasters happen, the earth often shifts.

Even in a quite area, over a certain amount of years the earth will move, and the lines of the property fifty years ago are probably different now. Look at the topography of the area and if you are worried, get a new description of the place.

Land surveying your property is important, especially if you have neighbors. It could become a big issue if your not sure where your property ends, and you could lose something that you thought was yours.