Southern California · Land Surveying
The detailed, standards-based survey that commercial buyers, lenders, title companies, and attorneys rely on for confident transactions. Our surveyors deliver boundaries, easements, and encroachments mapped to the national ALTA/NSPS standard.
Tell us what the city, county, architect, or engineer requested — we’ll help determine whether you need boundary, topo, setback, hillside, or permit survey support. Call now to discuss your project.
An ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey is the most comprehensive boundary survey product, prepared to a uniform national standard developed jointly by the American Land Title Association and the National Society of Professional Surveyors. It combines a rigorous boundary determination with a careful depiction of recorded easements, rights-of-way, improvements, and potential encroachments — exactly what title insurers and lenders need to underwrite a commercial transaction with extended coverage. The current edition of that standard is the 2026 Minimum Standard Detail Requirements, effective February 23, 2026, which supersedes all earlier ALTA/ACSM and ALTA/NSPS versions — our surveys are prepared to the current edition.
Working against a closing date, a loan condition, or a 1031 exchange deadline in LA County? See commercial property and ALTA surveys for time-sensitive Los Angeles County transactions.
Not sure whether your transaction actually calls for one? Our guide to whether you need an ALTA survey walks through when lenders and title companies require it — and when a boundary survey is enough.
A little information up front helps us scope the right survey and quote it accurately:
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An ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey is a detailed survey prepared to the 2026 Minimum Standard Detail Requirements for ALTA/NSPS Land Title Surveys — the national standards jointly established and adopted by the American Land Title Association and the National Society of Professional Surveyors, effective February 23, 2026. It documents boundaries, easements, improvements, and encroachments for use in commercial real estate transactions and title insurance.
They are most often required by lenders, title insurers, buyers, and their attorneys during the purchase, refinance, or development of commercial property, where extended title coverage and thorough due diligence are needed.
Table A — formally Optional Survey Responsibilities and Specifications — is the menu of optional items that can be added to the survey, such as flood zone classification, vertical relief (topography), zoning information reported from a zoning report, parking counts, and underground utility evidence. Under the 2026 standards, the wording of and fee for any of the first twenty items may be negotiated between surveyor and client, and additional negotiated items are numbered 21(a), 21(b), and so on. You select the items that fit your transaction, usually working from the lender's and title company's checklist.
There is no single answer, and we do not quote a schedule we have not scoped. The timeline depends on parcel size and complexity, how many title exceptions must be plotted, the Table A items requested, how quickly the title commitment and record documents arrive, and site access. Tell us your deadline when you request the quote and we will confirm a realistic schedule in writing before you commit.
Cost varies with acreage, number of improvements, title exceptions to plot, terrain, and the Table A items selected. Request a quote and we will scope your specific property and transaction.
Survey scope and deliverables depend on title records, site conditions, and what your project requires. Call (213) 787-3342 to discuss the property and the survey you need.
Available throughout Los Angeles County and our full service area, including:
Request a quote for your commercial property — send the address and project details and we will scope the work. Not sure what an ALTA engagement involves? Here’s what to expect from start to finish. We coordinate ALTA surveys across LA County, including commercial districts like Pasadena.