ALTA/NSPS Surveys in Martinez, CA

Martinez is where every ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey in Contra Costa County ultimately points: the Contra Costa County Recorder and County Surveyor offices are located here, which means the deeds, recorded maps, and easement documents behind a title commitment are researched a short walk from many of the properties we survey. The city's commercial real estate splits into two distinct due-diligence problems. Downtown, buildings sit on some of the county's oldest plats — an 1800s grid laid out along the Carquinez shoreline — where zero-lot-line construction makes encroachments common and the 2021 Minimum Standard Detail Requirements' emphasis on evidence of possession really matters. East of downtown, refinery-adjacent industrial parcels carry a dense easement history: pipeline corridors, rail spur rights, and utility grants that surface as Schedule B exceptions and must be plotted, not just listed.

Our work follows the ALTA/NSPS 2021 standards adopted jointly by the American Land Title Association and the National Society of Professional Surveyors: we resolve the boundary against the record and found monuments, plot each Schedule B exception the title company identifies, locate improvements and utilities evidence, and flag encroachments in both directions. Where an old pipeline or spur easement has a vague or unlocatable description — common on Martinez industrial land — we say so on the face of the survey, which is exactly the disclosure lenders and title insurers need before closing.

Our Trimble terrestrial laser scanner lets us capture an entire Martinez site — building footprints, parking striping, curb lines, overhead utilities — in one mobilization. Negotiated Table A items such as 6(b) building dimensions, item 7 exterior building measurements, and item 9 parking counts are measured from the point cloud rather than through repeat site visits, and the cloud remains available after closing for as-built and renovation documentation.