ALTA/NSPS Surveys in Sausalito, CA

Sausalito's commercial transactions cluster in places where the boundary is the interesting part of the deal. Marinship parcels sit on ground created by fill placed over tidal mudflats in 1942, so the chain of title can run through tideland conveyances and the shoreline itself has moved within the record period; a buyer's counsel will want the shoreline, piers, floats, and any bay fill shown and dimensioned, and will want to understand where jurisdictional lines fall. Along Bridgeway and up the hill, older commercial buildings sit on 1870s-era subdivision lots where retaining walls, stairs, decks, and parking have crossed lines and rights-of-way for a century without anyone objecting. Public stairways and unimproved paper streets run through and beside commercial parcels, and they show up on a survey whether or not anyone remembered them at the letter of intent.

We start from the title commitment and plot every exception or state plainly that it is unplottable, chasing the underlying documents through Marin County records rather than accepting a schedule summary. Field work locates improvements, parking, visible and marked utilities, and evidence of use by others — worn paths, drainage, structures across lines. On built-up and steeply terraced sites we scan, because the same visit that establishes the survey base also produces a cloud that answers due diligence questions about clearances, wall heights, and building footprints without a second mobilization. Table A selections, including flood zone, zoning setback graphics, contours, and utilities, get agreed with counsel before we go to the field.

You receive a signed and sealed ALTA/NSPS survey in PDF and DWG on the current standards, certified to your named parties. See our Sausalito monument preservation page and the complete guide to ALTA surveys.