All TxDOT boundary lines shall be located under the supervision of a Texas Registered Professional Land Surveyor. This includes right of way lines, easements, and other rights that TxDOT has to the use of property. The Texas Registered Professional Land Surveyor shall locate boundary in accordance to the rules of the Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, state law, case law, and the

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Location of boundary is considered a service. TxDOT staff shall provide all the services needed to advance TxDOT projects and maintain TxDOT facilities. These services shall be relied upon by all project partners to complete their tasks.

Members of the public are encouraged to obtain the services of a private Texas Registered Professional Land Surveyor or a real-estate attorney if they are uncertain about the location of a TxDOT boundary. TxDOT will meet all statutory requirements on provision of records, but the private Texas Registered Professional Land Surveyor or real-estate attorney is responsible for all research outside of our records.

TxDOT will defend the true location of our boundary even if we were previously mistaken in our opinion of the location.

The true location of our boundary is best located from the recorded acquisition documents. ROW Maps, Geographic Information Systems, and Engineering Plans only serve as an index to find further evidence for the location of our right of way.