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The following courses are either approved or accepted for continuing education credits in the following states: Alabama, Alaska, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Other states may accept these courses for credit. Check with your State Board
Courses of Specific Interest to Tennessee Land Surveyors (others see below)
AVAILABE ONLY UNTIL DECEMBER 18, 2009
Tennessee Boundary Law (CER-573-03): This is a 6 hour video filmed in Kodak, TN where we review early Tennessee land development, recorded and unrecorded documents, field evidence, unwritten title, boundaries established by estoppel and parol agreement, riparian boundaries, etc. $81.95 includes TN Sales Tax
Tennessee Easement Law (CER-574-03): This is a 6 hour video filmed in Kodak, TN where we review the basic elements of easements, how they are created and terminated, dedication in Tennessee,  railroad right-of-ways, eminent domain in Tennessee, plotting and/or noting easements on surveys, easements by prescription, estoppel, implication, grant and condemnation. Methods of describing easements, etc. $81.95 includes TN Sales Tax
 
Zoning & Land Use Law-TN (CER-170): This is a 6 hour video filmed in Chattanooga, TN where we review Tennessee Zoning & Land Use Law contained in T.C.A. Title 13. Regional and Municipal Planning Commissions, Subdivision Regulations, County and Municipal Zoning, Board of Adjustment, Variances, Conditional Use Permits, Historic Zoning, etc.  $81.95 includes TN Sales Tax
 
Tennessee Surveyor Districts (CER-408-00): This is a 1 hour video filmed in Dickson, TN where we review early Tennessee land development by use of a particular method of division within districts located within the State. Covers the original surveys from the State along with the original documents recorded. $19.10 includes TN Sales Tax
 
Courses of Interest to All Land Surveyors
 
Pricing your Services: This is a 6 hour video filmed in Florence, KY where we review procedures for establishing your mark-up ratio, generating hourly rates, estimating various land surveying projects, preparing a proposal, etc. This course requires the submission of an estimate and proposal in addition to the exam.  $75.00 (TN orders include $6.95 Sales Tax) (TN CER-523-02)
 
 
Resolving the Boundary: This is a 6 hour video filmed in Florence, KY where we review the set-up of the boundary record, public and private record research, field plots, weight of field evidence, analyzing the boundary and final resolution of the field evidence with the title documents.  $75.00 (TN orders include $6.95 Sales Tax) (TN CER-685-05)
 
Public Record Research & Survey Reports: This is a 5 hour video filmed in Dickson, TN where we review the set-up of the public record research, Assessor's Office, Recorder's Office, Setting up the client record, etc. We will analyze an overlapping boundary problem and prepare a survey report. We will review the necessary elements of a survey report and when they should be prepared.  THIS COURSE REQUIRES THE SUBMISSION OF A SURVEY REPORT WITH THE EXAM $65.00 (TN orders include $6.00 Sales Tax) (TN CER-359&360)
 
Boundary Law-Colonial States: This is a 4 hour video filmed in Dickson, TN where we review simultaneous and sequential conveyances, senior rights, deed interpretation, monumentation, adverse possession, recognition and acquiescence, boundary line agreements and writing legal descriptions.  $55.00 (TN orders include $5.10 Sales Tax) (TN CER-002-98)
 
Boundary Law-Public Domain: This is a 4 hour video filmed in Dickson, TN where we review the legal aspects of surveying in the Public Land States including the establishment of the true parallel of latitude, convergence of the meridians, rectangular surveys, irregular surveys, subdivision of Townships and Sections, monumentation, closing section lines, double proportionate measurements, etc.  $55.00 (TN orders include $5.10 Sales Tax) (TN CER-101-99)
 
Construction Staking: This is a 4 hour video filmed in Franklin, TN where we review the pre-construction conference, field preparation, construction control, roughing in the roads, utility staking, curb staking, house staking, plot plan to final survey, as-built, street control monuments, borrow pits and stockpiles, building staking and pitfalls in staking.  $55.00 (TN orders include $5.10 Sales Tax) (TN CER-409-00)
 
Easement Law: This is a 4 hour video filmed in Franklin, TN where we review the creation, use and termination of easements, common law and statutory dedication, easements by prescription, estoppel, acquiescence, necessity. Blanket and negative easements, etc.  $55.00 (TN orders include $5.10 Sales Tax) (TN CER-002-98)
 
Water Law: This is a 3 hour video filmed in Franklin, TN where we review the establishment of boundaries along various water courses, determination of the State claim line, accretion and erosion, avulsion and reliction, riparian vs. littoral rights and the use of the water.  $45.00 (TN orders include $4.15 Sales Tax) (TN CER-019-98)
 
Dendrology-Tree Identification: This is a 2 hour video filmed in Kodak, TN where we review the identification of trees through leaf, bark and seed identification. This video is presented by Steve Roark of the TN Division of Forestry and includes a slide show and field trip.  $38.00 (TN orders include $3.50 Sales Tax) (TN CER-173)
 
Land Contracts & Instruments: This is a 2 hour video filmed in Dickson, TN where we review the various instruments used to convey real property, their interpretation and effect, rights contained in real property, fixtures vs improvements, estates in real property, escheat, joint tenancy, tenants in common, etc.  $32.00 (TN orders include $2.95 Sales Tax) (TN CER-100-99)
 
Astronomic Observation: This is a 1 hour video filmed in Franklin, TN where we review the determination of azimuth by observation of Polaris at upper culmination, elongation or at any hour. Determination of the time of upper culmination at the job site. Use of Solar Ephemeris, etc.  $17.50 (TN orders include $1.60 Sales Tax) (TN CER-172)
 
Liability & Malpractice: This is a 1 hour video filmed in Florence, KY where we review the various liabilities encountered by the land surveyor, errors and ommissions, liability insurance, certifications, etc and measures to limit exposure to liability.  $17.50 (TN orders include $1.60 Sales Tax) (TN CER-019-98)
 
To order video courses using a credit card do 1 of the following:
*mail form information to Knoxville Office
*Fax form information to 865-579-9238
*Call 865-659-2608
All Courses Include
DVD and Manual of Instruction
 
Exam
exam must be completed and mailed or faxed. 70% passing grade required to receive certificate. All answers are in sequential order on the DVD.
All Shipments within Tennessee must include Tn Sales Tax (see course descriptions)