Hermansen Articles

Partial Index to Articles Authored or Co-Authored
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Sample Forms

If an article is published, please send the author a copy.

Fictional Books

Walking to Hell – The Story of a Confederate Soldier, Book 1 (2014) – Amazon
Hard Living, Easy Dying – The Story of a Confederate Soldier, Book 2 (2014) – Amazon
Blessed Are the Dead, Cursed Are the Living – The Story of a Confederate Soldier, Book 3 (2015) – Amazon
Hard Men, Hard Times – The Story of a Confederate Soldier, Book 4 (2015) – Amazon
I’ve Seen Better Days – The Story of a Confederate Soldier, Book 5 (2015) – Amazon
Masters of Destruction – The Story of a Confederate Soldier, Book 6 (2015) – Amazon
All We Had and More – The Story of a Confederate Soldier, Book 7 (2015) – Amazon
Vengeance I Seek, Retribution I’ll Have – The Story of a Confederate Soldier and Frontiersman, Book 8 (2015) – Amazon
God Smiled, Then the Devil Took HIs Due – The Story of a Western Frontiersman, Book 9 (2018)
A Quest Delayed, Yearnings Unfulfilled – The Story of a Western Frontiersman, Book 10 (2019)
Grief, Graves, and Good Times – The Story of a Western Frontiersman, Book 11 (2020)
Travels & Travails – The Story of a Western Frontiersman, Book 12 (2020)
Sins, Sorrow, and Success – The Story of a Western Frontiersman, Book 13 (2020)
Women, Wandering, and Wives – The Story of a Western Frontiersman, Book 14 (2021)
Laughter, Life, and Lean Times – The Story of a Western Frontiersman, Book 15 (2023)

Legal/Surveying Books

Maine Boundary Litigation (co-author)
Maine Roads & Easements (co-author)
Maine Riparian and Littoral Boundaries and Rights (co-author)
Town Lines in Maine (co-author)
Maine Boundary Law (co-author)
Boundary Disputes & Related Matters
Residential Subdivision and Land Development in Maine (co-author) – MSBA Practice Series 104, No. 1 (2008) – Maine State Bar Association
Principles and Procedures for the Location of Boundaries in Maine (co-author) – MSBA Practice Series 102, No. 1 (2006) – Maine State Bar Association
Maine Principles of Ownership Along Water Bodies (co-author) – MSBA Practice Series 103, No. 1 (2003) – Maine State Bar Association
Roads and Easements (co-author) – Practice Series 101, No. 1 (2003) – Maine State Bar Association
Boundary Retracement Principles and Procedures for Pennsylvania (1986) – Pennsylvania Society of Land Surveyors

Articles

A

A Boundary Arbitration (2010)
Acquiescence (2011)
Access to Old Records (2002)
Affidavit For the Record (1997)
Arbitrating A Boundary (2002)

B

Boundary Arbitration (2012)
Beware of Price Fixing! (1990)
Boundary Line Agreements (2009)

C

A Complaint Has Been Filed Against Me! (2009)
Certification (1997)
Common Research Mistakes – Senior Title (2015)
Common Research Mistakes – Easements (2015)
Common Research Mistakes – Forward Search (2015)
Common Research Mistakes – Road Records (2015)
Common Research Mistakes – Probate Records (2015)
Copyright Basics for Surveyors (2003)

D

Deeds – A Primer for Surveyors (2012)
Digital Data Transmission (2006)
Digital Research (2005)
Digsafe – Surveyors Beware (Maine) (2001)

E

Estoppel (2009)
Experience – Options and Alternatives (2008)
Extrinsic Evidence as Aid to the Interpretation of Deeds and Descriptions (2004)

F

Future of Mortgage Loan Inspections (Surveys) (1993)

G

GPS and Boundary Retracement (1999)
Graduate Education in Surveying (2019)

I

Implied Easement – Necessity (2011)
Implied Easement – Reference to Grantor’s Road (2011)
Implied Easement – Reference to Subdivision Plan (2011)
Implied Easement – Quasi Easement (2011)
Indemnification or “Hold Harmless” Clauses (2009)
Innovations in Boundary Research (2006)

J

Just Say No! (1991)

L

Letter to Adjoiner (2003) Also see Notice of Survey (2009)
Litigation and Engineering (2002)

M

Moose Hunt (2013)
Moose Hunt Revisited (2019)

N

Notice of Survey (2009) Also see Letter to Adjoiner (2003)

P

Parol Testimony (2010)
Possession Boundary & Surveyor’s Role (2006)
Practical Location (2010)
Professional Responsibility (1991)
Professional Seal (1989)
Protecting Your Work (1994)

R

Reaching Out To Educate The Survey Practitioner (1994)
Record Research (2009)
Recruiting Students (2008)
Reminisce – Measuring a Distance by Taping I (2018)
Reminisce – Measuring Angles & Directions II (2018)
Reminisce – Other Equipment III (2018)
RESPA and Washout MLIs (1998)
Return on Investment – A Formal Surveying Education (2013)
Right of Entry (2003)
Rules for the Course (Hermansen SVT Courses)

S

Send a Letter (1991)
Senior Title (2002)
Standards (1991)
Surveying Engineering Technology On Line Degree (2019)
Surveyor as an Expert (2012)
Surveyor Licensing Boards – Are They Doing Their Job? (1992)
Survey Reports (2009)
Surveying Services (2006)
Surveyors and Title (2013)
Surveyor’s Responsibility and Possession Boundaries (2006)

T

Thoughts on Professional Practice & Education 1 – Faculty Licensure (2021)
Thoughts on Professional Practice & Education 2 – FS Exam as a Student Graduation Requirement (2022)
Thoughts on Professional Practice & Education 3 – Eliminate Experience Requirement for Licensing (2022)
Thoughts on Professional Practice & Education 4 – Business and Management in Education (2022)
Thoughts on Professional Practice & Education 5 – Removing Examination Pre-requisites (2022)
Thoughts on Professional Practice & Education 6 – Licensing With and Without a Degree (2022)
Thoughts on Professional Practice & Education 7 – License Forum Shopping (2022)
Thoughts on Professional Practice & Education 8 – State Specific Exams (2022)

U

Unspoken Words – The Conversation with the Client (1991)
Unlicensed Practice of Land Surveying (2002)

W

What Did You Do? Apportionment Documentation (2000)
What To Do With Fences (2004)
When is a Rod NOT 16.5 feet (1992)

Videos

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Boundary Surveying

Boundary Retracement Example
Boundaries Encountered
Conflict with Other Surveyors
Historical Aspects Boundary Retracement
Licensing & Professional Practice
Title Transfer & Property Ownership
Professional Licensing
Progression of Practice
Concurrent & Undivided Land Ownership
Deed Types & Warrantees
Title Insurance & Surveying
Title Security & Terms
Boundary Survey Public Record Research
Gaps & Gores
General Rules of Construction
Overlapping Title & Senior Title
Evidence
Fences, Walls, & Possession Boundaries
Adverse Possession
Unwritten Agreement
Estoppel
Acquiescence
Practical Location
Apportionment & Proportion
Proportioning in USPLSS
U.S.P.L.S.S.
Easements
Rules of Construction – Easements
Rules of Construction – Riparian

Florida Riparian Law
Marketable Record Title Act
Scenario 1 –  Monument v. Measurements
Scenario 2 –  Best Evidence
Scenario 3 –  Conflicting Monuments
Scenario 4 –  Conflicting Monument Calls
Scenario 5 –  Unsurveyed Boundary
Scenario 6 –  Overlap
Scenario 7 –  Possession Line Boundary
Scenario 8 –  Gap
Scenario 9 –  Blanket Easement
Scenario 10 –  Possession Best Evidence
Scenario 11 –  Center of Section
Scenario 12 – Proration
Scenario 13 – Proration of Waterfront
Scenario 14 – Weighing the Evidence
Scenario 15 – Pin Cushion Corner
Scenario 16 – Estoppel & Practical Location
Scenario 17 – Acquiescence
Scenario 18 – Conflicting Boundary Calls
Scenario 19 – Overburdening
Scenario 20 – Liability
Scenario 21 – Monument Over Boundary
Scenario 22 – Monument Before the Boundary
Scenario 23 – Aliquot Division of Un-Surveyed Land
Scenario 24 – Un-Called-For Monument
Scenario 25 – Inconsistent Calls
Scenario 26 – Research Compilation
Scenario 27 – Record Research on the Internet
Scenario 28 – Overcoming Record Research Obstacles
Scenario 29 – Legal Research
Maine Municipal Subdivision Law
L.U.P.C. Subdivision
DEP (Site Law) Subdivision Law
Maine Riparian Boundary Law
Maine Public Road Easement Law