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How to Search for a Property Stake
How to Search for a Property Stake. Locate a property stake on your land and prevent a lawsuit. Property stakes indicate a line of separation between your property and others. Before you begin a project bordering on an adjacent property line, make sure you remain within the confines of your own property. Make your search a fun project. Use a few...
Locate a property stake on your land and prevent a lawsuit. Property stakes indicate a line of separation between your property and others. Before you begin a project bordering on an adjacent property line, make sure you remain within the confines of your own property. Make your search a fun project. Use a few basic household tools in your search and invite a friend to help.
Things You'll Need
Property boundary description
Hoe
Metal detector
Aerosol can of ground paint
Compass
Tape measure
Review the documents you received at the time you purchased your property. A detailed property boundary description becomes part of the package of documents given to the buyer when the title changes hands. This document will help you begin your search for a property stake.
Walk the perimeter of your land. Begin in a front corner of your property. A property stake blends in with its surroundings. Look for a few inches of rebar, a reinforcing [steel] bar, protruding from the ground; an inch or two of a T-post; a wooden stake similar to the kind that supports tomato plants or a short cement post.
Drag the blade of a hoe across the surface of the earth in targeted areas and along boundary lines. A metal detector will alert you of a "hit" when it detects the presence of rebar. Mark a property stake with a squirt of ground paint. This acts as a "bookmark" for future use.
Consult the property description document and step off toward the next stake in line. Determine the direction with a compass and calculate the distance to the next stake with a tape measure.
