Property Plat Research Service

Who This Is For

Property Owners Planning Improvements

Adding a pool, building a garage, installing a fence, or expanding a driveway sounds simple — until you discover a utility easement cutting through your backyard like a surprise plot twist.

Property plat research shows where you can actually build. It confirms boundaries, reveals setbacks, and flags any recorded restrictions tied to the subdivision. It’s much easier to adjust plans on paper than after concrete is poured.

If you’re investing in improvements, knowing the layout isn’t optional. It’s risk management.

Buyers Doing Due Diligence

Square footage in a listing doesn’t tell you where the lot ends. It doesn’t show shared access points or drainage corridors. And it definitely doesn’t explain that odd-shaped corner you assumed was usable.

Before closing, plat research provides clarity on what you’re actually buying. It confirms lot dimensions, subdivision details, and recorded conditions attached to the parcel.

In short, it replaces assumptions with documentation.

Contractors & Design Professionals

Architects, engineers, and contractors need accurate boundary and subdivision information before submitting plans or preparing site layouts. Guessing leads to revisions. Revisions lead to delays. Delays lead to everyone staring at each other in meetings.

We provide the recorded plat documentation and relevant details so your design starts from verified data, not a rough sketch pulled from memory.

It’s cleaner. Faster. Less dramatic.

Investors & Developers

If you’re evaluating a property for redevelopment, lot split potential, or resale strategy, the plat tells you what’s legally established. Lot size, configuration, subdivision notes, and recorded dedications all matter when you’re calculating feasibility.

You can’t optimize a deal if you don’t know the recorded boundaries. This is the foundational layer before entitlement, permitting, or subdivision work begins.

What a Property Plat Actually Shows

A recorded property plat is the official subdivision map filed with the local jurisdiction. It shows how land was divided, how lots are laid out, and what was legally established at the time of recording.

It typically includes lot numbers, dimensions, bearings, easements, rights-of-way, and subdivision notes. It may also identify drainage tracts, common areas, and dedications to the city or county.

This is not the same as a survey. A survey reflects on-the-ground measurements at a specific time. A plat reflects the legally recorded subdivision layout. Both are important — but they serve different purposes.

Understanding the distinction prevents confusion later.

Why Plat Research Matters Before You Build

Most project problems don’t start with construction. They start with missing information.

You plan a structure inside what looks like your yard, only to learn part of it sits within a recorded utility easement. Or you assume you can access the rear of your property, only to discover no recorded ingress exists.

Plat research surfaces these constraints early. It identifies the recorded framework your property operates within.

That means fewer surprises during permitting, fewer redesigns, and fewer conversations that start with “Wait, what do you mean we can’t build there?”

Our Research Process

We start by identifying the correct parcel and subdivision records tied to your property. That includes verifying lot and block information, subdivision name, and recording references.

From there, we retrieve the official recorded plat documents from the appropriate jurisdictional records. We review the documents for lot dimensions, easements, dedications, and notes that could affect use or development.

Finally, we organize the information and deliver both the source documents and a clear summary of what matters for your situation.

No speculation. No interpretation gymnastics. Just the recorded facts, presented clearly.

When Plat Research Is Not Enough

Sometimes a plat answers everything. Sometimes it raises the next question.

If boundary accuracy is critical — for example, in a dispute or before installing permanent improvements near a lot line — a licensed survey may be required. A plat shows the recorded layout, but it does not confirm current field conditions.

If you need additional services such as surveys, lot splits, or permit coordination, we can point you in the right direction and coordinate as needed.

Plat research is often the first checkpoint. Not always the last.

Start With the Map

Before you build on it, buy it, divide it, or argue about it, understand it.

Property plat research gives you the official blueprint of how your land was recorded and divided. It’s the foundation layer that prevents expensive assumptions.

If you need clarity on your lot, subdivision, or recorded easements, we’ll pull the file and lay it out cleanly so you can move forward with confidence.