A client recently asked us whether a temporary wooden lath placed near a survey monument is considered an “accessory” under Colorado law. It is a specific but useful question because property owners often see the wood and flagging first, without realizing that a separate monument may be nearby.

You find what appears to be a property pin near the corner of your lot. Then, only a short distance away, you find another one. So here’s the question: Which pin marks the actual corner? Land surveyors sometimes refer to this cluster of competing markers as a “multiple monument party.” If we’re being honest, no property owner (or surveyor) wants an invitation to that kind of party.

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Identifying just one pin on a property might seem cost-effective and simple, but a full boundary retracement is what is needed.

Monuments — also known as “property pins” or “corners” — are all terms that arise during any land surveying and mapping service.