How to get plat maps????

[Lee SW IL]

Call the Plat Man


do do do do do do do

Plat MAN.

Sorry, I couldn't resist, I've been drinking tonight. :new_all_coholic: :new_all_coholic: :new_all_coholic:

 

[Brian Weaver]

Kate;

In Illinois data is retrieved from "assessor" databases...but the data comes from county offices but originates from PTAX forms, documents filled out by buyers/sellers or their agents. There are NO disinterested parties that provide information. There are no transactional referees to square up every deal...so, at least in Illinois, Fannie lives in fantasyland.

 

[Kate]

Kate;

In Illinois data is retrieved from "assessor" databases...but the data comes from county offices but originates from PTAX forms, documents filled out by buyers/sellers or their agents. There are NO disinterested parties that provide information. There are no transactional referees to square up every deal...so, at least in Illinois, Fannie lives in fantasyland.

Wow you are lucky in terms of having reliable data available to you at your desk!!!!! I can't even immagine how much time that saves.

On the other hand I don't mind what we have here, It may take more time to do an appraisal but AVM's are problably easier in your enviroment and you problably get more comp checks b/c the data is so available to you. So I guess it is a toss up. I am just assuming though. I know that AVM's are unreliable in general no matter where you are but without public data online it's a whole lot harder. Zillow doesn't exist here at all.

 

[Spencer Hunt]

Plat maps

If you don't have plat maps how do you know the site size? I work in counties that many times site size is not in Assessor records, or doesn't match up with the plat map dimensions so you have to calculate the size from from the plat map. Also I think it is a good idea to review the plat map so you have a better idea of the shape/size and what borders the subject. I very seldom place a plat in my report but there is always one in our work files. Most counties I work in you can retrieve the plats online, we also have 'Fastweb' and 'RealQuest' which has plat maps, among other info online. These two data sources are somewhat expensive but in the long run save time a.k.a money.

 

[New Orleans Guy]

Thanks for the info so far, if anyone else has ideas let me know. For now I am going to start checking out the sources listed and let everyone know what happens.

Thanks,
John

 

[Jeffery Hall]

Some sites to get plat maps

Embedded are some www.addresses for:

Aird Express, Data-Quick, FastWeb, Go Title, NDC, ParcelQuest, Fidelity Passport, & Sites Data.

These are from my personal and diligent search efforts. Some are great, some are so so, and some can not be used by appraisers without a password provided by a mortgage broker subscriber. h34r:

The brokers get the accounts for free from fastweb and fidelity passport. The appraiser equivalent products cost big bucks.

https://www.collateraldna.com/dataexpress.aspx

http://www.dataquick.com/title

https://fwprodweb1.firstam.com/fastweb/fwlogin.asp

http://www.gotitle.com/default.asp?graphic=http://www.oneclickpropertyinfo.com/images/0_oneclick.jpg

http://www.ndcdata.com/

http://www.parcelquest.com/

http://www.fidelitypassport.com/

http://www.sitexdata.com/

Have fun, and I hope this is helpful.

Are there any others out there? Please post them.

 

[Renee Healion]

Seems NH and CT are very much alike*. I could have written every word Kate did myself.

*except the teeth part, Kate

 

[Richard Carlsen]

If you are in Michigan, all recorded plats are on line:

http://www.cis.state.mi.us/platmaps/sr_subs.asp

Try it. Use "Winterhaven" for the plat and "Antrim" for the county. Select the plat when it comes up. You can zoom, print (which is nice for the work file) or SnagIt directly to the Addendum.

Makes for a nice report.

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

In the early days, I did go to the court house.

Our assessor does have a plat of each section and/or subdivision in the county. The section plats are 8.5 x 11. They are "pretty good"...The whole 'mess" for the county runs about $75. 2 adjacent counties have subdivisions on CD. Very handy. One has them "on line" and recently a new mapping service in one county actually lays the assessor's parcels over an aerial photo "on line" which can be printed to adobe or paperport and converted to a graphic.

I would start by asking the assessors mapping department about GIS sites and/or if they have the maps on CD. Check the parish website for GIS sources. I realize LA. is a "little different" being the only state in the nation with a French based legal system, but there are probably on line sources if you search long enough.

 

[CANative]

I cannot imagine not including a scanned copy of a plat map in my reports. It never occured to me not to.

If nothing else, it's a good visual exhibit showing how typical or atypical the subject lot size and shape is in relation to surrounding properties.

I'm doing an appraisal now for litigation and the subject of the appraisals consist of 5 tracts of acreage. They are not contiguous and are not on the same map pages. One of them is not a legal lot and belongs to another tract but it is on a map page drawn to a different scale. It's really hard to "see" why it is not a "separate" piece of land. So I had the county map maker make me a map showing all of the parcels on one page. It took him about an hour. I had to pay $1 for this map.