Schedule

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Day 1 | Thursday, February 20
7:30 – 8:00Arrival + Coffee + Casual Conversation
8:00 – 8:30Introductions to the Workshop and Each Other

Review of State-Specific Syllabus

Discussion of study test taking habits/strategies

What do you not know?
Glantz
8:30 – 9:45Oregon Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying

Pertinent content from ORS 672

In depth overview of OAR820
OSBEELS
9:45 – 10:00BREAK
10:00 – 10:15Final touch on ORS672

Stamps, Signatures, & Penalties
Glantz
10:15 – 11:00Methods of Navigating and Interpreting Statutory Laws
11:00 – 12:00Property Description & The Oregon Coordinate System

ORS 93.310: Rules for Construing Descriptions of Real Property

ORS 93.312: Oregon Coordinate System
Simpson
12:00 – 1:00 BREAK FOR LUNCH
1:00 – 2:15English Common Law System

Navigating a Law Library

Using the State of Oregon Law Library (Online)

Introduction to Case Assignment with examples
Simpson
2:15 – 2:30BREAK
2:30 – 4:30U.S. Public Land Survey System & Donation Land Claims

Including discussion on specific History in Oregon and Donation Land Claims

Methods of Restoring Lost or Obliterated Corners

Subdivision of Sections within the PLSS

ORS 191: United States’ Surveys
Glantz
Day 2 | Friday, February 21
7:30 – 8:00Arrival + Coffee + Casual Conversation 
8:00 – 9:00Survey and Platting Laws

ORS 92: Subdivisions and Partitions

ORS 97: Cemeteries

ORS 100: Condominiums
Glantz
9:00 – 9:45Case DiscussionsSimpson
9:45 – 10:00BREAK 
10:00 – 11:00County Surveyor

ORS 209.140-155: Removal/ Destruction/ Replacement of PLSS Corners

ORS 209.025: Survey Narrative and Map Requirements
Glantz
11:00 – 12:00Unwritten Transfers of Ownership – Part 1

ORS 105.620: Suits to Quiet Title and Remove Cloud [Adverse Possession]

ORS 105.705-725: Action to Establish Boundary
Simpson
12:00 – 1:00 BREAK FOR LUNCH 
1:00 – 1:15Story Time OR Example Problems 
1:15 – 2:15Case Discussions Continued
2:15 – 2:45Unwritten Transfers of Ownership – Part 2

Acts of Nature of Navigable and Non-Navigable Waterbodies

ORS 274: Submersible and Submerged Lands

ORS 390: State Parks and the Ownership of the Pacific Shore
Simpson
2:45 – 3:00BREAK 
3:00 – 3:30Widths of County Roads & Other Pertinent Statutes for Surveyors

ORS 12: Limitations of Actions of Suits

ORS 94: Real Property Development

ORS 271: Use and Disposition of Public Lands Generally; Easements
Glantz
3:30 – 4:30Practice Examination