Do surveyors have the right to trespass?

Trespass or Not. As it turns out, that surveyor either has a clear legal right to your property or is trespassing. States may have their own right of entry laws that allow a surveyor to access bordering properties.

Can a surveyor legally enter your property?

The surveyor cannot enter one's own property without the owner's permission, or permission of an agent of the owner. This is often overlooks as local surveyors trespass anyways, often leading to tension. The police normally do not get involved however, unless the surveyor was doing this as an excuse to do something illegal.

Can surveyors be sued?

As with many other specialized professionals, land surveyors can be sued for failing to meet a specified duty. If a land surveyor is under contract to perform a professional service, and that service leads to injury, the victims of that injury are able to sue for damages in a malpractice suit.

Is trespassing illegal?

Trespassing is an illegal act in which a person accesses property that is owned and protected as the property of someone else. There are essentially three types of trespass that can be committed, with numerous specific forms of each type.