SurveyLaw, Inc.

SurveyLaw, Inc. is  a land surveying and law firm located in Westport, MA. The company is owned by Paul L. Gay, who is a licensed surveyor and licensed attorney. If you need to have your property surveyed of if you need legal services relating to real property, you have come to the right place.

Paul L. Gay has been licensed as a professional land surveyor in Massachusetts and Rhode Island since 1989 and has performed hundreds of surveys in MA and RI.  He has worked in all phases of land surveying including, boundary surveying, Land Court surveying,  topographic surveying, construction surveying and establishing control networks.  He is expert at using the latest technology such as robotic total stations and global positioning systems.  He has studied historical surveying techniques which is a great benefit when interpreting surveys that were performed more than 100 years ago using primitive equipment such as chains and compasses.

Paul is also an attorney licensed in Massachusetts.  He has worked primarily in real property law but he also has had experience in family law, contracts, criminal law and corporations.  He has served as an expert witness in boundary disputes.  He has advised professional clients on matters of professional licensing and malpractice complaints.  Paul has written extensively about boundary surveying and has published three books on the subject: Fundamentals of Boundary Surveying was published in 2002.  Practical Boundary Surveying was published by Springer Science Publishing in 2014. (You can read sample chapters from the Springer site using the link above). Paul's latest book Land Surveying Simplified is available online for only $9.99.  It is about 100 pages in length and gives an overview of boundary surveying.  Click on the Lulu link below to purchase or learn more about the book.

Paul recently received a grant from the Massachusetts Association of Land Surveyors and Civil Engineers to develop and teach a college level course covering the legal aspects of boundary surveying.  Paul holds an undergraduate degree from U. Mass. Dartmouth, A Masters degree in Geological Sciences from Brown University and a law degree from New England Law.

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Recent Surveys performed by SurveyLaw

Land Survey in Swansea, MA

Land Survey in Somerset, MA

Land Survey in Fall River, MA

Land Survey in Dartmouth, MA

Land Survey in New Bedford, MA

Land Survey in Dartmouth, MA

Land Survey in Seekonk, MA

Land Survey in Fairhaven, MA

Land Survey in Mattapoisett, MA

Land Survey in Marion, MA

Land Survey in Freetown, MA

Land Survey in Taunton, MA

At SurveyLaw we perform Boundary Surveys, Lot Surveys, Subdivisions of Land, Perimeter Surveys and Construction Surveys.  Although we can perform surveys in any area in MA or RI much of our work is in the Southeastern MA, Cape Cod area and Coastal RI.

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Because Paul L. Gay is also an Attorney, we can provide legal advice on Adverse Possession, Prescription, Real Estate Sales and Purchases and other Real Property issues.

To learn more about books written by Paul please visit his Personal Website www.paulgay.net

Call (508) 636-9100 for a Free Initial Consultation

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