For agents and lenders: collect the survey, T-47 or T-47.1 clue, contract survey paragraph, plat, legal description, county recording reference, commitment item and one process question before a survey exception becomes urgent.
A survey question can pull in a contract deadline, old survey, T-47 affidavit, title commitment, Schedule B exception, lender condition, plat, legal description, fence, driveway, addition, easement, surveyor note, underwriter review and attorney advice. This handoff keeps the source trail together without deciding the file-specific result.
Name the county, tract, survey date, preparer, affidavit, plat, commitment item, recorded instrument and source date. The contract, survey, title commitment, lender instruction, underwriting response, surveyor review and legal advice still control the answer.
These sources were checked on October 9, 2026. They help frame the survey exception packet, but they do not replace lender, survey, title, underwriting, attorney, recording or legal review.
TDI P-2 addresses the survey exception, acceptable existing surveys, the T-47 affidavit for residential real property and the T-47.1 unsworn declaration option. Preserve the survey date, affiant, land description and title-commitment item without deciding coverage or boundary effect.
Read the official source ->The T-47 is a title-insurance form used to verify an existing residential survey. Send the signed affidavit, the complete survey, the survey date, property address and any visible change clue instead of summarizing the affidavit from memory.
Read the official source ->TREC lists the One to Four Family Residential Contract (Resale), Form ID 20-19, with an effective date of 07/01/2026. When that contract is the source, preserve the survey paragraph, deadlines, notices and addenda without choosing a party's contract answer.
Read the official source ->Chapter 1071 defines professional surveying and registered professional land surveyors. A title handoff can identify survey-source clues, but boundary location, easement depiction, field notes, metes and bounds and survey opinions belong with the surveyor or legal reviewer.
Read the official source ->Collin County's land-recording page includes plat filing requirements and warns that the online database is not the official repository of real property records. Send instrument numbers, plat names, recording dates, parties, legal descriptions and complete pages.
Read the official source ->TDI P-53 permits legal promotional and educational activity that is not conditioned on referral of title-insurance business. This handoff offers public source organization only; it does not discount a title premium or provide a referral benefit.
Read the official source ->A survey exception handoff does not need to decide boundary location, access, encroachments, shortage in area, easement rights, title, insurability or legal effect. It needs enough source context for the right professional to identify the next step.
This public resource is available to anyone on the same terms. It is not conditioned on sending a closing to WG Title and it does not offer a rebate, discount, commission, gift or thing of value for a referral.
Prepared as a courtesy. This document is available to any real estate professional on the same terms and is not conditioned on directing a closing to WG Title.
WG Title provides title and escrow services, not legal advice. WG Law is a separate, independently operated company and any relationship with it is governed by its own engagement.
Read TDI Procedural Rule P-53 ->This uses the existing closing-readiness form. The page URL, referrer, UTM fields and click IDs stay with the lead record, so the title team can see that the question came from this survey exception source guide.
Do not paste wire instructions, bank account numbers, Social Security numbers, tax IDs, EINs, identity-document numbers, loan credentials, complete payoff statements, privileged legal advice, sealed filings or private financial records into this form.
Jamie Ellis authored this as ordinary business and educational content. Transaction-specific survey, boundary, access, encroachment, title, underwriting, lender, recording and legal conclusions belong with the appropriate reviewer.
