The resale contract is a survey starting point.
TREC lists the One to Four Family Residential Contract (Resale), Form 20-19, as effective July 1, 2026 and describes it as the most frequently used resale contract form.
Read the source ->Jamie Ellis' survey-source handoff
Send survey clues before closing pressure builds.
For agents, lenders, attorneys and owners: collect the survey date, source, contract or commitment clue and one process question without asking the public form to decide coverage, access or legal effect.
Audience and job
Route the first survey question.
A survey issue is often routed too late, with a screenshot, a stale PDF, a lender condition or a vague commitment note. This handoff makes the first packet usable: property, date, source, contract lane, commitment clue and one process question.
The useful source packet
Send what the file already has and label what is missing. WG Title can route the title and escrow process question; survey adequacy, boundary disputes, legal effect and underwriting decisions stay with the right reviewer.
Current source check
The public sources point to the same habit: preserve exact dates and source lanes.
These public sources were checked on August 26, 2026. They help a transaction professional organize a better first packet, but they do not decide boundary location, acreage, access, easements, encroachments, survey coverage, underwriting, title status, insurability, legal effect or closing timing.
Survey review can affect the title packet.
TDI's endorsement instructions refer to a current, acceptable survey, underwriting requirements and matters shown by the survey that may be added as Schedule B exceptions.
Read the source ->Area and boundary coverage is an official rule lane.
TDI places amendment of the exception as to area and boundaries in the official rate rules. A public handoff should identify the request without advertising a discount or final charge.
Read the source ->Surveyor identity matters.
The Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors rules identify registration, seal and professional-surveying requirements, making surveyor name, seal, date and source useful handoff facts.
Read the source ->This is education, not a referral benefit.
TDI's P-53 framework prohibits rebates, discounts and other things of value tied to solicitation or referral of title-insurance business. This page is available on the same terms to everyone.
Read the source ->What to send
Build a packet the closing team can route in one pass.
The best survey handoff is short, dated and tied to the actual file. It does not ask the public form to read the survey. It tells the team what exists, what source prompted the question and who needs the next answer.
- Property address, county, contract effective date, target closing date and whether this is purchase, refinance, estate, investor, builder or commercial work
- Survey date, surveyor name, survey company, seal or registration clue, revision date and whether the file has a full PDF, partial page, plat, exhibit or no survey located
- Contract or lender context: who is asking, what paragraph or condition prompted the request, and whether a new survey, old survey, affidavit or title-review question is in play
- Commitment context: GF or commitment number, Schedule B or Schedule C item number, legal-description clue, easement clue, access note or other exact source reference
- One practical process question: what does the title team, escrow team, lender, surveyor, underwriter or attorney need to route next?
What to avoid
Keep survey conclusions and private documents out of the first public note.
- Do not use the public form to decide a boundary, acreage, encroachment, access, easement, fence, driveway, setback, improvement, survey-coverage or legal-description dispute.
- Do not assume an old survey, seller affidavit, plat, legal description, lender note or title-commitment item is acceptable for a new file.
- Do not paste wire instructions, account numbers, taxpayer credentials, Social Security numbers, identity-document numbers, confidential contracts, full commitment text or client documents.
- Do not offer or request a rebate, discount, commission, gift or any other benefit for sending the question or future closing.
TDI safety posture
No title-premium discount claim. No referral bargain. No survey or legal opinion.
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 ->D1-first conversion path
Send the property and the first survey-process question.
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 Texas survey source handoff.
Do not paste wire instructions, account numbers, taxpayer credentials, Social Security numbers, identity-document numbers, confidential contracts, complete commitments, full survey files or client documents into this form.
Source list
Checked August 26, 2026.
Jamie Ellis authored this as ordinary business and educational content. File-specific survey adequacy, boundary, access, easement, encroachment, coverage, underwriting, title and legal conclusions belong with the appropriate professional reviewer or decision-maker.
The resale contract is a survey starting point.www.trec.texas.gov/forms/one-four-family-residential-contract-resale ->Survey review can affect the title packet.www.tdi.texas.gov/title/titlem2g.html ->Area and boundary coverage is an official rule lane.www.tdi.texas.gov/title/titlem3b.html ->Surveyor identity matters.pels.texas.gov/downloads/lawrules.pdf ->This is education, not a referral benefit.www.tdi.texas.gov/title/titlem4l.html#p53 ->
Use the title commitment prep guide when the survey question starts from a Schedule B or C item ->