Plot Plan - where can I get mine?

[Matt Fitzgerald]

I'm applying for a Long Form permit for one of my properties & the city of Boston requires a certified plot plan. Any ideas where I can get this without hiring an engineer or surveyor? I tried my mortgage company & they didn't have anything on file.  Thanks in advance for the help!

[Ann Bellamy]

Matt, in MA most closing attorneys will order a plot plan unless the lender waives it, so call the closing attorney's office and see if they ordered one.  If they did, you paid for it, so they will probably send you a pdf.  It may or may not be certified.

And in the comments above, substititute "City" everywhere they say County.  And the records are not at the courthouse.  Substitute either City Hall if in Boston, or Tax assessor's office.  The only thing at the County level in MA is the Registry of Deeds, everything else is by town/city including property taxes.  

If the city keeps a physical file for each property (I don't know if Boston does) it's possible there is a plot plan in the file if someone else filed for an easement or permit.  Doesn't hurt to check.  They might be telling you by rote that they need it but they don't know they already have it.  Just a thought.  It's the sort of thing a clerk will blindly tell you without looking at the file.