Cut truss in attic...

What do you guys think? Found this in an attic today. Obvious defect, but would call in a structural engineer for this or would that be over board? I know your not supposed to modify trusses…how much until you recommend the engineers usually?

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It is hard to tell in your picture what is going on. It looks like the king post was removed in some trusses and moved, or added, in others.

A truss is an engineered system and that appears to have been modified. I would leave it to the engineer to decipher.

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