CHAPTER ONE TYPES OF LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS

Question 1

A term used in describing the boundary lines of land, setting forth all the boundary lines together with their terminal points and angles. Metes (length or measurements) and Bounds (boundaries) description is often used when a great deal of accuracy is required.

More common when describing non-subdivision properties or large tracts or land.

• uses GPS
• recorded on the subdivision map and deed.

lot and block- subdivisions

Answer 1

Metes and Bounds

Question 2

METES AND BOUNDS

includes monuments, benchmarks, and point of beginning (POB)

_____- visible markers
_____- refer to elevation
_____- often an iron pin or concrete pillar, set by an engineer or surveyor.

Answer 2

monument

benchmarks

POB - must return to point of beginning to make a geometric shape.

Question 3

GOVERNMENT SURVEY

___ ___- A method of specifying the location of parcel of land using prime meridians, base lines, standard parallels, guide meridians, townships and sections.

Answer 3

Government Survey

Question 4

GOVERNMENT SURVEY

___ AND ____- Imaginary lines used by surveyors to find and describe the location of private or public lands. In government surveys, a base line runs due east and west, meridians run due north and south, and are used to establish township boundaries.

Answer 4

Base and Meridian

Question 5

GOVERNMENT SURVEY

____- In the survey of public lands of the United States, a territorial subdivision six miles long, six miles wide and containing 36 sections, each one mile square, located between two range lines and two township lines.

TOWNSHIP HAS SECTIONS

Answer 5

Townships

Question 6

GOVERNMENT SURVERY

____ - Section of land is established by government survey, contains 640 acres and is one mile square.

Answer 6

Section

Question 7

GOVERNMENT SURVEY

___ AND ____- A legal description of land used for plotted properties, stating the number, lot, and block in a particular sub-division.

• sometimes called recorded plat.
• used by subdivisions
• cadastral survey

lots=one piece

blocks = group of lots

plat map = filed and recorded

Answer 7

Lot and Blocks

Question 8

____- The process by which a parcel of land is measured and its area is ascertained; also the blueprint showing the measurements, boundaries and area.

Answer 8

Survey