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Chapter 10 Flashcards

1
Q

What is a legal description of a property?

A

Method used to identify a property’s unique location

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2
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Who identifies the boundaries of a property using measurements and references?

A

a surveyor

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3
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What are metes?

A

Measurements in a survey that refer to distance

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4
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What are bounds?

A

Compass directions to property boundaries in a survey

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5
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What are monuments (or benchmarks)

A

Fixed objects used to establish boundaries in a survey

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6
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What is Point of beginning?

A

Point at the edge of the property where the survey begins

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7
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What is Closing (in terms of a survey)

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When the survey returns to the point of beginning

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8
Q

What are the methods used to legally describe a property?

A

Surveyor’s method (metes and Bounds)
Government survey method
Lots and Blocks

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9
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What is another name for the lot and block method of legal description?

A

Plat method

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10
Q

What is the plat method?

A

Legal description method used to identify small parcels of property in subdivided areas and cities

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11
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What are the elements in the plat method of land description?

A

streets, lots, and blocks

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12
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What are the items included in a plat method legal description?

A

Lot number
Block Number
Subdivision name
Plat book page and number

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13
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What is an assessor’s parcel number?

A

Number assigned to a parcel by a county property assessor to uniquely identify the property

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14
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Which is the most accurate method of legal description?

A

Surveyor’s method (Metes and bounds)

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15
Q

What is the format of directions in a surveyor’s legal description?

A

North or south followed number of degrees then east or west (N 37o E)

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16
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What is the government survey method?

A

Form of legal description that divides the surface of the earth into a grid with numbered squares

17
Q

What is another name for the government survey method of land description?

A

Rectangular method

18
Q

What is the Tallahassee principal meridian?

A

North/South government survey method line that goes through Tallahassee

19
Q

What is the Tallahassee baseline?

A

East/West government survey method line that goes through Tallahassee

20
Q

What is the Tallahassee government survey marker?

A

The intersection where the Tallahassee principal meridian and Tallahassee baseline meet

21
Q

What are meridians (or range lines)?

A

North/South lines that run parallel to the Tallahassee principal meridian

22
Q

What are baselines (or township lines)?

A

East/West lines that run parallel to the Tallahassee baseline

23
Q

What is the distance between meridians (range) lines?

A

6 miles

24
Q

What is the difference between baselines (township lines)?

A

6 miles

25
Q

What is a Range (in terms of a survey)?

A

Vertical area between meridians (or range lines)

26
Q

What is a tier (in terms of a survey)?

A

horizontal area between baselines (or township lines)

27
Q

What is each square created by drawing range lines and township lines called?

A

Township

28
Q

How do you locate a township?

A

Identifying the Tier (T) and the Range (R) where it is located

29
Q

What is the notation used to identify a township that is 1 township south of Tallahassee and 1 range west?

A

T1S, R1W

30
Q

What is the notation used to identify a township that is 5 townships north of Tallahassee and 2 ranges east?

A

T5N, R2E

31
Q

What is the notation used to identify a township that is 2 townships north of Tallahassee and 5 ranges West?

A

T2N, R5W

32
Q

What is the area of a township?

A

36 square miles
6 miles squared

33
Q

What are guide meridians and correction lines?

A

method by which the curvature of the earth is accounted for in the government land description method
Guide meridians and correction lines are drawn on the map

34
Q

What is a check (in a survey)

A

Intersection of guide meridians and correction lines that form a 24 mile square area

35
Q

How many sections is a township divided into?

A

36 one square mile sections

36
Q

What are the dimensions of a section?

A

1 square mile
1 mile by 1 mile

37
Q

How many acres are in each section?

A

640 acres

38
Q

What is the section number that is immediately south of section 1 in a township?

A

12

39
Q

What is the number of acres in the NW 1/4 of a section?

A

160

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