Chapter 4 - Legal Description of Land

Question 1

What are the three methods of describing real estate?

Answer 1

1. Metes and Bounds
2. Rectangular (or governement survey)
3. Lot and Block (recorded plat)

Question 2

The primary lines used for describing land which run North and South are called ______.

Answer 2

Principal Meridians

Question 3

Metes

Answer 3

Distance from one place to another

Question 4

Bounds

Answer 4

Change in direction

Question 5

POB

Answer 5

Point of beginning (used in Metes-and-Bounds method)

Question 6

The east and west lines used for describing land in the rectangular method are ______.

Answer 6

Base lines

Question 7

Which two principal meridians run through Illinois?

Answer 7

3 and 4

Question 8

Which three principal meridians are used to describe land in Illinois?

Answer 8

2, 3, and 4

Question 9

Where is the 2nd principal meridian located?

Answer 9

In Indiana

Question 10

Lines running east and west, parallel to the base line and six miles apart are called _____.

Answer 10

Township lines

Question 11

The 6 mile wide strips of land formed by township lines are called _____.

Answer 11

Township tiers

Question 12

Lines running north and south, parallel to the principal meridians and six miles apart are called _____.

Answer 12

Range lines

Question 13

The 6 mile wide strips of land formed by range lines are called _____.

Answer 13

Ranges

Question 14

The square spaces formed by intersecting range and township lines are called _____.

Answer 14

Townships (or township squares)

Question 15

How much space does a township represent?

Answer 15

36 square miles, 6 miles square

Question 16

The longer the description, the smaller the land

Answer 16

FACT

Question 17

How often are correction lines used?

Answer 17

Every 24 miles (every 4th township line)

Question 18

Which measures are used for valuing residential property?

Answer 18

LxW

Question 19

Which measures are used for valuing commercial property?

Answer 19

Front-side width

Question 20

1 Mile = X Feet

Answer 20

5,280 Feet

Question 21

1 Square Mile = X Acres

Answer 21

640 Acres

Question 22

1 acre = X Square feet

Answer 22

43,560 Square feet

Question 23

1 Square yard = X Square feet

Answer 23

9 Square feet

Question 24

One section is equal to…

Answer 24

1 Square mile, 640 Acres

Question 25

One township is equal to…

Answer 25

36 Square miles, 6 Miles square

Question 26

Fractional sections

Answer 26

Undersized or versized sections

Question 27

When is the ‘lot and block system’ typically used?

Answer 27

When describing property in subdivisions

Question 28

Illinois Plat Act

Answer 28

When any parcel of land is divided into parts less than 5 acres, the parts must be surveyed and play of subdivision recorded.

Question 29

Elevations

Answer 29

Used to measure the legal descriptions of air rights and comdominium apartments.

Question 30

Datum

Answer 30

Point, line, or surface from which elevations are measured

Question 31

The general datum plane used by Illinois surveyors is the _____.

Answer 31

USGS datum