Ch. 6 Legal Description Flashcards
The horizontal line that runs east and west through Tallahassee is called:
A. Base line
B. Principal meridian
C. Tier
D. Range
A. Base line
Which method of legal description is most accurate?
A. Metes and Bounds
B. Lot and Block
C. Governmental survey system
D. Boundary method
A. Metes and Bounds
Which type of legal description method requires a point of beginning (POB)?
A. Metes and Bounds
B. Lot and Block
C. Governmental survey system
D. Boundary method
A. Metes and Bounds
When utilizing the government survey system, a strip of land 6 miles wide running in a north-south direction is called?
A. Township
B. Range
C. Section
D. Tier
B. Range
Which section number is directly north of section 7?
A. Section 14
B. Section 1
C. Section 21
D. Section 6
D. Section 6
How many acres are in each section?
A. 160
B. 360
C. 180
D. 640
D. 640
How many acres are contained in the NW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 21?
A. 160
B. 80
C. 10
D. 40
C. 10
How many acres are contained in the NE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 and the S1/2 of the SE 1/4?
A. 40
B. 120
C. 160
D. 5
B. 120
Parcels of land in a subdivision are usually described by which method?
A. Lot and block
B. Metes and bounds
C. Government survey
D. All of the above
A. Lot and block
Which county office responsible for assigning parcel I.D. number?
A. Tax collector
B. Property appraiser
C. Clerk of court
D. County commission
B. Property appraiser
What is the name of the area of land 6 miles wide running north and south that is directly west of Tallahassee?
A. Range 1 West
B. Range 2 West
C. Township 1 West
D. Township2 West
A. Range 1 West
What is the name of the township due west of tier 1 North, Range 1 East?
A. Tier 1 North, Range 1 West
B. Tier 1 North, Range 2 East
C. Tier 1 South, Range 1 West
D. Tier 1 South, Range 2 East
A. Tier 1 North, Range 1 West
What is the opposite direction of North 17 degrees East?
A. North 73 deg East
B. South 17 deg West
C. East 17 deg North
D. South 73 deg West
B. South 17 deg West
How are is a township?
A. 640 sq miles
B. 36 miles sq
C. 6 miles sq
D. `1 sq mile
C. 6 miles sq
Whats the name of the Range due east of Rang 17 West?
A. Range 17 East
B. Range 16 East
C. Range 18 West
D. Range 16 West
D. Range 16 West