Chapter 6 Mastering Real Estate: Legal Descriptions Flashcards
What is a legal description?
An exact way of describing the location of real estate that will be accepted at court.
What are the three accepted ways to describe a parcel?
Government Rectangular Survey System
Metes and Bounds
Recorded Plat Map
What does metes and bounds mean?
Metes refers to distance and bounds refers to direction.
What is the point of beginning?
The definite point where the metes and bounds description begins.
What are monuments?
Fixed objects used in the metes and bounds description to establish boundaries.
What are boundary lines?
They define the boundaries of the property and are drawn from monuments.
What is metes and bounds measured in?
Degrees, minutes, and seconds.
What are the two limitations of metes and bounds?
- They are long, complicated, and difficult to understand
2. Monuments used to mark it can be destroyed over time.
What are the four lines of the rectangular survey system?
Principal Meridians & Range lines
Base Lines & Township lines
What is a township?
The squares
How large are townships?
All lines are 6 miles apart, townships are 24 miles in circumstance, and have an area of 36 square miles or 23,040 acres.
How many sections are in a township?
36
How large is each section?
1 square mile or 640 acres.
Which section is set aside for school use?
Section 16
What are halves and quarters called?
Aliquot parts
