Highlights Chapter 10 Flashcards
Surveyors method
The surveyors method, also known as the meat and bounce method, is the oldest method of land description and provides the most accurate types of legal description. This method can be used to describe regularly or irregularly shaped tracks of real estate, using the following measurements and references:
Metes: metes are measurements of the such as inches, feet, yards, and miles.
Bounds: bounds refer to compass directions to property boundaries
Monuments ; monuments, also known as benchmarks, are fix objects used to establish boundaries
Point of beginning : the survey begins by giving directions from the monument to the edge of the property, which is called the point of beginning, POV
Township
The state is further divided into squares, call, townships, by joining additional north/south lines, and additional east/West lies at 6 mile intervals.
Range, tier, township
Each vertical area between meridians is called arrange. Each horizontal area between baseline is a row of townships, called a tear. A tear is a row of townships, however, in common usage, a tear is more often referred to as a township.
Township
Township is six miles square and contains 36 square miles.
Correction, lines are located every 24 miles north and south of the Tallahassee baseline. The intersection of guide meridians and correction lines forms at 24 mi.² area called a check.
Small lots
A government lot is a fractional piece of land, less than a full quarter section located along the shore of a lake, or the bank of a stream.
Plat method
The plat or recorded, plat method, also known as a lot on block method, is a method of legal description used to identify small parcels of property and subdivided areas and cities
Assessors parcel number, APN
And assessors parcel number APN is a number that is a sign of a parcel of property by county property, assessor to uniquely identify that property within the jurisdiction
Commonly used area measurements
1 acre. Contains 43560 square feet of
1 acre there is perfect square measures 208.710 feet * 208.710 feet
One section contains 640 acres
One section is 1 mile square and contains one square mile
1 mile is 5280 feet
One Township is six miles square, contains 36 square miles, and 36 sections
Calculate in the area over a rectangle lot
The number of square feet or acres in the lot is a measurement of its area. The formula for cap in the area of a square erection Girl is to multiply the length of one side by the length of an adjacent side.