Land Description Flashcards
The word used to describe a row of townships running east to west at a given distance from the base line would be:
a. tier
b. rande
c. meridian
d. check
A. tier
Which method is normally used to accurately describe the smallest parcels of land in AZ?
a. recorded plat
b. gov’t survey
c. gov’t check
d. monument survey
B
In a recorded plat land description, the item recorded is the:
a. deed
b. mortgage
c. survey map
d. easement
C
Following items are essential to a metes and bounds description except:
a. point of beginning
b. direction
c. recorded plat
d. closure
C.
Line running east to west across the state and passing through the point of beginning of the gov’t survey is known as the:
a. meridian
b. range line
c. township line
d. baseline
D.
All of the following sections in a correction township are considered standard except:
a. 8
b. 13
c. 18
d. 24
C. 18
A plat map would include everything except:
a. building
b. lost size
c. easements
d. lot & block
a.
In the rectangular survey system , strips of land that run north and south and are six miles wide are called:
a. ranges
b. townships
c. sections
d. government lots
A. ranges
A township contains:
a. 1 square mile
b. 6 square miles
c. 640 acres
d. 36 sections
B. 6 sq miles
Method used to create a legal description for real estate that describes the property’s boundaries is:
a. rectangular survey
b. lot and block
c. metes and bounds
d. plat of survey
c
Fractional sections of a township are on which boundaries
a. north and west
b. south and east
c. north and south
d. west and east
A. north and west
What is the purpose of State Trust Land
a. support public institutions and public schools
b. provide income for the state gov’t
c. preserve each states natural areas
d. act as a welcoming gift for being a state within a Union
A.
To keep the range lines as nearly as possible six miles apart, a correction line is made as the line continues north. This correction is made every:
a. 3 mi
b. 6 mi
c. 12
d. 24 mi
D. 24 mi
