Land Descriptions

Question 1

What methods of land descriptions are used today?

Answer 1

1. Monuments method
2. Metes in bounds method
3. Government survey method
4. Lot, block, and subdivision method (recorded plat)
5. Vertical land description
6. Reference to other recorded documents

Question 2

This method uses naturally occurring physical features of the land only such as marked trees, large rocks, or boulders

Answer 2

Monuments method

Question 3

This method is used to describe property by specifying its shape in dimensions

Answer 3

Metes and bounds

Question 4

This land description to facilitate the government sale of large tracts of land due to rapid Western expansion in the US

Answer 4

Government survey

Question 5

Used to describe a subdivision

Answer 5

Recorded plat method

Question 6

This method is necessary when air rates or subsurface rights need to be described

Answer 6

Vertical land description

Question 7

Lang can be legally describe referring to another publicly recorded document such as a deed or mortgage

Answer 7

Reference to other recorded documents