Ownership Flashcards
Primary uses of legal descriptions
Public recording creating deeds leases, mortgage documents other legal documents
Description of the meats and bounds method
Starting at a point of beginning, it traces an enclosed space by following measured lines around an area and returning to the point of beginning )POB)
What are the main elements of the rectangular survey system
Longitude, latitude, Township grids, ranges, tiers, sections, fractions of sections
In the rectangular survey method why is it necessary to have guide Meridians, standard parallels, and quadrangles
Because of the curvature of the earth, a rectangle drawn on the earth surface using laundry total lines as sides will be narrower on the side father from the equator then on the side near the equator, townships would become smaller and smaller as one moved farther north of the equator. The guide meridians, standard parallels, quadrangles limit this variance calls by the earth being round.
Nine the components of a description using the recorded plat method
Lot number, block identifier, subdivision name, section location, Township, county, state
Explain how a datum or benchmark is used to describe the elevation of a property in a legal description
A dad or benchmark has an established elevation. A property description will state that the property is a number of feet above or below the datum or benchmark
Bass parallel
Designated line for identifying Township every 24 miles north and south of a base parallel is a correction line
Check or quadrangle
The 24 x 20 4 mi.² created by the intersection of God meridians and standard parallels
Range
The north-south area between consecutive meridians. Identified by an hour for range, a number representing his original position from the principal Meridian and a W representing that it’s west of principle meridian
TIER
The east west area between two parallel lines. Also known as a township strip identified by a T for TI ER
Townships
Identified bother tier in range identification taken together with the tier designation name first. 6 Miles per side. 36sq Miles
Datums
Standard elevation reference points establish throughout the country
Benchmarks
Surveyors identified local elevation markers to provide reference elevations for nearby properties
Block
An area defined by the intersection of parallel and perpendicular lines
All of the following are elements in the recorded plat system of description except for
Point of beginning
Included are: lot numbers, block numbers, Mouradian reference. The description of a recorded plat property first presents the properties lot number or letter, then the block identifier, then a subdivision name.