Property Ownership, Transfer of Title & Land Use 4.1

Question 1

How do you locate a parcel?

Answer 1

Start with the end of the description and read backward.

Question 2

How do you describe a parcel?

Answer 2

Start at the location itself and expand outward to the bigger picture from there.

Question 3

Township designations indicate what?

Answer 3

The location north or south of the baseline

Question 4

Range designations indicate what?

Answer 4

the location east or west of the Principal Meridian.

Question 5

A legal land description of a section includes:

Answer 5

State

Principal Meridian name

Township and Range designations; with directions

The Section number;