Types of Legal Descriptions

Question 1

Meets and Bounds Description

Answer 1

Starts at a designated point of beginning and proceeds around the boundaries or perimeter of the property by linear measurements of distance and compass direction then finally returning to the point of beginning. Which gives closure to the property. I-25 Line 531

Question 2

Plat Description

Answer 2

Lot Number and
Block Number
e.g. Lot 4, Block B of Rolling Acres Subdivision
(textbook page 22)
I-24, Line 526

Question 3

Government Rectangular Survey Description

Answer 3

(NOT Typically in TN) or TX, KY, or any of the original 13 Colonies)
Textbook pages 19-21
1 Township: 36 square miles, 1 section, 1 square mile, 640 acres.
I-25, line 547

Question 4

How many types of legal descriptions are there and what are they?

Answer 4

4.
-Plat description
-Metes and Bounds description
-Government Rectangular Survey description (not typically in TN)
-Monument

Question 5

What is a plat?

Answer 5

Survey of a subdivision (plat survey)

Question 6

Monument description

Answer 6

Monuments are natural or artificial objects to establish real estate boundaries.
Examples:
-Fences
=Rocks
-Creaks
-iron pins
-posts
-roads