Unit 1: Legal Descriptions Flashcards
What are the 3 methods used to describe real property?
1) Metes and Bounds
2) Government Survey
3) Recorded Plat
How do metes and bounds describe real property?
It uses distances and compass degrees moving in a set direction.
Where do metes and bounds begin and end?
Point of Beginning (POB)
In a metes and bounds description, what do monuments serve as?
Reference points for the surveyor when setting boundaries.
T/F Metes and bounds measures in a counter-clockwise direction.
False. Measures in a clockwise direction.
What is another name for government survery?
Rectangular Survey
How does government survey describe real property?
It uses imaginary reference lines, meridian and base, to create a grid system.
How are townships formed?
A township is a square formed by the meeting of range lines and tier lines on a government survey.
T/F A township is a 25 mile square that contains 30 sections.
False. A township is a 36 square miles (6 x6) and contains 36 sections.
T/F Each township has 36 sections and there are 640 acres in 1 section of township.
True
How many square feet are in an acre.
43, 560 square feet
What is another name for a recorded plat description?
Lot, Block, Subdivision
What kind of property description is used most often in an urban and residential area?
Recorded Plat
How do recorded plats describe real property?
It is a map that is created by a survey and shows the location and boundaries of individual lots in a land subdivision.
When is a plat recorded?
After the final map is approved but BEFORE building.
