Unit 10 Legal Descriptions Flashcards
Understand metes - and - bounds method of land surveying.
Metes refers to “distance” (measured in feet)
Bounds refers to “direction”
The number of degrees does not change, only the compass directions.
Opposite of S 45 W is N 45* E
Opposite of S 15* E is N 15* W
Recognize the numbering of sections in the government survey system.
**Sections are numbered in an S-pattern, beginning in the northeast (upper right) corner of the township with section 1. The sections are numbered from 1 in the northeast corner and then consecutively to the west through section 6.
Method of numbering is repeated until section number 36 is reached in the southeast or lower right, corner of every township.
Township = 36 square miles 6x6.
Sections in each town ship 36. One square mile each.
Calculate the number of acres in a parcel of land using the GSS.
Ton find the number of acres in a tract, two approaches are possible:
1. Take 640 (the number of acres in one section) and divide by the bottom number (denominator) of each fraction in the legal description.
2. Multiply the denominators of each fraction together and then divide 640 by the result.
(Example) SW1/4, NE1/4, SE1/4, NW1/4 of a certain section contains how many acres?
Review description by lot and block number.
One of the most common type of legal description used for single-family dwellings located in developed subdivisions. The lot and block method can be used only where plat maps, or siimply plats, have been recorded in the public records. The platted subdivision is divided into large areas called blocks, and each block is subdivided into smaller areas called lots. The lots are usually numbered for convenience in identifying them. If the lots are numbered, the blocks may be be assigned letters to eliminate confusing block numbers with lot numbers.
