Unit 6 Land description

Question 1

A legal description of land

Answer 1

is a detailed way of describing a parcel of land for documents such as deeds and mortgages that will be accepted in a court of law.

Question 2

survey

Answer 2

The descrip- tion is based on information collected through a survey —the process by which boundaries are measured by calculating the dimensions and area to determine the exact location of a piece of land.

Question 3

locate

Answer 3

Courts have stated that a description is legally sufficient if it allows a surveyor to locate the parcel. In this context, locate means that the surveyor must be able to define the exact boundaries of the property.

Question 4

methods currently used to describe real estate

Answer 4

There are three basic methods currently used to describe real estate:
■■ Metes and bounds
■■ Rectangular (or government) survey
■■ Lot and block (recorded plat)

Question 5

metes

Answer 5

Metes means to measure, and bounds means linear directions

Question 6

POB

or terminus

Answer 6

The method relies on a property’s physical features to determine the boundaries and measurements of the parcel. A metes-and-bounds description starts at a designated place on the parcel, called the point of beginning (POB). The POB is also the point at which the description ends. From there, the surveyor proceeds around the property’s boundaries

Question 7

monuments

Answer 7

Monuments are fixed objects used to identify the POB, all cor- ners of the parcel or ends of boundary segments, and the location of intersecting boundaries.

Question 8

rectangular survey

Answer 8

The rectangular survey system, sometimes called the government survey system, was established by Congress in 1785 to standardize the description of land acquired by the newly formed federal government

The system is based on two sets of intersecting lines: principal merid- ians and base lines

Question 9

The principal meridians and base lines

Answer 9

The principal meridians run north and south, and the base lines run east and west

Question 10

township lines

Answer 10

Lines running east and west, parallel to the base line and six miles apart, are called township They form strips of land called tiers.

Question 11

ranges

Answer 11

The land on either side of a principal meridian is divided into six-mile- wide strips by lines that run north and south, parallel to the meridian. These north- south strips of land are called ranges.

Question 12

townships

Answer 12

When the horizontal township lines and the vertical range lines intersect, they form squares, or townships, that are the basic units of the rectan- gular survey system. (See Figure 6.4.) A township is 6 miles square and contains 36 square miles (23,040 acres).

Question 13

designation

Answer 13

обозначение, называние, указание

Question 14

Sections

Answer 14

Townships are subdivided into sections and subsections called halves and quarters, which can be further divided. Each township contains 36 sections. Each section is one square mile or 640 acres, with 43,560 square feet in each acre

Question 15

1 TOWNSHIP

Answer 15

6*6, 36 sq miles, 23 040 acres

Question 16

1 mile

Answer 16

5 280 feet

Question 17

1 section

Answer 17

640 acres, 1mile*1mile

Question 18

1 acre

Answer 18

43 650 sq feet

Question 19

1 rode

Answer 19

16,5 feet

Question 20

4 miles

Answer 20

distance around a section/ square mile

Question 21

metes-and-Bounds Descriptions Within the Rectangular Survey System

Answer 21

Land in states that use the rectangular survey system may also require a metes- and-bounds description. This usually occurs in one of three situations: (1) when describing an irregular tract; (2) when a tract is too small to be described by quar- ter-sections; or (3) when a tract does not follow the lot or block lines of a recorded subdivision or section, quarter-section lines, or other fractional section lines.

Question 22

plat or lot-and-block method

Answer 22

This system uses lot and block numbers referred to in a plat map filed in the public records of the county where the land is located. The plat map is a map of a town, a section, or a subdivision, indicating the location and boundaries of individual properties. The lot-and-block method is used mostly in subdivisions and urban areas.

Question 23

lot

Answer 23

refers to the numerical designation of any particular parcel.

Question 24

block

Answer 24

refers to the name of the subdivision under which the map is recorded.

Question 25

In describing a lot from a recorded subdivision plat, three identifiers are used:

Answer 25

1. Lot and block number
2. Name or number of the subdivision plat
3. Name of the county and state

Question 26

A licensed surveyor

Answer 26

is trained and authorized to locate and determine the legal description of any parcel of land

Question 27

SURVEY

Answer 27

The survey states the property’s legal description.

Question 28

The survey sketch

Answer 28

The survey sketch shows the location and dimensions of the parcel

Question 29

spot survey

Answer 29

When a survey also shows the location, size, and shape of buildings on the lot, it is referred to as a spot survey

Question 30

Air lots

Answer 30

Air lots are composed of the airspace within specific boundaries located over a parcel of land

Question 31

The condominium laws

Answer 31

The condominium laws passed in all states require that a registered land surveyor prepare a plat map that shows the elevations of floor and ceiling surfaces and thevertical boundaries of each unit with reference to an official datum

Question 32

Subsurface rights

Answer 32

Subsurface rights can be legally described in the same manner as air rights, but they are measured below the datum rather than above it.

Question 33

datum

Answer 33

A datum is a point, line, or surface from which elevations are measured or indi- cated.

Question 34

datum

Answer 34

datum is defined as the mean sea level at New York Harbor

Question 35

Monuments

Answer 35

are traditionally used to mark surface measurements between points.

Question 36

Benchmarks

Answer 36

are monuments that have been established as permanent reference points throughout the United States.