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Chapter 4
property description
Question | Answer |
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Calls | Reference to linear measurements and compass directions in surveying. |
Legal description | The exact way of describing real estate in a contract, deed, mortgage or another document. |
Metes-and-bounds description | Uses boundaries and measurements of the land. |
Monuments | Fixed objects used to establish real estate boundaries. Ex.: stones, trees, lakes, streets, markers placed by surveyors. |
Plat Map | A map of a subdivision indicating the location and boundaries of individual properties. Generally shows lots, blocks, easements, streets, floodplains, etc. Usually requires official approval before recordation. |
Point of beginning (POB) | The point at which a metes and bounds description begins. |
Reference to a recorded plat | A method of land description that uses lot and block numbers. |
survey | gives the purchaser information about the exact location and size of the property |
Topographic survey | A survey that shows the lay of the land. |