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Understanding property descriptionsPosted on:3/29/2006
| The Lot and Block system is perhaps the simplest of the three main survey systems to understand. |
For a legal description in the Lot and Block system a description must identify the individual lot; the block in which the lot is located, if applicable; a reference to find the cited plat map (i.e., a page and/or volume number); and a description of the map's place of official recording (e.g., recorded in the files of the County Engineer).
The legal description of a 2.5 acre property under the Lot and Block system may be something like; Lot 5 of Block 2 of the South Subdivision plat as recorded in Map Book 21, Page 33 at the Recorder of Deeds. Some simple maps may only contain a lot and map number, such as Lot C of of the Riverside Subdivision map as recorded in Map Book 12, Page 8 in the office of the City Engineer. The more technical details of the legal description are all contained in the recorded plat map and there is no need to reiterate them in a deed or other legal description.
By contrast, a Public Land Survey System legal description of the same 2.5 acre property would be something like SW 1/4 SW1/4 NE1/4 SW1/4 SEC 18 T1S R1E. The metes and bounds description may be something like, Beginning at a monument located at the SE corner of the property now or formerly of J.W. Smith; thence north 330 feet to a point; thence east 330 feet to a point; thence south 330 feet to a point, thence west 330 feet to the place of beginning.
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