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Legal Descriptions
Legal Descriptions are used to identify
a parcel's location.
There are four methods to describe property. Name those
Monuments Method
Metes and Bounds
Government Survey
Plat or Lot and Block
Monuments Method Uses
landmarks to establish boundaries
Metes and Bounds
is also known as
the surveyor's method
Metes are measurements of
distance such as feet, inches, yards and miles
Bounds refer to
compass directions
Metes and Bounds
The initial reference is known point is called a
monument
Metes and Bounds
The survey begins by giving directions from the monument to the edge of the property, which is called
the
point of beginning (POB)
Government Survey north/south and east/west lines are called
Meridian & Baseline
Government Survey
Developed in
1785
In Florida, the survey method begins in
Tallahassee