FUNDAMENTALS OF CODE ENFORCEMENT QUESTIONS
AND COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
ASKING FOR THE DEED - Correct Answer WHAT IS THE QUICKEST WAY TO FIND THE OWNER OF
A PROPERTY?
Metes - Correct Answer MEANS DISTANCE
BOUNDS - Correct Answer MEANS DIRECTION
Section map - Correct Answer Is a compilation of all parcels in the Section, whether metes and
bounds, Government Survey, or Lot and Block describe the parcels.
60 minutes - Correct Answer How many minutes in one degree?
60 seconds - Correct Answer How many seconds in one minute?
Easements - Correct Answer do not give the holders of the easement ownership of the
property but do give the holders the right to enter and use the property owned by others.
The rights-of-way - Correct Answer They contain the streets, the curbs, the parkways and
sidewalks.
Using the plat book and page method of description. - Correct Answer How is property
described?
5 acres - Correct Answer How much is A half of a quarter of a quarter of a quarter section?
,10 acres. - Correct Answer A quarter of a quarter of a quarter section?
640 acres - Correct Answer What is the area of a section?
160 acres - Correct Answer How many acres is in a quarter of a section?
40 acres - Correct Answer What is a quarter of a quarter of a section?
one mile by one mile - Correct Answer What is the size of a standard section?
5,280 feet - Correct Answer How many feet in one mile?
Monuments - Correct Answer Physical features used in the metes and bounds description
1824. - Correct Answer When was the intersection of the Base Line and Principal Meridian in
Tallahassee established?
43560 - Correct Answer How many feet in an acre?
In the NE corner and runs WEST - Correct Answer Numbering of sections on a township
begins...
36 square miles - Correct Answer What is the area of a township?
Metes and Bounds - Correct Answer The method of land description that starts with a POB is...
, Base line - Correct Answer Imaginary line that runs east and west and separates north and
south
Easement - Correct Answer Interest in another land, as for right of way, or access to private
utilities is...
County Property Appraisers Office - Correct Answer Property records in Florida are maintained
by...
Point of Beginning - Correct Answer In the metes and bounds method, what is the starting
reference called?
County Tax Rolls - Correct Answer The name of the owner of a parcel of real estate can be
located where?
Township lines - Correct Answer Lines running east and west at 6 mile intervals; north and
south of the Base Line.
Range Lines - Correct Answer Lines running north and south at 6 mile intervals east and west
of the Principal Meridian.
Townships - Correct Answer The six-mile by six-mile squares formed from Township lines and
Range Lines and are 36 square miles in area
Report - Correct Answer A permanent written record that communicates useful important facts
to be used in the future.
Initial Complaint or Investigation documents, Activity (or follow-up), Case Dockets or
Summaries, Miscellaneous reports. - Correct Answer What are the four types of Code
Enforcement Documents?
AND COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
ASKING FOR THE DEED - Correct Answer WHAT IS THE QUICKEST WAY TO FIND THE OWNER OF
A PROPERTY?
Metes - Correct Answer MEANS DISTANCE
BOUNDS - Correct Answer MEANS DIRECTION
Section map - Correct Answer Is a compilation of all parcels in the Section, whether metes and
bounds, Government Survey, or Lot and Block describe the parcels.
60 minutes - Correct Answer How many minutes in one degree?
60 seconds - Correct Answer How many seconds in one minute?
Easements - Correct Answer do not give the holders of the easement ownership of the
property but do give the holders the right to enter and use the property owned by others.
The rights-of-way - Correct Answer They contain the streets, the curbs, the parkways and
sidewalks.
Using the plat book and page method of description. - Correct Answer How is property
described?
5 acres - Correct Answer How much is A half of a quarter of a quarter of a quarter section?
,10 acres. - Correct Answer A quarter of a quarter of a quarter section?
640 acres - Correct Answer What is the area of a section?
160 acres - Correct Answer How many acres is in a quarter of a section?
40 acres - Correct Answer What is a quarter of a quarter of a section?
one mile by one mile - Correct Answer What is the size of a standard section?
5,280 feet - Correct Answer How many feet in one mile?
Monuments - Correct Answer Physical features used in the metes and bounds description
1824. - Correct Answer When was the intersection of the Base Line and Principal Meridian in
Tallahassee established?
43560 - Correct Answer How many feet in an acre?
In the NE corner and runs WEST - Correct Answer Numbering of sections on a township
begins...
36 square miles - Correct Answer What is the area of a township?
Metes and Bounds - Correct Answer The method of land description that starts with a POB is...
, Base line - Correct Answer Imaginary line that runs east and west and separates north and
south
Easement - Correct Answer Interest in another land, as for right of way, or access to private
utilities is...
County Property Appraisers Office - Correct Answer Property records in Florida are maintained
by...
Point of Beginning - Correct Answer In the metes and bounds method, what is the starting
reference called?
County Tax Rolls - Correct Answer The name of the owner of a parcel of real estate can be
located where?
Township lines - Correct Answer Lines running east and west at 6 mile intervals; north and
south of the Base Line.
Range Lines - Correct Answer Lines running north and south at 6 mile intervals east and west
of the Principal Meridian.
Townships - Correct Answer The six-mile by six-mile squares formed from Township lines and
Range Lines and are 36 square miles in area
Report - Correct Answer A permanent written record that communicates useful important facts
to be used in the future.
Initial Complaint or Investigation documents, Activity (or follow-up), Case Dockets or
Summaries, Miscellaneous reports. - Correct Answer What are the four types of Code
Enforcement Documents?
