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What do you need when real property is transferred? |
An accurate description of land being conveyed is essential. |
Method that will make a contract or a deed invalid |
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What are the 3 major maths used to describe land in legal documents? |
Metes and bounds Government survey Lot and block |
Describe land in legal documents |
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What 3 reference does mete and bound used? |
Monuments :may be Natural, rivers, trees or man made objects roads or survey markers. Direction or courses form of compass reading Distances measured in any convenient units of length
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What else is the government survey call? |
Rectangular survey system |
Describes land by reference to a series of grids. |
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The grid is composed of two sets of lines call? |
Principal meridian Base line |
Two set of lines |
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Principal meridian line runs in which direction? |
North and south |
Set of line in the grid |
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The line that runs east/west in the grid is called? |
Base line |
Line run east/west on the grid |
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Also the base lines east/west line are called? |
Township lines |
Divide land into rows or township tiers |
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The north/south lines are called? |
Range lines |
Divide the land into columns name Range |
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Every four range line is a? |
Guide meridian |
4 Range line |
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What is a good practice to mentioned in a grid system? |
County and state where the land is situated to avoid confusion |
Part Description of a township |
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How much a township measures? |
36 square miles and contains 36 sections , or 640 acres |
Square miles and sections |
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How many square feet in a Acre? |
43,560 |
Measurement of land |
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Township measures? |
36 square miles and has 36 sections. Each section 1 square mile or 640 acres |
It has 36 sections |
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A section of land of irregular shape and size is called? |
Government lot |
Referred to by lot number ;body of water or other makes it impossible to survey a square mile section |
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The lot and block method is also referred as? |
Platting method |
Maps and Plat system |
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Land subdivide by surveyor lots and blocks is called? |
Plat |
Mapped out by surveyor |
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Is street address apropiate for a legal document? |
No |
Not an adequate description |
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A description made by plane of elevation is called? |
Datum |
Way to describe elevation of condominiums |
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City officials datum are called? |
Benchmark |
It's a reference point accurately measure |
