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32 Cards in this Set
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Describing Land |
Legal description is a detailed way of describing a parcel of land that will be accepted in a court of law. |
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Metes & Bounds Method |
Oldest type of legal description. Metes means distance & bounds means compass or angles, and they always start at the “Point of Beginning” (POB) |
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Monuments |
Fixed objects used to identify the POB (always in the bottom right corner) |
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Rectangular Survey System |
Established in 1785 to standardize the description of land and is based on the intersecting of “principal meridians & base lines” |
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Principal Meridians |
Lines that run north and south (longitude) |
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Base Lines |
Run east & west (Latitude) |
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How many principal meridians are there in the US? |
37 |
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Which meridians run through IL? |
3 & 4 |
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Fourth Principal Meridian |
Begins near Rockford and extends northward to the Canadian border |
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3rd Principal Meridian |
Begins at Cairo, the junction of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and extend northward toward Wisconsin and near Rockford to the IL-Wisc border. |
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Township Lines |
Lines runing east and west, parallel to the base line and six miles apart |
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Township Tiers |
Strips of land six miles apart formed by township lines |
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Township Ranges |
Six mile wide strips by lines running north and south, parallel to the meridian |
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Township Squares |
Horizontal township lines and the vertical range lines intersect to form a square. |
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Township dimensions |
36 sq miles (6x6 miles) |
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Square Mile Dimension & Section size |
640 Acres |
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Mile Dimensions |
5280 ft |
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Township Numerical Chart (No answer, just study) |
Back (Definition) |
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How does the numerical system of a township begin? |
Northeast, runs west (then down like a snake) |
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Datum |
A point, line, or surface from which elevations are measured |
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Elevations |
Measured to determine the legal descriptions of air rights and condo apartment. |
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Who is the only one responsible for preparing a legal description? |
A licensed surveyor |
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Legal Description |
Part of a survey copied into the deed and title insurance docs |
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Survey |
Shows location and dimensions of parcel/legal description |
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Spot Survey |
Shows survey + more details of property including improvements |
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Acre dimensions |
43,560 SQ ft |
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How are townships numbered? |
Northeasterly running west then snakes back and forth till 36 |
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A principal meridian describes how many parcels of land? |
1 |
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Townships are how many miles apart? |
6 miles with 36 sq miles in btwn |
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Correction lines are... |
Every fourth township line, in which the range lines are measured to exactly 6mi to avoid confusion of the curvature the earth creates |
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What is a over or undersized section called? |
Fractional sections |
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What is the lot and block system? |
A system of legal description that uses lot and block numbers referred to in a plat map filed in the public records |