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Legal Descriptions
"The small landholders are the most precious part of a state."
-Thomas Jefferson
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Legal Description
A written passage or statement that defines property and is descriptive enough for the property to be differentiated from other properties and located without other evidence.
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Legal Description
In United States:
• Metes and Bounds– Original 13 states and HI, KY, ME,TN,TX, VA,
WV
• Rectangular Survey System– Remaining 30 states
• Lot and Block– Used in conjunction with either of the other two
systems
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Metes and Bounds
A system of land description that identifies a property by describing the shape and boundary dimensions of a unit of land based on its edge distances and bearing angles from a defined starting point.
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Metes and BoundsMete = boundary described by a distance and direction between property corners
− North 30º West a distance of 567 ft
Bound = boundary that is described less accurately
− “Along the stone wall at the edge of Isaac Porcher’s property”
Point of Beginning (POB) = a property corner from which the description originates; the starting point
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Metes and Bounds“From the POB proceed N 67° 35’ E along said right of way line of State Road No.1 a distance of 120 ft.”
•Lines are described with respect to natural or artificial monuments and baselines.•Line length is measured along a level plane.•Directions are described using bearing angles with respect to the previous line.
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Lengths• Early metes and bounds
1 Chain = 100 links
= 4 rods
= 66 feet
• Today, lengths are typically given in decimal feet.– Example: 315.75 ft
(not 315’- 9”)
Courtesy Smithsonian Institute, National Museum of American History http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/lewisandclark/lewis-before.html
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Bearings
• The deviation measured in degrees, minutes, and seconds from a known line or direction
N25° 35’ 12”E
North 25 degrees 35 minutes and 12 seconds east
S22° 35’W
South 22 degrees 35 minutes west
• Angle measure1 degree = 60 minutes
1 minute = 60 seconds
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N 25°35’ E
25° 35'N
S
EW
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S 22°35’W
N
S
EW
22° 35'
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Metes and Bounds Example“From the POB proceed N 67° 35’ E along said right of way line of State Road No.1 a distance of 120 ft.”
N
S
EW
67° 35'
POB
120 ft
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Metes and Bounds
“…thence N 12° 45’ W
a distance of 67 ft.” 12° 45'
POB
67 ftN
S
EW
N 67° 35' E
120'
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Metes and Bounds
POB
N 12° 45' W
67 '
N 67° 35' E
120 '
N 78° 10 ' W 98 '
S 12° 45' E
63 '
S 1
1° 3
0' W
71 '
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Rectangular Survey
Thomas Jefferson
Designed for the organization, division, and sale of government-owned frontier lands
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Meridian and Base Lines
Principal Meridian
Base Line
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Principal Meridians
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Principal Meridians
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6 miles(TYP)
Range Lines
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Township Lines
6 m
iles
(TY
P)
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Townships
T2N
R2E
T2S
R1E
T2S
R2E
T2S
R1W
T2S
R2W
T1S
R2W
T1S
R1W
T1S
R1E
T1S
R2E
T1N
R2W
T1N
R1W
T1N
R1E
T1N
R2E
T2N
R1E
T2N
R2W
T2N
R2W
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Each Township = 36 Sections
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Each SectionSection = 1 square mile
= 640 acres
Half Section 320 acres
80 acresQuarter Section
160 acres40
acres20 acres
20 acres
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Partial Sections
Northwest 1/4
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Evidence of Rectangular Survey
Courtesy NASA http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=5772
SECTION
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Rectangular Survey Example
Township 1 South, Range 1 East, 3rd PM, Section 25: S1/2 NW1/4
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3rd PM = 3rd Principal Meridian
Locate the Principal Meridian
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Locate the Township
Township 1 South, Range 1 East, 3rd PM
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Locate the Section
Section 25
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Locate the Subdivision
S1/2 NW1/4
Township 1 South, Range 1 East, 3rd PM, Section 25: S1/2 NW1/4
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Lot and Block
• Provides for the subdivision of a tract of land– Divided into blocks consisting of many
individual lots
• Inspired the term subdivision– Legal description recorded as lot number and
block number of the named subdivision
• Used with metes and bounds and rectangular survey descriptions
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Courtesy Register Mesne Conveyance, City of Charleston, SC
Lot and Block
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Image Sources
Microsoft, Inc. (2010). Clip art. Retrieved May 25, 2010, from http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/clipart/default.aspx
Istockphoto (2010). Stock photograph. Retrieved May 25, 2010, from http://istockphoto.com
Register Mesne Conveyance Office, City of Charleston, SC.