legal descriptions: Evolution of Legal Descriptions - 06/26/11 08:13 AM
The first private land ownership began when the government conveyed land to private individuals. 
When settlers wanted to purchase land, they would apply for a patent and hire a surveyor to create the legal description. The metes-and-bounds method was used.    
A patent is a certificate issued by the federal or state government that transfers land to private individuals.
 Following the Revolutionary War, the new   federal government became the owners of all the land.
The government wanted an efficient way to survey all of the newly acquired land and chose  the Government Survey System, which was based on a large gridof … (0 comments)

legal descriptions: Legal Descriptions - 06/26/11 07:54 AM
Legal descriptions are used to describe property in a way that uniquely identifies it from any other parcel.
A legal description is so specific that given only the legal description, a surveyor can locate and identify a given parcel.
          There are five additional purposes of surveying property and developing legal descriptions for   each parcel:
1.Current and accurate boundary information required to write a legal description is obtained.
2.The exact quantity of area within a described tract, whether it is described in square miles, acres, or square feet, is established.
3.Boundaries that may have become lost or obliterated are reestablished.
4.Data … (1 comments)

 


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