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| a detailed way of describing a parcel of land for documents such as deeds and mortgages that will be accepted in a court of law. Legally sufficient if it allows a surveyor to locate the parcel. |
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| the process by which boundaries are measured by calculating the dimensions and area to determine the exact locations of a piece of land. |
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| National Integrated Land System |
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| New system of land description that is designed to be compatible with both the metes-and-bounds and rectangular survey systems. |
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| oldest type of legal description. Relies on a property's physical features to determine the boundaries and measurements of the parcel. |
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| Point of beginning/ending |
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| Measurements in MAB system begins and ends at this point |
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| artificial landmarks denoting property bounds in MAB system. Fixed objects used to identify POB, all corners of the parcel or ends of boundary segments and the location of the intersecting boundaries. Current use is iron pins or concrete posts placed by the U.S. Corps of Engineers , other government departments, or trained private surveyors. |
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| Rectangular Survey System |
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| Established by Congress in 1785. Divides land into rectangles and the survey provided land descriptions by describing the rectangles in which the land was located. |
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| Run north and south. Each has a name or number and is crossed by its corresponding base line. 37 total |
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| Run east and west, and are crossed by corresponding principal meridian. |
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| 6-mile wide strips of land that run parallel to the principal meridians. |
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| 6-mile wide strips of land running parallel to the base lines. Divided by township lines. |
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| Squares formed by the intersection of range and township lines. 36 square miles. |
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| School section of a township square |
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| When do MAB descriptions occur within a rectangular survey system |
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1. When describing an irregular tract of land
2. When a tract is too small to be described by quarter sections.
When a tract does not follow the lot or block lines of a recorded subdivision or section, quarter-section lines or other fractional section lines. |
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| Uses lot and block numbers referred to in a plat map filed in the public records of the county where the land is located. |
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| land is divided into mumbered or lettered lots and blocks and streets or access roads for public use are indicated. |
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| Three identifiers of legal description using a subdivision plat |
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1. Lot and block number
2. Name or number of the subdivision plat
3. Name of the county and state |
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| shows the location and dimensions of the parcel. |
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| Sketch that also includes the location, size and shape of buildings on the lot. |
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| Improvement Location Certificate |
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| Not a full survey. Provides only the location of the structures and improvements as related to property boundaries |
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| composed of the airspace within specific boundaries located over a parcel of land. |
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| in all states require that a registered land surveyor prepare a plat map that shows the elevations of floor and ceiling surfaces and the vertical boundaries of each unit with reference to an official datum. Each floor typically has a separate plat. |
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| a point, line or surface from which elevations are measured or indicated. Most large cities have a local official one. |
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| Datum according to the U.S. Geological Survey |
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| the mean sea level at New York Harbor. |
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| permanent reference points that have been established throughout the U.S. Principally used for marking datums. |
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