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Are used to identify a parcel's location on the face of the Earth in a manner that rules out duplication or confusion with any other parcel |
Legal descriptions |
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Also known as the metes and bounds method it is the oldest method of land description and provides the most accurate type of legal description |
The surveyors method |
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Measurements of distance such as inches feet yards and miles |
Metes |
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Compass directions to property boundaries |
Bounds |
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Directions from the monument to the edge of the property is called |
Point of beginning |
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When the survey returns to the point of beginning it is called a |
Closing |
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Also called the rectangular method it divides the surface of the Earth into a grid with numbered squares |
Government survey method |
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The government survey method begins in Tallahassee by drawing a North/south line called the |
Tallahassee principal Meridian |
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The East West line of the government survey method is called the |
Tallahassee baseline |
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All legal descriptions in the state of Florida originate from what point |
The intercept of the Tallahassee principal Meridian and the Tallahassee baseline |
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The state is further subdivided into squares called |
Townships |
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Vertical areas between meridians is called a |
Range |
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Horizontal areas between baselines is called a |
Tier |
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A township is _ miles square and contains _ square miles |
6 miles square and contains 36 square miles |
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Guide meridians are drawn every __miles East and West of the Tallahassee principal Meridian |
24 |
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Correction lines are located every__ miles north and south of the Tallahassee baseline |
24 |
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The intersection of guide meridians and correction lines form a 24 mile square area called a |
Check |
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The plat method is also known as the |
Lot and block method |
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Method of legal description used to identify small parcels of property in subdivided areas and cities |
The plat method |
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In a platted subdivision the area is cut into streets, lots and |
Blocks |
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A number assigned to a parcel of real property by a county property assessor to uniquely identify the property within the jurisdiction |
Accessor parcel number |
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Use synonymously with APN assessor's parcel number are |
ID, AIN- Assessor Identification Number, PIN- Parcel identification number, PCN- Parcel Control Number |
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One acre contains__ square feet. Seniors memory tool |
43,560 |
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A township has how many sections |
36 sections |
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One section contains how many acres. Pizza memory tool |
640. |
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One mile equals how many feet Uber memory tool |
5,280 |
