unit 9 real estate exam

What is a legal description?

A precise method of identifying a specific parcel of land.

What are the three methods of legal description?

Metes and bounds, rectangular survey system, and lot-and-block system.

What does the metes-and-bounds method use?

Directions and distances to establish property boundaries.

What is a monument?

A fixed physical object establishing a property boundary.

What takes precedence if a monument conflicts with a written measurement?

The physical location of the monument.

What is the point of beginning (POB)?

The starting point of a metes-and-bounds description; the description ends by returning to it.

What are the primary reference points in the rectangular survey system?

A principal meridian and a base line.

What is a principal meridian?

A north-south reference line used in the rectangular survey system.

What is a base line?

An east-west reference line used with a principal meridian.

How wide is a township?

Six miles by six miles.

How many square miles are in a township?

36 square miles.

How many sections are in a township?

36 sections.

How large is one section?

One square mile.

How many acres are in one section?

640 acres.

How many square feet are in one acre?

43,560 square feet.

What is Section 16 traditionally used for?

The school section.

What is the lot-and-block system?

A method identifying property by lot, block, and subdivision on a recorded plat.

Where is an approved plat filed?

In the recorder's office of the county where the land is located.

What is a PIN?

A property identification number used on tax information, surveys, and contracts.

What is a benchmark?

A fixed reference point used for vertical/elevation measurements.

What are correction lines?

Lines used to correct for irregularities caused by the earth's curvature in the rectangular survey system.

What is a government check?

An irregular area created by correction lines.