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In the Southern United States in the State-Land states, land is surveyed in the indiscriminate metes and bounds system. This survey system uses natural land features, such as trees and streams, ... An example of a deed which uses the metes and bounds land description is shown below with the land description emphasized.
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Some land cannot be described briefly. In these cases, a "metes and bounds" description is required. "Metes," meaning measurements, and "bounds," meaning boundaries, are designated for so many units of measurement along a specified boundary line.
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The following is an example of a metes and bounds description showing how it would be plotted: Beginning at the maple tree on the property line of the old Jones Farm and its intersection with the Summer Creek road;
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agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/lard-curtis/432/PDFs/MetesAndBounds.pdf
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Such a metes and bounds description is required to be recorded in official county record on a subdivision map and in the deeds when the boundaries of a parcel or lot are first drawn.
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legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Metes+and+Bounds
legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Metes+and+Bounds
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Description by Metes and Bounds ... Writing a metes and bounds description is a job for a land surveyor. A typical metes and bounds description is as follows: ... Not used where the land is valuable. It is similar to the metes and bounds description but it refers to physical, man-made or natural features.
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www.mortgage-investments.com/Investors_in_Real_Estate/real_estate_legal_descriptions.htm
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on metes and bounds (land description), limits or boundaries of a tract of land as identified by natural landmarks, such as rivers, or by man-made structures, such as roads, or by stakes or other markers. ... A principal legal type of land description in the United States,
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www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/378245/metes-and-bou...
www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/378245/metes-and-bounds
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METES AND BOUND DESCRIPTION; NORTHLAKE; TAX MAP 49 PARCELS 8 & 9; SBPL 1998-0010 (APPROVED NOVEMBER 5, 1998); CATACTIN MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT; CATACTIN ELECTION DISTRICT; LOUDOUN COUNTRY, VIRGINIA ... BEGINNING at a point in Edwards Ferry Road ~ Virginia State Route 773 (prescriptive right-of-way), said point being N 41 ˚...
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www.lakesatredrock.com/HOA/declarations/protective-covenants/exhibit-b.htm
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The metes and bounds legal description is the oldest of the three methods of describing land. Metes refers to distance and bounds refers to direction. ... The reader of a metes and bounds legal description is started at a point of beginning which is located somewhere on the parcel of land.
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www.georgiaappraiser.com/db/glossary/metesandboundslega...
www.georgiaappraiser.com/db/glossary/metesandboundslegaldescription.htm
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The American Surveyor Magazine Online - A Premier Resource for Land Surveying, Measurement & Positioning Technology, Reconnaissance: When to Write a New Metes and Bounds Description ... In these cases, a new description might very well be appropriate; but the problems and potential solutions should be discussed with the...
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