Metes and Bounds Method. Unit 6. Section 1
A Metes and Bounds description includes
(1)A POB, (2)Distances, (3)Directions
Legal Description
A description of a specific parcel of real estate complete enough for an independent surveyor to locate and identify it.
Metes and Bounds
A method of land description which involves identifying distances and directions and makes use of both the physical boundaries and measurements of the land.
Monuments used in the description can be destroyed pr deteriorate over time, making them difficult to identify
A problem with Metes and Bounds
Usually very long, complicated and difficult to understand
A problem with Metes and Bounds
Each corner of the property the (x) are marked with a monument.
Boundary Lines
Boundary Lines
Define the boundaries of a property and are drawn from monuments
Monuments
Fixed objects used to establish real estate boundaries. Ex.: stones, trees, lakes, streets, markers placed by surveyors.
Point of beginning (POB)
In a metes-and-bounds legal description, the starting point of the survey, situated in one corner of the parcel; all metes-and-bounds descriptions must follow the boundaries of the parcel back to the point of beginning.
Oldest method of developing legal descriptions
Metes and bounds
Primary Method used in states along the eastern coast
Metes and bounds
Common Methods used to describe Real Estate
Metes and bounds, Rectangular Survey System, Plat of Survey Method
Compass Bearings
used to describe the direction of the property boundary lines and include degrees, minutes, and seconds
