10-Legal Descriptions

Monuments are fixed objects used to establish

boundaries

Because of the curvature of the earth, it is necessary to compensate for the changes in the lines through the use of:

Correction lines.

What is the starting point called in a metes and bounds description?

POB Point of Beginning

Which of the following would NEVER be included as part of a legal description?

Street address

An Assessor's Parcel Number, or APN, is a number assigned to parcels of real property by:

The tax assessor

A legal description is a method of describing the location of real estate that will be accepted by:

a court

Range lines run

north-south every 6 miles

Assessed value of land and structures are determined using a common:

rate

The APN is used to aid in the assessment of property for:

tax collection

The most common use of elevation is in describing all surfaces from a common base or:

vertical datum