Engr 234 Civil Drafting Legal Descriptions

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Engr 234 Civil DraftingLegal Descriptions
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Three types of legal descriptions

• Metes and Bounds
• Lot and Block
• Rectangular System (Public Land Survey System)
• Often combinations of the types are used.

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Metes and Bounds

• Metes and bounds is a method of describing and
  locating property from a starting point called a
  monument.
• Metes measurements of property lines expressed
  in feet or meters between two points and a
  direction or orientation
• Bounds boundaries such as streams, streets,
  roads or adjoining properties.
• Monument (Point of beginning) a fixed point
  such as a section corner, rock, tree or
  intersection of roadway.

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Lot and Block

• Lot and Block is a method the describes land by
  referring to a recorded plat, the lot number, the
  county, and the state.
• A legal lot and block must be filed with the
  county recorder as part of a plat, which is a map
  or plan of the a subdivision.

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Rectangular System(Public Land Survey System)

• Covers most of the western states and Florida
• Devised by the US Bureau of Land Management
• Began with Land Ordinance of 1785
• Wikipedia Link

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Rectangular System(Public Land Survey System)

• Based on reference lines
• Meridian
• Base Line
• Each portion is a single great survey
• 31 total

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Townships and Ranges

• Using the baselines and meridians an arrangement
  of rows of blocks, called townships, is formed.
• Townships are numbered according to which
  horizontal row they are located in counted from
  the baseline in the north or south direction.
• Using the baselines and meridians an arrangement
  of columns of blocks, called ranges, is formed.
• Ranges are numbered according to which vertical
  column they are located in counted from the
  meridian in the east or west direction.

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Method for locating townships and ranges
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Townships

• A Township is a square with sides approximately
  6 miles long.
• Highline Community College is located in Township
  22 North, Range 04 East
• This is approximately 132 miles north of the and
  24 miles east of the intersection of the
  Willamette Meridian and Baseline which is located
  near Portland. (Wiki)

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Sections

• Each Township is divided into 36 square sections
  approximately 1 mile wide on each side.
• A section is approximately 640 acres.
• Sections are numbered starting in the NE corner.

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Method for numbering sections within a township
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Method for describing subdivisions within a
section
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Public Land Survey System
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Metes and Bounds ExampleKing County Parcel
Number 3321059053

• That portion of the Southeast quarter of the
  Southeast quarter of Section 33, Township 21
  North, Range 5 East W.M., records of King County,
  Washington, more fully described as follows
• Commencing in the Northwest corner of said
  Section 33
• THENCE South 002133 West 335.26 feet to the
  true point of beginning
• THENCE continuing South 002133 West 335.26
  feet
• THENCE continuing South 891049 East 643.06
  feet
• THENCE continuing North 001651 East 335.95
  feet
• THENCE continuing North 891429 West 642.60
  feet to the true point of beginning
• LESS the portion for the roads.

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King County Database Description for King County
Parcel Number 3321059053

• iMAP
• Quarter Section Map
• BEG NW COR OF SE 1/4 OF SE 1/4 TH S 00-21-33 W
  335.26 FT TO TPOB TH S 00-21-33 W 335.26 FT TH S
  89-10-49 E 643.06 FT TH N 00-16-51 E 335.95 FT TH
  N 89-14-29 W 642.60 FT TO TPOB LESS POR FOR RDS

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Lot and Bounds Example from Lakeland Hills
Division 4A

• Legal Description
• http//www5.kingcounty.gov/reports/property_report
  .asp?PIN4137030020
• Plat Record
• http//146.129.54.938193/imgcache/OPR198704270838
  -1-2.pdf

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Lakeland Hills 4A Legal Description
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Highline Community College

• SE 1/4 of SW 1/4 of Section 16 Township 22 North
  Range 04 East
• And
• SW 1/4 of SE 1/4 of Section 16 Township 22 North
  Range 04 East
• What are the rough dimensions of campus?
• How many acres is the campus?

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Legal Description Abbreviations

• Snohomish County Abbreviations
• http//www.co.snohomish.wa.us/documents/Department
  s/Assessor/abbreviations.pdf

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King County Quarter Section Maps

• http//www.metrokc.gov/assessor/emap/eMap.aspx
• This information is also accessible via iMAP.