front 1 The purpose of a legal description is to describe a parcel of land with sufficient detail that it will be accepted by a | back 1 court of law |
front 2 A survey is | back 2 a drawing of a parcel of land showing its boundary lines. |
front 3 The -------- method is the oldest method of legal description | back 3 metes and bounds |
front 4 A metes and bounds description begins and ends at the | back 4 point of beginning |
front 5 What is the opposite of N45W? | back 5 S45E |
front 6 What is the opposite of S15E | back 6 N15W |
front 7 Write the following legal description in numbers and symbols: North 15 degrees 25 minutes 20 seconds West. | back 7 N15 25 20 W |
front 8 The section number immediately north of section 36 is section | back 8 25 |
front 9 The section number immediately south of section 36 is section | back 9 1 |
front 10 Platted subdivisions are divided into | back 10 lots and blocks |
front 11 Tax maps are based on recorded | back 11 plat maps |
front 12 The following three types of legal descriptions are used today | back 12 metes-and-bounds government survey system lot and block |
front 13 Is the most accurate method to describe both regularly and irregularly shaped parcels. | back 13 Metes-and-bounds |
front 14 This method is based on distances | back 14 metes |
front 15 This method is based on directions | back 15 bounds |
front 16 Metes-and-bounds descriptions begin and end with a starting point called | back 16 a point of beginning (POB) |
front 17 Corners of parcels of land are identified using markers called | back 17 monuments |
front 18 The government survey system method of legal description relies on intersecting | back 18 north-south and east-west lines that form a grid system |
front 19 In Florida, the Tallahassee principal meridian and base line intersect in | back 19 Tallahassee |
front 20 The principal meridian runs | back 20 north-south |
front 21 and the base line runs | back 21 east-west |
front 22 A series of lines parallel to the principal meridian were established every six miles forming six-miles wide strips that run north and south and are called | back 22 ranges |
front 23 Parallel lines established every six miles on either side of the base line form east-west strips of land called | back 23 tiers or townships |
front 24 Township also describes as a squares | back 24 is six miles on each side (six miles square) and contains 36 square miles (36 sections) |
front 25 A section is a square that is | back 25 one mile on each side (one mile square) and contains one square mile or 640 acres. |
front 26 Sections are numbered within a township in an | back 26 S pattern, beginning at the top right corner and numbered right to left (sections one through six), then the next row of sections is numbered left to right (sections seven through 12), and so on. |
front 27 To calculate the acreage in a government survey legal description | back 27 multiply the denominators of each fraction together and then divide 640 by the result |
front 28 If the word and appears in the description, calculate the acreage | back 28 on each side of the word and separately and then add the two acreages together |
front 29 Lot and block descriptions are used | back 29 where plat maps of single-family subdivisions have been recorded in the public records |
front 30 The platted subdivision is divided into | back 30 blocks, and each parcel within the block is a lot |
front 31 The NW1/4 of the NE1/4 of the SW1/4, section 20, Township 4 south, Range 2 East describes a tract of a) .125 acre b) .5 acre c. 10 acres d 64 acres | back 31 c. 10 acres |
front 32 Calculate the number of acres contained in the following legal description: NE1/4 of the SE1/4 of the SE1/4 and the SE1/4 of the NE1/4 and the N1/2 of the NE1/4 a. 30 acres b. 80 acres c. 120 acres d. 160 acres | back 32 d. 160 acres |
front 33 In the metes-and bounds method of description, a. metes refers to distance and bounds refers to distance b. metes refers to distance and bounds refers to directions c. metes refers to distance and bounds refers to measurement d. metes refers to metric and bounds refers to boundaries | back 33 b. metes refers to distance and bounds refers to directions |
front 34 The government survey system is especially adapted to describing a. lots in platted subdivisions b. odd-shaped tracts of land carved out of former land grants c. land in concise symbols and words d. parcels with man-made or natural physical features | back 34 c. land in concise symbols and words |
front 35 What is the designation of a township located three township tiers south of the base line and five ranges east of the principal meridian? a. R3S, T5E b. T3S, R5E c. R7E, T2S d. T3N, R5E | back 35 b. T3S, R5E |
front 36 A check is a square with each side measuring a. 1 miles b. 6 miles c. 24 miles d. 36 miles | back 36 c. 24 miles |
front 37 The tract of land located inside a square formed by intersecting range lines and township line is called a. an acre b. a check c. a section d. a township | back 37 d. a township |
front 38 The vertical strip of land six miles wide beginning at the principal meridian and extending six miles east along the length of the principal meridian is called a. Range 1 East b. Township 1 East c. Tier 1 East d. Section 6 | back 38 a. Range 1 East |
front 39 If you have located a township designated as T1N, R1E, the township due north of that township is a. T1N, R2E b. T1S, R1E c. T2N, R1E d. T2N, R2E | back 39 c. T2N, R1E |
front 40 Which statement is False concerning townships? a. A township contains 36 sections b. A township contains 36 square miles c. A township is 6 miles square d. A township contains 36 acres | back 40 d. A township contains 36 acres |
front 41 In writing the legal description of a section, which is the standard sequence? a. Range number, township number, section number b. Section number, township number, range number c. Township number, range number, section number d. Section number, range number, township number | back 41 b. Section number, township number, range number |
front 42 The north boundary of section 36, township 1 south, range 1 west is located a. 6 miles south of the principal meridian b. 35 miles west of the base line c. 25 miles west of the principal meridian d. 5 miles south of the base line | back 42 d. 5 miles south of the base line |
front 43 A legal description that reads, in part, "the north one-half of the northeast one-quarter of the northwest one-quarter section 12, township 42 south, range 12 east" describes a tract of a. 2.5 acres b. 5 acres c. 10 acres d. 20 acres | back 43 d. 20 acres |
front 44 A man owned the NW1/4 of a section. He sold the W1/2 of that NW1/4. How many acres does the man still own? a. 40 acres b. 80 acres c. 160 acres d. 640 acres | back 44 b. 80 acres |
front 45 Plat maps used in the lot and block method of legal descriptions show a. the grid system of government squares b. dimensions of streets and planned improvements c. the numerical street address for each lot d. distance and direction from the point of beginning | back 45 b. dimensions of streets and planned improvements |