Georgia Legal Description and Well or Unit Information
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Metes and bounds landmarks are often used in a ?legal description? of a land. Legal description is the geographical description of a land that identifies its precise location, and is kept with the deed of the land.
Before you sit down to read your legal description there are a few things you should know?. There are three different formats of legal descriptions: rectangular survey system ? also known as sectional ground, lot and block, and metes and bounds.
Legal descriptions use the county, district, and land lot followed by a metes and bounds description of the property in a plat of survey. A plat is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. Over time, a civic address may change; however, a legal description remains the same.
Many home buyers rely on either the tax description or the street address. However, these are not legal descriptions of the land, and they are not valid in court should you be involved in litigation. The tax description is incomplete, as it does not indicate the precise boundaries of the property.
A legal description provides legal evidence of the boundaries and allows a surveyor to accurately determine property lines at a later time. This is incredibly useful and necessary during real estate transactions or disputes. The description will typically appear on sales contracts and the property deed.
