The beginning of a metes and bounds legal description would look something like “A portion of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 35, Township 2 North, Range 4 West, B.M., Owyhee County, Idaho, more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the South Quarter corner of said Section 35…” These can be used to describe anything outside of a subdivision development type property but can tend to be quite lengthy. An example of this would look something like “Lot 5 of Block 1, Sunset Meadow Subdivision, according to the official plat thereof, recorded October 17, 2008.” Metes and Boundsįinally, metes and bounds legal descriptions are created by a licensed surveyor and used to describe a specific piece of ground using distances, angles, bearings, and directions. From there you can find your lot and block relating to your property.
A platted subdivision contains all the blocks and lots found within the specific development. Lot and block legal descriptions are used when talking about a piece of property within a subdivision. The Rectangular SurveyĪ rectangular survey system or sectional ground legal description is going to look something like the following, “In Township 2 North, Range 5 West, Boise Meridian, Owyhee County, Idaho Section 4: Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter.” With this type of legal description, the map is split into sections, those sections are then split into smaller quarters, and even quarter-quarters. Your legal description is found in your title commitment, on either Schedule A or as an attached Exhibit A, after Schedule B Part II. There are three different formats of legal descriptions: rectangular survey system – also known as sectional ground, lot and block, and metes and bounds. Before you sit down to read your legal description there are a few things you should know…. Legal descriptions can be confusing and difficult to read but are one of the most crucial parts of acquiring property.
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