

Have Metes as length a point of beginning have Bounds as directions The surveyor also creates a written metes and bounds description, to identify a piece of land.

The term 'metes' refers to distance and direction, and the term 'bounds' refers to fixed reference points, or monuments and landmarks, which may be natural and artificial. The surveyor must note natural objects, including property boundaries within streams, and objects such as boulders and stone markers. A metes and bounds description must return to the POB in order to be valid. OR MORE TAX PARCELS, A BREAKDOWN OF THE TOTAL AREA MUST BE RECITED. A 660' X 660' parcel contains what percentage of the land contained in 1,320' X 1,320'?Ī government check is described by all of the following EXCEPT: contains 16 townships contains 24 miles is used as a north-south correction due to the curvature of the earth corrects the north-south line by 200 feet in each government checkĬommence and finish at the same identifiable pointĪ metes and bounds legal descrip tion MUST: A metes and bounds property description will generally look like this: WYNDHAM HEIGHTS 158-5 B PARCEL F LESS:COMM NE COR PAR F W 406.83,S 302.98,W 93.50 TO POBS 208.13,W 247.80,N 166.10,NE 42.74,E 240.01 TO POB & LESS PT K/A CVS PROPERTY AS DESC IN OR 36186/389 & LESS ATLANTIC PROP. POB, and returning to the POB at the end of the description. WHENEVER A NEW METES AND BOUNDS DESCRIPTION ENCOMPASSES TWO OR MORE TAXING DISTRICTS, OR TWO.
