CCE SHOP UNIT EXAM 3: DESCRIBING
REAL ESTATE
The Simpsons are buying a five-acre tract that has always been part of a larger parcel. When the owners
of the large acreage decided to subdivide it, they needed to have a legal description created for the five-
acre lot. What was used as the starting point for creating that legal description? - A survey
Morty, a land surveyor, was called out to survey a property. After doing some research, he located the
legal description for the property in question. Now, if he could just find the point of beginning located at
the iron pin on the southerly line of state route 117, 30 feet east of the oak tree next to Bear Creek.
What type of legal description is Morty working with? - Metes and Bounds
Which of the following is a key consideration and starting reference for a metes and bounds description?
- Point of beginning
If the land is described as "Lot 6 of Block 3 of the East Subdivision plat as recorded in Map Book 18, Page
11 at the Recorder of Deeds," what type of legal description is being used? - Lot & Block
Shannon is reading through paperwork related to her upcoming home purchase, and she comes across
the following: "Southwest quarter of Southwest quarter (SW ¼ of SW ¼) and West Half of Southeast
quarter of Southwest quarter (W½ SE¼ SW¼) of Section Eleven (11), Township Four (4) North of Range
Eight (8) West." What did Shannon just find? - Legal Description
Datums and benchmarks are used for ______. - Measuring elevations
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