Metes and Bounds Surveys 02/04/2015

Metes and Bounds Metes Descriptions corners or courses Bounds Descriptions using adjoining boundaries, e.g., roads, streams, properties. Metes and Bounds Descriptions using metes and bounds to describe property

Priority of Calls Lines by creating surveyor Corners established Monuments set Lines marked Calls for Monuments Natural Artifical-referenced in description Calls for adjoining parcels Senior in title Calls for Courses Calls for Area

Case Law Andrews v. Wheeler “It has ever been held that the marks on the ground constitute the survey; that the courses and distances are only evidence of the survey.”

Properties of Monuments Visible Identifiable Stable Permanent

Line Marking

Description by Reference

Strip Descriptions

Other Descriptions Division Line Description Distance Description Proportion Description Metes and Bounds GLO Of Description Aliquot descriptions

Angles Bearing Deflection Angle Azimuth