Metes and bounds definition

Metes and bounds means a description of real property that starts at a known point of beginning and describes the bearings and distances of the lines forming the boundaries of the property and is completed when the description returns to the point of beginning. (Ord. 3428 § 20, 2008).
Metes and bounds means the description of a lot or parcel of land by courses and distances.
Metes and bounds means a description of land by boundary lines with their terminal points and angles.

Examples of Metes and bounds in a sentence

  • Metes and bounds descriptions of this type of property are optional.

  • Metes and bounds description A metes and bounds description must be prepared for each parcel of land to be acquired.

  • Metes and bounds property descriptions are required; Station and Offset style property descriptions are not acceptable.

  • Metes and bounds description of the property to be subdivided shall be certified by a Registered Professional Land Surveyor, describing a beginning point and reciting bearings and distances to a corner of the original land grant survey of which the subdivision is a part, according to the best available data.

  • Metes and bounds: A point of beginning which is referenced from either a section corner or a subsection corner, such as a quarter corner.


More Definitions of Metes and bounds

Metes and bounds means a means of legally describing land where a high degree of accuracy is required. Metes refers to distances, where bounds refers to boundaries revealed by monuments and landmarks. The descriptions starts at an easily identifiable point of beginning, following boundaries for precise distances and ultimately returning to the point of beginning.
Metes and bounds means a description where the land or the associated effects on the land have been measured by starting at a known point and describing, in sequence, the lines by direction and distance forming the boundaries of the land or a defined area relative to the physical land features, associated effects or structural improvements on the land.
Metes and bounds means a description of a lot or parcel of land by bearings and distances.
Metes and bounds means the method used to describe a tract of land that uses distance and angles, uses distances and bearings, or describes the boundaries of the parcel by reference to survey monuments or physical features of the land.
Metes and bounds means a description of land that uses distances and angles, uses distances and bearings, or describes the boundaries of the parcel by reference to physical features of the land.
Metes and bounds means a method of describing land units by length and direction or reference to any other means except legal description such as lot, block, or tract.
Metes and bounds means the method used to describe a tract of urban land intended to be used for dwelling or other purposes so that it can be recorded in the St. Louis County Recorder’s Office, as contrasted with the description of a part of a properly approved and recorded subdivision plat by lot and block number.