Metes vs Bounds

MightyMoe · 2021-03-19T11:45:00Z

Sometimes a surveyor can solve problems. A client wants to grant his family trust land to a younger family member. This place is now a rental property sitting inside of a larger tract with separate trust ownerships.?ÿ The Bounds describes the tract sitting in xx4xx4 of section x lying west of the west ROW, bounded on the north, west and south buy a fence. It creates this bounds description by stating; leaving the ROW thence SW, xxx.xx' along said fence line to a fence corner,?ÿ thence SE, xx' along said fence to a fence corner, thence NE, xx' along said fence line to the ROW line, thence NW, xxx' along said ROW to the POB.?ÿ Problem is that there needs to be 5 courses to describe the fence, not 3. And using the metes which closes .005' leaves out some acreage, also the beginning tie is 10' off and doesn't hit the fence line. There are no monument calls beyond two fence corners which do fit the section corner tie. The closed metes calculates to .99 acres. The fence encompasses 1.13 acres. This fence predates the original creation of the tract.?ÿ The land owner doesn't want to re-build the fence to follow the metes and if he did part of the fence would end up in a swamp. "Fixing" the lines with a BLA would be a process of reviews, approval, fees, ect. My opinion is that's not necessary. I will update the description to follow the bounds and the intent of the original description, file a Record of Survey explaining what happened and continue on. The good thing is everyone is family so they are all onboard.?ÿ Having the bounds described saved them. Always describe the parcel when you write a description, figure out how the property can be described without any metes and do that first.?ÿ

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a corrective deed isn't an option here.?ÿ

Posted : March 20, 2021 10:04 am

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There is that chance.?ÿ CAD isn't a tool used only by boundary surveyors.?ÿ?ÿ

Posted : March 20, 2021 12:59 pm

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