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A legal description is the geographical description of real estate that
identifies its precise location, boundaries of ownership. It kept with
the deed and filed with the county clerk or county tax assessor.
3 different types of Methods are:
Subdivision (Lot and Block) : Requires plat maps to be lodged with the county
public records
Metes and bounds : Distance & Direction (North, South, East, and West).
Governments Lands Surveys : The rectangular land survey system was adopted
by the federal government in 1785