Understanding And Drafting Metes & Bounds Descriptions

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Commonly Real or Mineral Property Political Boundaries Areas of Interest

The official written words which delineate a specific piece of property.

Types Metes and Bounds Quartering / Aliquot

A legal description where the boundaries are described by working around the parcel of the land in sequence, starting with a point of beginning, then describing individual calls, and finally returning back to the point of beginning.

Format Beginning at …. Thence, thence, thence, …to the point of beginning.

Sec. 24, T16S, R24W: 3.33 acres, more or less, described as beginning at the SW/c of the NW/4 of the SE/4 of said Section 3,thence East along the Subdivision line 14 chains and 65 links, thence South 50 Yards, thence West 14 chains and 65 links, thence North 50 yards to the point of beginning all located in Lamar County, Alabama.

Sec. 24, T16S, R24W: 3.33 acres, more or less, described as

beginning at the SW/c of the NW/4 of the SE/4 of said Section 3,

thence East along the Subdivision line 14 chains and 65 links,

thence South 50 Yards, thence West 14 chains and 65 links,

thence North 50 yards to the point of beginning all located in Lamar County, Alabama.

BEING 160.0 acres of land, more or less out of BLOCK FIVE of the Laura Driscoll Thomson Estate Ranch as recorded in Volume 3, Page 49 of the Map Records of Bee County, Texas, said 160.0 acres tract, as shown in the attached "EXHIBIT A", being more particularly described as follows;

COMMENCING at a found 5/8 inch iron rod in the south line of said BLOCK FIVE said iron rod being S 89°07'17" W 79.00 feet from the centerline of the Aransas River;

THENCE, with said south line, S 89°07'17" W 1317.19 feet to a point; THENCE, leaving said south line, N 00°52'43" W 5413.85 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE, with the perimeter of this 160.0 acre tract, West 2350.89 feet to a point, North 3486.28 feet to a point, East 1133.40 feet to a point on the west bank of the Aransas River; THENCE, with the meanders of said bank, S 23°18'29" E 773.37 feet to a point, S 32°11'08" E 295.36 feet to a point, S 33°14'14" E 140.40 feet to a point, S 64°58'31" E 100.36 feet to a point, S 29°49'41" E 147.93 feet to a point, S 58°22'28" E 559.96 feet to a point, S 78°46'10" E 36.59 feet to a point; THENCE, leaving said west bank, South 1937.09 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING, and containing 160.0 acres of land,

more or less.

Feet Inches Yards Miles Varas Links

Chains Poles Rods Perches Arpents Furlongs

Meters Kilometers

Direction / Bearing Direction: North / South Angle: Degrees, Minutes, Seconds Bearing: East / West Distance & Unit of Measure

Curve Arc Length (May Have Tangent) Delta (May Have Tangent) Chord

XY or Lat/Long

Thence along a curve to the right with a radius of 131.58 feet and a chord bearing south 43 degrees 30 minutes 8 seconds and east 110.78 feet

XY or Lat/Long Reference Point

Survey Corners Other Properties Landmarks

○ Rivers○ Rocks○ Trees○ Roads

Commencing at… Missing Calls

Rivers Roads Northeasterly, Westward

Closure Errors Acreage Discrepancies

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