A legal description method that references a recorded subdivision plat's lot and block numbers.
Why Lot and Block System matters on the exam
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Exam questions using Lot and Block System
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The lot and block (recorded plat) system of legal description is most commonly used to describe:
Large tracts of undeveloped rural farmland that have never been formally subdivided
Water boundaries running along an ocean coastline or a navigable tidal shore, described using metes and bounds rather than a recorded plat map
Federal government land grants exclusively, issued under an old land-patent statute
Parcels within a recorded subdivision, referencing a plat map filed in the public records
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Parcels within a recorded subdivision, referencing a plat map filed in the public records — The lot and block system identifies a specific numbered lot within a numbered block on a subdivision plat map that has been surveyed and recorded in the county's public records.
Source: PSI National Real Estate Exam Content Outline §1 Property Ownership
Which legal description method is generally best suited to accurately describe an irregularly shaped parcel with curving or angled boundaries?
Government (rectangular) survey system
Metes and bounds
Lot and block system
Street address
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Metes and bounds — Metes and bounds descriptions can precisely trace irregular, curving, or angled boundaries using specific courses and distances, unlike the rectangular survey or lot and block systems, which rely on standardized grids or plats.
Source: PSI National Real Estate Exam Content Outline §1 Property Ownership
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