SurfWax News Index  |  Track News  |  Save/Exchange Information |  About Us News and Articles on Metes And Bounds Your guide to real estate jargon  Oct 5, 2008 METES AND BOUNDS A common method of land description that identifies a property by specifying the shape and boundary dimensions of the parcel, using terminal points an dangles. A metes and bounds description starts at a well-marked point of beginning and follows the boundaries of the land by courses and metes (measures, distances and compass direction) and bounds (landmarks, monuments) and returns to the true point of beginning. (Lihue Garden Island, HA) Specific rules govern transfer of deed  Feb 13, 2008 The real estate must be described with a formal legal description, which may include the metes and bounds of the property. An alternative is to describe the tract of land by referring to a plat recorded in the county land records. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) Landowner OK’d to build home despite burial site concerns ... 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Joseph Brescia wants to build a house on his North Shore property but has been delayed for six years due to legal battles and 30 burials discovered during excavation. Contributed by the Planning Department KAUAI NEWS Landowner OK’d to build home despite burial site concernsA Wainiha landowner this week told the county Planning Commission to stop tolerating stall tactics that environmental advocates have employed to delay construction of his North Shore home.More of this story  Jan 12, 2008 He also asked that a certified shoreline setback line be defined by metes and bounds and clearly dimensioned on the site plan to ensure the law is properly followed before construction commences ... It s not my job to go out and measure metes and bounds, he said. (Lihue Garden Island, HA) Try to resolve property disputes amicably  Dec 15, 2007 Your property boundary is typically stated in a "metes and bounds" legal description and may also be shown on a survey and/or plat. These documents are recorded in the real estate records of the county in which a property is located. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) LeBlanc clarifies ACND action  Dec 6, 2007 LeBlanc was then questioned about what it was Norrell showed reluctance about, to which the chairman said it was a legal question about metes and bounds of both leases. Referring back to the Nov. 19 agenda item, LeBlanc was asked if he knows the size of docks which currently exist on Norrell's property. (Rockport Pilot, TX) City admits map mistake, says new zoning will stick  Nov 1, 2007 Hoover said the mistake in the maps was his fault because the metes and bounds measurements were slightly different from the ones on the application presented a year earlier. I have been doing this for 20 years, and I have never had someone give me a metes and bounds like this that was slightly different [from the original submission] like this one was, Hoover said. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX) Glass Recycling Studied  Oct 18, 2007 Ms. Penick said that one of her biggest concerns involves an alleyway behind her townhouse property that borders the South Adams tract, adding that she s having trouble determining exactly where the metes and bounds are located for the alleyway. She also said she does not want to see the alleyway become a thoroughfare for any business that might eventually be located on the Hometown property. (Fredericksburg Standard Radio Post, TX) County approves new road policy  Jul 26, 2007 The court then faced a somewhat similar situation with Skillet Bend Road in the Johnson Subdivision, which Lys noted was unrecorded and sold by metes and bounds. "There are some tense moments between some of the landowners between what is and is not out there," Lys said. (Navasota Examiner, TX) Basics of Land Deeds  Jun 10, 2007 Early southern states (State-land states) are likely to use the somewhat confusing metes and bounds system ... Metes and bounds will define a property with a series of landmarks and distances, with descriptions like "50 poles to the fallen oak, then 200 poles along the creek bed" and so on. (Suite101.com) Another traditional access is threatened  Feb 12, 2007 The stage was set the landowner offered to fund the metes and bounds survey (a conflict of interest) and a new alignment resulted. The survey was conducted without public input in April 2006. (Lihue Garden Island, HA) Board looks at zone changes  Jan 5, 2007 A site plan shall be prepared by a licensed architect or engineer and a metes and bounds description prepared by a licensed registered surveyor. A site plan shall be prepared and approved. (Washington Daily News, NC) Back to Law News [ Terms Of Use | Privacy | About ] ©1998-2008 SurfWax, Inc. All rights reserved. Patents pending. Copyright SurfWax, Inc. 2008