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Lot and block

Lot and block is a legal-description method that identifies a parcel by its lot and block numbers within a named subdivision and refers to a recorded plat for boundaries and dimensions.

Official area

Property Ownership

Knowledge cluster

Legal descriptions

Learning sequence

Define, distinguish, apply, retrieve

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Exam purpose

Recognize the rule, then reject the nearest look-alike.

Georgia lens

Apply the state distinction only when the facts call for it.

Connected terms

Connected to 4 terms and one official content area.

What does Lot and block mean in real estate?

Lot and block is a legal-description method that identifies a parcel by its lot and block numbers within a named subdivision and refers to a recorded plat for boundaries and dimensions.

How is Lot and block different from the closest exam answer?

Lot and block depends on a recorded subdivision plat. Metes and bounds writes the boundary calls into the description itself.

What is the Georgia-specific rule?

Georgia county real estate records commonly reference subdivision plats. The complete description must identify the correct plat record, not only a marketing subdivision name.

Worked exam example

Scenario

A deed conveys Lot 18, Block B of Pine Ridge Subdivision according to the plat recorded in the county records.

Decision rule

Lot and block depends on a recorded subdivision plat. Metes and bounds writes the boundary calls into the description itself.

What is the most common exam trap?

Trap correction

A lot number without the subdivision and plat reference may identify the wrong parcel.

Memory cue: A lot number without the subdivision and plat reference may identify the wrong parcel.

Original exam check

Apply the definition

Which statement correctly explains Lot and block?

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Metes and bounds

Metes and bounds is a legal-description method that traces a parcel's boundary using directions, distances, monuments, and a point of beginning, then closes by returning to that point.

Rectangular survey system

The rectangular survey system, also called the government survey system, describes land through principal meridians, baselines, townships, ranges, sections, and fractional parts of sections.

Deed

A deed is a written instrument by which a grantor conveys an interest in real property to a grantee.

Recordation

Recordation is filing an eligible real estate instrument in the appropriate public land records so it becomes part of the chain of title and provides the notice and priority effects given by law.

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What is Lot and block?

Lot and block is a legal-description method that identifies a parcel by its lot and block numbers within a named subdivision and refers to a recorded plat for boundaries and dimensions.

What is Lot and block commonly confused with?

Lot and block depends on a recorded subdivision plat. Metes and bounds writes the boundary calls into the description itself.

How does Georgia treat Lot and block?

Georgia county real estate records commonly reference subdivision plats. The complete description must identify the correct plat record, not only a marketing subdivision name.