PASS GEORGIA
REAL ESTATE EXAM PREPGEORGIA REAL ESTATE EXAM GLOSSARY
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.
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Legal descriptions
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REAL ESTATE EXAM PREPGEORGIA REAL ESTATE EXAM
GLOSSARY TERM GUIDEBuild the complete exam definition
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What does Metes and bounds mean?
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.
How do you separate the nearest exam answer?
Metes and bounds follows boundary calls. Lot and block refers to a recorded subdivision plat, while the rectangular survey system uses principal meridians, baselines, townships, and ranges.
What changes or stays the same in Georgia?
Metes-and-bounds descriptions are common in Georgia records. Physical and natural monuments can be important when calls conflict, but the exam focus is identifying the method.
A deed begins at an iron pin, runs north 220 feet to a creek, follows the creek, and returns through stated courses to the starting pin.
A street address or tax parcel number helps identify property but is not automatically a sufficient legal description.
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REAL ESTATE EXAM PREPGEORGIA REAL ESTATE EXAM
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Answer before reading the explanation. Then explain why every distractor belongs to a different term.
A deed reads: “Beginning at an iron pin on the west line of Old Mill Road, thence north 220 feet to a creek, thence along the creek, then back to the point of beginning.” Which description method is this?
- A
Metes and bounds
- B
Lot and block
- C
Rectangular survey
- D
Tax parcel reference
Metes and bounds traces the boundary with directions, distances, and monuments from a point of beginning and returns to it. Lot and block would cite a recorded plat, and the rectangular survey would name a section, township, and range. A tax parcel number alone is not a full legal description.
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https://test-takers.psiexams.com/api/content/bulletin/4672Official statewide reference for Georgia real estate recording, indexing, and public land-record access.
https://www.gsccca.org/learn/search-systems/real-estate-index