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Updated about 10 years ago, 09/25/2014
Help breaking down a Legal Description - Land Investing
Howdy,
I have a motivated seller with a piece of land and neither him nor the county knows where it is. I have the legal description, and so I was hoping for help understanding how to read a legal description, and then I can go from there.
Here is the format:
First line:
(2 Letter Code) (2 digit number code) (First name initials of surveyor) (Last name of surveyor)
Second Line:
P# (2 digit number code)-(1 digit number code)
Third Line:
I# (3 digit number code)/(3 digit number code)
Here is a fake description in the Texas format.
FT 87 E J BENZENHOEFER
P# 19-3
I# 123/385
Anyone know what the different parts mean?