RE-160 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Donation Land Claim Act, Plat, Willamette Stone
18 Dec 2020
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This chapter discusses how land is divided for ownership and how to describe those divisions. Defines the exact boundaries of a property. A required element necessary to create a valid contract for the purchase or sale of real estate. Three methods of describing real estate: 1. Identifies property by starting at a well- marked point of beginning and specifying directions (bounds) and distances (metes) around the property"s boundary: monuments. Fixed objects used to identify the point of beginning, corners of the parcel or ends of boundary segments, and the location of intersecting boundaries: required element of any subdivision plan filed in the state of washington, metes. Distances along property boundary lines: bounds. Directions of boundaries that enclose a property: measured in angle of departure from either due north or due south (degrees, minutes and seconds) One minute = 60: s 30o 20" 10" e means . Head 65o 35" 20" west of due: 2.
