Legal descriptions
Lot and block
A description by lot number within a block on a recorded subdivision plat
Also called the recorded plat system. Once a subdivision map is recorded, each parcel can be described in a line — Lot 14, Block 3 — with the recorded plat supplying the dimensions. It is the shortest and clearest system, and it only works where a plat exists.
How the exam asks about it
The word "recorded" is doing the work: without the recorded plat the description means nothing.
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