If so, the body of the deed will usually reference the attached legal description. Sometimes, the legal description is attached as an exhibit to the deed. See the examples below for an illustration. The legal description is often double-indented or set in boldface type to set it apart from the rest of the deed. Legal descriptions are usually preceded by words of introduction, such as “… described as follows.” This language indicates that the legal description is about to begin. The legal description is usually contained in the body of the deed. The best place to find a legal description is usually the most recent deed to the property (the deed that conveyed the property to the current owner). Knowing the different types of legal descriptions isn’t as important as knowing where to find the legal description to the specific property being conveyed. There are a few different types of legal descriptions (discussed below), but these distinctions are often irrelevant to the deed preparation process.
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How to Locate the Legal Description of Real Estate In most situations, the best practice is to use the legal description from the most recent deed to the property. When preparing a deed, it is important to use the correct legal description. Try it on a blank piece of paper and you’ll get the point.A legal description is a description of real estate that is sufficient to identify it for legal purposes. For example, if the property is square, I might start at the south east corner, then walk north east to a point, then turn 90 degrees north west to a point, then 90 degrees south west to a point and finally 90 degrees south east back to where I started. Think of the description in the physical sense of walking around the property. While the bearings on a survey will always show northerly orientation (statutory law requires it), the actual description (the words) include both northerly and southerly directions.
Metes: In medieval English, it meant ‘measurement’.īounds: Just think in terms of ‘boundaries’ (the bounds of the property). Technically, all this started in medieval England with the development of common law, but let’s leave that for another time. (Fortunately, it didn’t extend to driving on the left side of the road). As a British colony, we inherited a bunch of weird terms from Jolly Olde England e.g., fee simple, fee tail, freehold, and metes and bounds. Like it or not, metes and bounds descriptions lie at the heart of Ontario legal descriptions.
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