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Legal description

A description that identifies the exact land in a transaction, more reliably than a street address or tax parcel number.

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  • Legal descriptions: metes and bounds, government survey, and recorded maps California
  • Deed requirements and deed clauses Florida
  • Purposes of legal descriptions, and metes and bounds Florida
  • Deeds: purpose, essential elements, and legal descriptions New York
  • Legal descriptions and surveys Texas

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