Tx law-18 - unit 9

2. Surveying
 Surveying Process
› Surveying using the Global Positioning System
› Surveying Using Total Stations
 Land Surveying Measurement Units
› Common Linear and Area Measurements
› Spanish Units of Measurement

3. Purpose of Land Descriptions & Surveys
 Why Obtain a Boundary Description & Survey?
› Existence of the Property
› Relationship of the Property to Adjoining Properties
› Relationship of Occupied Lines to Recorded Lines
 Why Obtain an Improvement Description & Survey?
› Location of Physical Improvements
› Unrecorded Easements and Other Facts not Recorded

4. Legal Descriptions
 Metes and Bounds
› Interpreting Metes and Bounds Descriptions
 Recorded Plat
› Legal Description of a Condominium
 Public Land Survey System