Live Presentation Webinar

Interpretation of Legal Descriptions

Approved Florida Board of professional Surveyors and Mappers – Course No. 7763

6 HR. Continuing Education Credit

Instructor:  David Melvin, PLS, CFM

This live presentation webinar is designed for the land surveyor seeking to polish their boundary surveying skills by increasing their knowledge in interpreting legal descriptions.  While enhancing their surveying skills they will also obtain 6 hours of continuing education credit for taking this course.

Webinar Topics

· Real Property Conveyances

· Sufficiency of Description

· General Rules of Construction

· Conflicting Description Calls

· Legal Description Uncertainty

· Extrinsic Evidence to Clarify Description

Outline

· Surveyor’s Function

· Descriptions on Written Conveyances

· Conflicting Description Calls

· Intent of the Grantor

· General Rules of Construction

· Meaning of Words and Phrases in Description

· Legal Precedence

· Determination of Boundaries using Legal Descriptions

· Boundary Location Law

· Boundary Evidence from Descriptions

· Extrinsic Evidence to Clarify Description

· Case Law examples of Courts Interpreting Descriptions