How Do You Get An Address From A Legal Description?
A legal description often is contained in documents of title, such as deeds, describing a property by landmarks or in reference to plats on file at a recorder’s office. However, the legal description alone does not usually give a straightforward indication of a property’s location. Accordingly, it sometimes is necessary to translate a legal description to an address to locate a property. Identify and isolate the legal description on the document of title that you are using. It may refer to quarters and sections (such as “N 1/4 SE 1/2, SW 1/2, S18, T24N, R20E”), which references the plat maps where the property can be found. These numbers refer to the Public Land Survey System, which is the mapping system used to record property all across the United States. Bring the legal description to the local tax assessor’s office to find out if they can give you the address for the property. Particularly if you own the property, this option may be successful. Depending on your locality, the asses
