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GOV'T LOTS

  • 27 May 2025 5:07 PM
    Message # 13503748

    Does anyone else find issues with how the government lots are drawn in their county GIS in comparison to deeds?  Blue lines are quarter sections; Red is Section lines; Yellow are parcel lines.  093-07-003 Beasley is deeded SE4 less tracts and 093-07-006 Evans is deeded SE4SE4.  See attached map.

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  • 28 May 2025 8:11 AM
    Reply # 13503909 on 13503748

    Lisa, I don't show the government lots as full lines on my parcel maps, just tick marks. You're getting into a very technical/legal issue that surveyors deal with. There's the standard government 'correction' lots for each township then others along navigable rivers and I have a crazy set around a military reservation. Surveyors have to back to the original documents to see if the first transfer was by government lots or quarter sections, it can be a significant difference, and the subsequent deeds don't always match, switching back and forth between government lots and quarter sections which can cause legal problems. Good luck.

  • 29 May 2025 8:09 AM
    Reply # 13504375 on 13503748

    Thank you!  I was hoping to hear from you, you are a wealth of knowledge.

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