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- Sep 27, 2026 What Is a Vacated Plat Vacating a plat pulls dedicated streets or lot lines back off the public map when the law allows it.
- Sep 27, 2026 What Is an Amended Plat An amended plat corrects or updates a recorded plat without pretending the first filing never happened.
- Sep 27, 2026 What Is a Plat Dedication A dedication on a plat is the owner's grant of streets, alleys, or other areas to public use.
- Sep 27, 2026 What Is a Plat Book A plat book is the recorder's volume of subdivision drawings, organized so a deed can cite book and page.
- Sep 27, 2026 How Plat Book and Page Numbers Work Book and page, or cabinet and slide, is the index number of one recorded plat.
- Sep 27, 2026 What Is a Subdivision Plat A subdivision plat is the recorded map that creates a named group of lots from a larger tract.
- Sep 27, 2026 What Is a Lot and Block System Lot and block is a way to describe land by a lot number and a block number on a recorded plat.
- Sep 27, 2026 Plat Map vs Parcel Map A plat map creates lots in the land records. A parcel map shows the tracts the assessor taxes.
- Sep 27, 2026 Plat Map vs Tax Map A tax map is the assessor's sheet of parcels. A plat is the recorded subdivision drawing.
- Sep 27, 2026 Plat Map vs the Deed The plat draws the lot. The deed is the instrument that transfers it.
- Sep 27, 2026 Plat Map vs a Boundary Survey A plat mapped the subdivision when it was recorded. A boundary survey locates that description on the ground today.
- Sep 27, 2026 Plat Map vs a Mortgage Survey A mortgage survey, where lenders still use one, is a quick look at improvements for a loan. A plat is the recorded lot pattern.
- Sep 27, 2026 Plat Map vs a Plot Plan A plot plan is a site sketch for a permit. A plat is the recorded map of the subdivision.
- Sep 27, 2026 Plat Map vs a Site Plan A site plan designs how one project sits on the land. A plat defines the lots and the rights of way.
- Sep 27, 2026 Plat Map vs an As-Built Drawing An as-built shows what was constructed. A plat shows the lots and easements as recorded.
- Sep 27, 2026 Plat Map vs a Zoning Map Zoning says what use and bulk the code allows. A plat says how the land was divided and which easements were granted.
- Sep 27, 2026 What Is a Lot Line A lot line is the boundary of a lot as the plat or deed describes it.
- Sep 27, 2026 Front Lot Line vs Rear Lot Line The front lot line faces the street the lot is addressed to. The rear line is the opposite edge.
- Sep 27, 2026 What Is a Side Lot Line A side lot line is an edge that runs from the front of the lot toward the rear, usually between neighbors.
- Sep 27, 2026 What Is a Corner Lot A corner lot touches two streets at their intersection.
- Sep 27, 2026 What Is a Flag Lot A flag lot has a narrow strip, the pole, leading to a wider building area, the flag.
- Sep 27, 2026 What Is a Through Lot A through lot, or double-frontage lot, touches a street on two opposite sides.
- Sep 27, 2026 What Is a Cul-de-Sac Lot A cul-de-sac lot fronts the bulb at the end of a dead-end street.
- Sep 27, 2026 What Is a Key Lot A key lot is a lot whose side line backs up to the rear line of a neighboring lot, a pattern that shows up beside corner lots.