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- Sep 30, 2026 What Is a Littoral Boundary? Littoral land borders a lake or the sea. Riparian land borders a stream. A littoral boundary is the shore line the deed and the state use for that standing water. The words are not interchangeable, and the rights that come with them are not identical.
- Sep 30, 2026 What a Top-of-Bank Call Means A call to the top of the bank makes the upper edge of the stream bank the monument, not the water, not the toe of the slope, and not the center of the channel. The bank has to be identifiable. A gentle rise in a mowed field may not be the bank the deed meant.
- Sep 30, 2026 What Is a Dock Easement? A dock easement is a recorded right to place or use a pier, often across land or water the holder does not own in fee, such as an association beach or a neighbor’s water frontage. It is not a general ownership of the shore, and it is not a building permit.
- Sep 30, 2026 What Is a Limited Common Element? A limited common element is part of a condominium that all owners own together, reserved for the use of one unit or a few units. Balconies, assigned patios, and some parking spaces are typical. It is not the same thing as the unit itself, and it is not a platted fee lot.
- Sep 28, 2026 Hawaii Plat Maps Hawaii plat maps are recorded locally, county by county or town by town. The state index is the way to find the right office.
- Sep 28, 2026 Texas Plat Maps Texas plat maps are recorded locally, county by county or town by town. The state index is the way to find the right office.
- Sep 28, 2026 Florida Plat Maps Florida plat maps are recorded locally, county by county or town by town. The state index is the way to find the right office.
- Sep 28, 2026 California Plat Maps California plat maps are recorded locally, county by county or town by town. The state index is the way to find the right office.
- Sep 28, 2026 Arizona Plat Maps Arizona plat maps are recorded locally, county by county or town by town. The state index is the way to find the right office.
- Sep 28, 2026 Georgia Plat Maps Georgia plat maps are recorded locally, county by county or town by town. The state index is the way to find the right office.
- Sep 28, 2026 North Carolina Plat Maps North Carolina plat maps are recorded locally, county by county or town by town. The state index is the way to find the right office.
- Sep 28, 2026 Tennessee Plat Maps Tennessee plat maps are recorded locally, county by county or town by town. The state index is the way to find the right office.
- Sep 28, 2026 Colorado Plat Maps Colorado plat maps are recorded locally, county by county or town by town. The state index is the way to find the right office.
- Sep 28, 2026 Washington Plat Maps Washington plat maps are recorded locally, county by county or town by town. The state index is the way to find the right office.
- Sep 28, 2026 Oregon Plat Maps Oregon plat maps are recorded locally, county by county or town by town. The state index is the way to find the right office.
- Sep 28, 2026 Nevada Plat Maps Nevada plat maps are recorded locally, county by county or town by town. The state index is the way to find the right office.
- Sep 28, 2026 Ohio Plat Maps Ohio plat maps are recorded locally, county by county or town by town. The state index is the way to find the right office.
- Sep 28, 2026 Michigan Plat Maps Michigan plat maps are recorded locally, county by county or town by town. The state index is the way to find the right office.
- Sep 28, 2026 Pennsylvania Plat Maps Pennsylvania plat maps are recorded locally, county by county or town by town. The state index is the way to find the right office.
- Sep 28, 2026 New York Plat Maps New York plat maps are recorded locally, county by county or town by town. The state index is the way to find the right office.
- Sep 28, 2026 Virginia Plat Maps Virginia plat maps are recorded locally, county by county or town by town. The state index is the way to find the right office.
- Sep 28, 2026 Maryland Plat Maps Maryland plat maps are recorded locally, county by county or town by town. The state index is the way to find the right office.
- Sep 28, 2026 Alabama Plat Maps Alabama plat maps are recorded locally, county by county or town by town. The state index is the way to find the right office.
- Sep 28, 2026 South Carolina Plat Maps South Carolina plat maps are recorded locally, county by county or town by town. The state index is the way to find the right office.