Blog · September 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.
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A vacation is a recorded action that undoes all or part of a plat. It is used when a paper street was never built or a subdivision was never developed.
On the recorded sheet
The vacation instrument names the plat and the lots or right of way being vacated. After that, the land may be described again by metes and bounds or by a new plat.
The mix-up to avoid
An unused alley on an old map is not automatically vacated. Until a vacation is recorded, the dedication can still matter.
Find the county map
Search the county on the Platbookmapper home page. The directory links to the official parcel viewer. It does not draw the lots, and the line on the screen is an assessment map, not a survey.
Not a survey. County GIS and tax parcel maps are assessment and planning layers. They are not a substitute for a recorded plat, deed, or licensed survey.