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Sherman & Howard L.L.C.

Avoid this Easily Overlooked Mistake in Real Estate Contracts

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Most Colorado county assessor websites include a warning against using assessor legal descriptions in property conveyance documents. The Jefferson County Assessor’s site warns in bold red font: “The legal description...more

Whitman Legal Solutions, LLC

Water Music and Water Rights

What Real Estate Do You Own? Normally, property owners know what land they own. They have a deed with a legal description and a survey which clearly shows their property line....more

Locke Lord LLP

Locke Lord QuickStudy: Legal Descriptions — Texas Supreme Court Holds Specific Controls Over The General

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On March 20, 2015, the Texas Supreme Court in Doris Virginia McGregor Stribling et al. v. Millican DPC Partners, LP et al., No. 14-0500 (Tex. 2015), held that a metes and bounds description will prevail over a more general...more

Gray Reed

The Danger of “Too Much Information”?

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I know contract writers who like to state terms, such as property descriptions, several different ways. If you just have to over-describe, at least be careful, and at least be sure the descriptions are consistent....more

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