¶ … grant deed transfers ownership of real estate and implies certain promises from the seller to the buyer, such as that the title has not already been transferred to someone else or been encumbered, except as set out in the deed. The deed contains the names of the old and new owners and a legal description of the property and it is signed by the person transferring the property. A legal description is a precise description of real property by government survey, metes and bounds, or lot numbers of a recorded plat. The legal description also includes a description of any portion of the property that is subject to an easement or reservation. The description must be complete enough that a particular parcel of land can be located...

The following is an example of a legal description using the PLSS: S. 1/2 NW 1/4, NE 1/4, S6, T75N, R14E. Legal descriptions are generally read from front to back (or, right to left); therefore, this description would be read, "The south 1/2 of the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section six, township seventy-five north, range fourteen east." The easiest way to interpret a legal description is to move from back to front (or, right to left). To determine where the property is, the description must be broken down into each of its elements, starting with the most general labels…