<Li> a reference to a platted subdivision or a phase thereof, </Li> <Li> a reference to find the cited plat map (i.e., a page and / or volume number), and </Li> <Li> a description of the map's place of official recording (e.g., recorded in the files of the County Engineer). </Li> <P> The legal description of a 2.5 - acre (10,000 m) property under the Lot and Block system may be something like; Lot 5 of Block 2 of the South Subdivision plat as recorded in Map Book 21, Page 33 at the Recorder of Deeds . Some simple maps may only contain a lot and map number, such as Lot C of the Riverside Subdivision map as recorded in Map Book 12, Page 8 in the office of the City Engineer . The more technical details of the legal description are all contained in the recorded plat map and there is no need to reiterate them in a deed or other legal description . </P>

The lot and block survey method is also called the recorded plat method