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block and lot #?
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Ted Martin
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Different sites in different areas of the county, nothing national that I know of.
hastalavista
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Where do you get your plat maps from?
They are typically indicated there (at least in my markets).
They are typically indicated there (at least in my markets).
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Dr Seuss
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Not sure how your county handles it, but in my local counties, if the information is not included in the actual legal description, the APN usuually has the lot & block incorporated into it? Maybe stating where you are/what county you are working in may help get another local appraiser in your area to respond?
CANative
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Review the assessor's map.
Some subdvisions will not have block numbers because it's all just one big block. Others may have blocks but they are not delineated on the map but descibed elsewhere in the map (i.e. lot No.s 1 thorugh 15 are in block 1, and lots 16 through 27 are in block two, lots 28 though 31 in block three.)
The lot numbers are not usually the numbers the assessor has for the parcel (i.e. the last 2 or 3 numbers because those will change. The original lot numbers are usually a small number somewhere in the corner of each lot and there will be a sequence you can follow. Sometimes lots have been merged or split or the lot lines have been shifted or moved. Then the new lot name may be Lot A or B or C or something or even a portion of the old lot numbr.
Often, it is just not possible to get a lot and block description from the map or there never was one. You can get a legal description from county records instead.
Some subdvisions will not have block numbers because it's all just one big block. Others may have blocks but they are not delineated on the map but descibed elsewhere in the map (i.e. lot No.s 1 thorugh 15 are in block 1, and lots 16 through 27 are in block two, lots 28 though 31 in block three.)
The lot numbers are not usually the numbers the assessor has for the parcel (i.e. the last 2 or 3 numbers because those will change. The original lot numbers are usually a small number somewhere in the corner of each lot and there will be a sequence you can follow. Sometimes lots have been merged or split or the lot lines have been shifted or moved. Then the new lot name may be Lot A or B or C or something or even a portion of the old lot numbr.
Often, it is just not possible to get a lot and block description from the map or there never was one. You can get a legal description from county records instead.
Sorry I should of mentioned ealier i'm not an appraiser, my appraiser cannot find the block and lot for a particular address in suffolk county NY.
Then he had me go to my title company and try to have them find it, and nothing , they asked if I was sure its the right address and yes, it is, I have several different bills that state his address.
Then he had me go to my title company and try to have them find it, and nothing , they asked if I was sure its the right address and yes, it is, I have several different bills that state his address.
hastalavista
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Sammy-
Are you the loan agent?
Not all properties are identified by "Lot/Block" (I know Greg B. already said this, but since he repeated my advice, I'm going to repeat his!).
If it is the legal description your appraiser is trying to determine, why not suggest he cut/paste the legal description from the prelim into his report and put "see addendum" where it says "legal description"?
Are you the loan agent?
Not all properties are identified by "Lot/Block" (I know Greg B. already said this, but since he repeated my advice, I'm going to repeat his!).
If it is the legal description your appraiser is trying to determine, why not suggest he cut/paste the legal description from the prelim into his report and put "see addendum" where it says "legal description"?
Mike Kennedy
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Sammy either you the owner or the appraiser (definitely the appraiser as part of an assignment) ..........visit or pick up the phone ......call / ask at Village/Town/County Receiver of Taxes, Assessor, and Building/Zoning Department. If there's a survey (which may indicate it) contact the Surveyor. I'm surprised and chagrinned an appraiser has no clue. Yikes! Sure you got the RIGHT PARCEL???????
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