The Manual Entry Trap
Typing a multi-page legal description by hand is a tedious work. The real nightmare starts when you finish the manual entry, check the math, and realize the plot doesn’t close.
Now you have to double-check your own manual work against the paper document line by line to find a single wrong digit or flipped bearing. It is an exhausting and error-prone loop.
Instant Extraction & Verification
EZBounds eliminates the initial data entry entirely. It reads the document, extracts the calls, and calculates the closure math instantly.
If there is a misclosure, you know immediately. Instead of scrutinizing your own keystrokes, you can instantly compare the extracted digital text against the source document, correct the source flaw, and move on to the next job.
Terms in this article
Every term this post uses, defined. Each one has its own page with more detail.
- bearing
- A direction measured from north or south, written like N 45°30′00″ E.
- call
- One leg of the boundary — a single bearing and distance, or a single curve.
- closure
- Whether the boundary comes back to its starting corner.
- legal description
- The written text in a deed that defines exactly which piece of land is conveyed.
- misclosure
- The gap between where the last call lands and the point of beginning.
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