June, 4, 2024

The Illinois MCLE Deadline is June 30!

Meet your deadline with free MCLE programs from Advocus University.

Danger: Curves Ahead:

Advanced Legal Descriptions

In the transfer of real property, it is universally required that the deed and many related documents include a written legal description of the property that gives its precise location and delineates its boundaries.

Metes, bounds, lots, blocks, and curves—every real estate attorney, paralegal, title agent, and support staff person will benefit from a better understanding how legal descriptions are derived, and be able to plot one with a reasonable degree of accuracy.

This seminar will cover these topics:

• Short overview of basic legal descriptions and plotting.
• Tips and tricks on plotting legal descriptions that are missing key information.
• How to read curve data, understand curve nomenclature, and plot basic and complex curves.
• How to calculate missing curve information. (Yes, there will be math involved.)

Join us for this informative program about the core of all real estate transfers—the legal description. It provides accuracy and consistency over time, serves to prevent boundary disputes, and facilitates the transfer of ownership.

About the Speaker

Gregory J. Miely

Senior Managing Attorney and Corporate Counsel

Advocus National Title Insurance Company | Champaign, IL.

Greg handles legal and underwriting questions as well as closing problems for Illinois and Indiana. He has a broad base of knowledge concerning title insurance matters, closing problems, bankruptcy, foreclosure, and other areas of real estate law. His more than 36 years of experience at ATG include underwriting attorney and corporate counsel, plus five years as a software developer. He is also the editor of Casenotes and Underwriters’ Bulletin, one of ATG’s monthly electronic publications. Prior to ATG, Greg was in private practice in Chicago. John Marshall Law School, Chicago, J.D. 1981; Pennsylvania State University, University Park, B.S. 1976 (Delta Tau Kappa).