{"id":5839,"date":"2016-12-08T22:32:57","date_gmt":"2016-12-08T22:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/?p=5839"},"modified":"2016-12-08T22:32:57","modified_gmt":"2016-12-08T22:32:57","slug":"legal-descriptions-deeds-must-exactly-identify-sold-property","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/legal-descriptions-deeds-must-exactly-identify-sold-property\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal Descriptions in Deeds Must Exactly Identify Sold Property"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/attorneys\/joseph-g-ballstaedt\">Joseph G. Ballstaedt<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>A few days ago, the Idaho Supreme Court issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isc.idaho.gov\/opinions\/BENTONOPINION.pdf\">decision<\/a> that reaffirms an Idaho rule concerning property descriptions. The Court held that a conveyance deed is not enforceable unless the property description in the deed describes the property so that it is possible for someone to identify exactly what property is being conveyed. This description must be written in so that quantity, identity, or boundaries can be determined. The description must stand alone, without support from outside evidence.<\/p>\n<p>In this recent decision, <em>The David and Marvel Benton Trust v. McCarty<\/em>, McCarty asserted that the following legal description in a quitclaim deed was sufficient:<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/legal-descriptions-deeds-must-exactly-identify-sold-property\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Legal Descriptions in Deeds Must Exactly Identify Sold Property\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Joseph G. 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