Deed and Title Research is an important part of a land surveyor's work. Typically, land boundaries are a function of junior and senior title rights. However, unless you know the order in which these title rights are partial transferred, you won't be able to get the junior or senior rights correct. In many cases, the land surveyor will research a given property all the way back to patent in order to figure our who has senior right.
A patent is what was transferred from the federal government to a private hand. The United States government used to own everything in terms of property; from there, the government decided to divide out things to people. A patent is the record for this property ownership transfer.
A patent is what was transferred from the federal government to a private hand. The United States government used to own everything in terms of property; from there, the government decided to divide out things to people. A patent is the record for this property ownership transfer.