A street address cannot be used instead of a "legal description" of a property. A legal description is either a "lot, block and tract description" based on a recorded subdivision map, or a "metes and bounds description" which states the size and shape of the property.
These are questions that the above text answers:
1. What is a legal description of a property?
2. What are the two types of legal descriptions for a property?
3. Can a street address be used as a legal description for a property?
4. What is a lot, block, and tract description?
5. What is a metes and bounds description?
6. How is a lot, block, and tract description determined?
7. How is a metes and bounds description determined?
8. What information does a metes and bounds description include?
9. What information does a lot, block, and tract description include?
10. Why is it important to have a legal description of a property?