what is a property plat
What is a Plat? Plat is a term for a survey of a piece of land to identify boundaries, easements, flood zones, roadway, and access rights of way. It is the legal description of a specific piece of real property and is required if land is to subdivided for building homes, creating parks, and setting aside rights of way. Any change to the plat creates a replat which is still a plat. This makes it sound like every piece of land is platted but that isnât the case. Platting only occurs in subdivided land and finding out if your property is platted is pretty simple.