About DeedSketch
Back to DeedSketchMap legal descriptions automatically
DeedSketch is web-based legal-description mapping software for repeat property reviewers. It turns metes-and-bounds text into an approximate parcel sketch, closure check, and acreage calculation for fast first-pass review.
What DeedSketch does
Upload a deed PDF, scan, image, or paste the description. DeedSketch reads the boundary calls, draws the tract, checks whether it closes, computes acreage, and places it in aerial and public parcel context when reliable source data is available.
The result is a review aid, not a legal conclusion. It helps you see the shape and spot questions worth escalating before deeper title, legal, appraisal, or survey work.
Who uses it
DeedSketch is designed for people who review legal descriptions repeatedly: title agents and examiners, paralegals, real-estate lawyers, appraisers, tax-deed buyers, and serious land investors.
What makes it different
- Starts with the deed or legal-description text instead of requiring calls to be retyped.
- Combines the sketch, closure signal, computed acreage, and map context in one review.
- Handles multi-tract descriptions, easements, and less-outs as distinct review items.
- Flags unsupported or uncertain inputs instead of presenting every result as authoritative.
How it works
- Submit a PDF, scan, image, or pasted legal description.
- DeedSketch extracts and plots supported metes-and-bounds calls tract by tract.
- Review the shape, closure, acreage, warnings, and available aerial or parcel context.
- Verify material conclusions against the recorded instrument and the appropriate professional.
Key facts
- Category
- Web-based legal-description mapping and first-pass property review.
- Primary use
- Visualize and check metes-and-bounds descriptions before deeper diligence.
- Inputs
- Deed PDFs, scans, images, and pasted text.
- Core outputs
- Approximate parcel sketch, closure error, computed acreage, warnings, and map context.
- Description support
- Metes-and-bounds calls; unsupported description types may be flagged for manual review.
- Scope
- Approximate, informational review support—not a survey, title opinion, or boundary determination.
Why DeedSketch exists
Legal descriptions can be precise yet slow to visualize. DeedSketch exists to shorten that first review: turn the written calls into a picture, quantify whether the shape closes, and make the next question easier to identify.
Frequently asked questions
Is DeedSketch a survey?
No. Every result is approximate and informational. Use the recorded instrument and a licensed surveyor for boundary decisions.
Can it plot every legal description?
No. DeedSketch is built for metes-and-bounds calls. Platted lots, aliquot descriptions, government lots, meander lines, water boundaries, poor scans, and ambiguous text may require manual review.
Does a closed sketch prove the boundary is correct?
No. Closure measures whether the plotted calls return to their starting point. It does not prove that the deed text, monument calls, placement, title, or legal boundary is correct. Learn more about closure.
Who is DeedSketch for?
It is built for repeat professional and serious property-review workflows, including title, legal, appraisal, tax-deed, and land-investment review.
What should I verify?
Verify the extracted text against the recorded instrument. For decisions involving boundaries, title, access, or legal rights, consult the appropriate survey, title, or legal professional.
Stop reading deeds by hand — plot one.
Upload a PDF, scan, image, or pasted text. DeedSketch reads the legal description, plots the property on an aerial map, checks closure, and estimates acreage.
Map your first description for $0.99