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Legal Description Plotter
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✏️ Edit the extracted text below — delete boilerplate (WHEREAS clauses, witness blocks, page headers, signatures, etc.) so only the metes & bounds remain, then click Use This Cleaned Text.
Search your county's public records, download the instrument, then upload it in the Upload Doc tab for OCR extraction.
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Public Records Integration
Look up recorded instruments on your county's public records website. Download the instrument PDF, then upload it here for automatic OCR and metes & bounds extraction.
Steps: 1) Click "Open Public Records Search" above. 2) Find your instrument and download it from the public records site. 3) Upload the downloaded PDF below.
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Click or drag the downloaded instrument PDF here

PDF or Image (JPG/PNG/TIFF)
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✏️ Edit the extracted text below — delete boilerplate, signatures, page headers, etc. — then click Use This Cleaned Text to load it into the Input tab.

Plot a description to see results here.

Plot a description to see parsed calls.

How this works: Enter the Township, Range, and Section from the deed. The section boundary will appear on the satellite map and the blue POB dot will be placed at the corner you select. Drag the blue dot to match the actual monument or corner you can see on the aerial photo. The parcel re-plots automatically when you drop it.
Records are stored locally in your browser. You can only see records you saved. The administrator can view all records. Nothing is sent to any server.
Positive = East, Negative = West. For Alabama ~-4° to -6° (2024-2026).
Settings: All settings are saved automatically in your browser's local storage.
⚠ For illustration only. Not a survey. Do not rely on this tool to establish property boundaries, corners, encroachments, access, easements, or acreage. Hire a professional and licensed land surveyor or civil engineer.
Click on the map to set Point of Beginning
Drag the blue POB dot to match the actual monument on the ground.

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Township/Range
Sections
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⚠ For illustration only. Generated by the Backstop Legal Description Plotter from user-entered data and third-party GIS layers; may contain errors. This is NOT a survey. Do not rely on this tool to establish property boundaries, corners, encroachments, access, easements, or acreage. Hire a professional and licensed land surveyor or civil engineer. © 2026 R. Patrick Chesnut.