As an urban planner, I am always performing intense research to dig up information that will help my clients achieve the outcomes they’re looking for.

Recently, I came across this article, which was published in the Real Property Law Reporter in October of 1988. Written by Robert E. Merritt, Jr. it addresses the ever-evolving Subdivision Map Act, and points out eight specific inconsistencies which can lead to severe misinterpretations of the Act.

The two main points that I want to focus on are “Failing to recognize that unmapped parcels may be illegal parcels” and “Not advising clients that successive minor subdivisions of the parcel may require a final map.”

From Robert E. Merritt, Jr.’s article in the Real Property Law Reporter, published in October 1988:

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