FAQ & Support

Legal-Plot is a platform that automates the conversion of metes-and-bounds legal descriptions into survey-grade CAD and GIS linework. Upload a legal description and get geo-referenced output in seconds.

Legal-Plot is built for title companies, land surveyors, real estate attorneys, civil engineers, and anyone who works with legal descriptions and needs accurate boundary linework.

Legal-Plot handles metes-and-bounds descriptions, aliquot descriptions, and government lot references across all 30 states surveyed under the Township-Range-Section system.

You can upload PDF, DOCX, or TXT files, or paste text directly. Image files (PNG, JPG, TIFF) can be uploaded for preview but text extraction is not available for those formats.

One credit processes one legal description through the full pipeline — parsing, coordinate lookup, Auto-POB, Auto-BOB, closure analysis, and all output formats. Credits cost $1.00 each.

No. Credits never expire. Use them whenever you need them — there is no time limit or monthly reset.

Yes. One credit pool works on every product. Buy once, use anywhere — no separate subscriptions or per-product billing.

You are only charged when a description is successfully processed and linework is generated. If parsing fails or the system cannot produce results, no credit is deducted.

Every credit includes all output formats: DXF for AutoCAD, KML for Google Earth, GeoJSON for ArcGIS/QGIS, PDF analysis report, interactive map with ESRI imagery, and SVG plot.

Yes. The DXF output uses State Plane coordinates with a professional layered structure — boundary, curves, bearings, distances, points, and title block — ready for direct import into AutoCAD or MicroStation.

Auto-POB automatically assigns State Plane coordinates to the Point of Beginning using authoritative BLM corner data, geo-referencing the entire traverse with a known accuracy value.

Auto-BOB computes the rotation angle needed to align the description's bearing system with the State Plane Coordinate System grid — the same result a surveyor achieves through manual CAD drafting.

Legal-Plot supports all 30 states surveyed under the Township-Range-Section system. Visit the Coverage page for the full list.

Yes. Legal-Plot uses the same authoritative BLM CadNSDI coordinates that land surveyors and government agencies use.

Sign in, purchase credits on the Pricing page, and navigate to the Workspace to upload or paste your first legal description.

Yes. All documents and results are stored securely and tied to your account. Only you can access your projects and saved plots.