County Recorders and the Cadastral Data Content Standard

the Agent Attribute
which corresponds with county recorder data


The box below illustrates in red the attribute from the Agent entity of the Cadastral Data Content Standard which correspond with data commonly used by county recorders.

agnt.GIF (2952 bytes)

Agent - An Agent is an individual, organization, or public agency that holds rights, interests, or restrictions in land, holds or files land records, or has established a land description or monument.

Agent Name - A text name for the agent that can be used for display or printing or interface uses. The agent name comes from the Individual, Organization, or Agencies and is a concatenation of these values. The Agent Name at this level is redundant and does not reflect a standard requirement. It is included to assist with physical implementation. Domain: text

Agent Name corresponds to the following data commonly used by county recorders:  land surveyor's name, owner's name


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Table Of Contents - County Recorders and the Cadastral Data Content Standard

Links to the other Cadastral Courses:
Learning The Cadastral Data Content Standard
Cadastral Information For GIS Specialists
Surveyors And The Cadastral Data Content Standard


Presented by the United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management, and

the Federal Geographic Data Committee Cadastral Subcommittee