Which of the following would not qualify as a formal legal description?

A formal legal description is a precise way of defining a parcel of land, ensuring that it can be identified unambiguously and legally in documents such as deeds. A formal legal description must provide enough specificity that a surveyor could locate the boundaries of the property without confusion.

The choice that does not qualify as a formal legal description is the street name and street address. While a street address can identify the location of a property, it lacks the necessary detail to define the exact boundaries, corners, or any specific measurements associated with the parcel of land. Addresses can be vague, as multiple properties can share the same street name and number system without providing legal definition or clarity on the property's dimensions or boundaries.

In contrast, the other options—section block and lot, metes and bounds, and government survey—are all formal methods of describing a property. Each provides a clear and detailed account of a parcel's location and boundaries. Section block and lot refers to a particular subdivision of land, metes and bounds uses physical landmarks and measurements to describe the boundaries, and the government survey employs a systematic method established by the Federal Land Survey to outline properties in rectangular grids. These methods achieve the specificity and clarity required for a legal definition of property, unlike a simple street