We did it last summer in Jefferson Co Tx. In our municipality, as long as you are just erasing a line the city inspector can sign off on it. I just called him and talked to him. Very simple, here. The longest part was getting the surveys done. We then took the survey of what the replat would be to the county courthouse and registered it there. We brought the copies back to our municipal office.

When property taxes came due in Jan, it was still listed as two lots. When we applied for a building permit it was still listed as two lots. The County says it takes a full tax year to register the change in the computer, but it is effectively changed as of the date we brought it to the county. In other words, we're building on both lots and the permit is fine even though the computer says otherwise. Paper trumps electronic records, in this case.

It cost $40 to register, MUCH more for the surveys.Good luck!

I did it for my sister's property (I was local, she wasn't, so I did the paperwork) because a previous owner had requested a lot split for some reason. The house was on the lot when it was split: the lot line ran through the middle of the living room. I have no clue why it was split. The lots were unbuildable because with side clearances we would have needed a 12-foot wide shotgun house to fit.

She noticed when she got TWO tax bills for what should have been one house.

Despite it being a senseless dividing of the lot, one that should never have been approved at all, it took me several months and a trip to a couple of planning and zoning commission meetings - they rejected it on the grounds that it was a historic district property (whut?), so it took an appeal to the city council, with eight-by-ten colour glossy photographs with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one explaining what each one was.

The City Council approved it, with some sharp words to the P&Z folks for doing it and then refusing to correct it. There was no resurvey needed, they just reverted to the pre-split records.

Lazy,

Good thing for you the City Council didn't need seeing eye dogs, so they were able to appreciate your photos!

Here is a link that might be useful: Alice's Restaurant

As long as you aren't placing your house on the easements, setbacks, or side setback restrictions for your neighborhood, you shouldn't have to re-plat. If you want to use the extra lot for septic, a well or geothermal lines, you will probably want to combine them before your build.

We bought the 1 acre lot next to our lot. We combined it so that we only need to pay for one HOA annual fee. We aren't planning on using it for the house or the septic field. In fact, we can use our previous septic permit. Should we put geothermal in the future, we can use it for that. We bought it since the house placement was only 10 feet from our property line AND the owners dropped the price significantly since they were desperate.

We hired a surveyor for the legal description and a lawyer to "close" on the property. It was just slightly over $1000; the lawyer offered a "deal" for our neighborhood but the surveyor charged more since he had to traipse up and down the ravine.

Our lot was renamed and reappraised.