Los Angeles County (CA) Land & Surveyor Broadsheet Charter / Archive Ref: CA Historical Corp Index (1920s Charter) Primary Recorder Entry: LA County Surveyor Abstract 7288482 (1930 Series)
Palos Verdes Water Company & Palos Verdes Corporation Est. 1922 · CA Ref CA Historical Corp Index (1920s Charter) · Los Angeles County Land Archive

Historical Plat & Grantor Dossier · Los Angeles County (CA) · Los Angeles County (CA)

How Palos Verdes Water Company & Palos Verdes Corporation Surveyed and Platted the Lands of Los Angeles County.

Organized by Frank A. Vanderlip & Olmsted Brothers Group (1922), Palos Verdes Water Company & Palos Verdes Corporation assembled and subdivided tracts across Los Angeles County (CA), recorded in the county clerk's books at LA County Surveyor Abstract 7288482 (1930 Series). This broadsheet preserves the historical surveys, recorded plats, and deed index of the company.

Original Era
1922
County Seat & Archive
Los Angeles County (CA)
Primary Recorder Entry
LA County Surveyor Abstract 7288482 (1930 Series)
Historical Newspaper Archive Inspect Historical Newspaper Clippings → View archival Texas newspaper press pages documenting Palos Verdes Water Company & Palos Verdes Corporation. County Recorder Index Search the Deed & Tract Table → Filter recorded instruments, survey calls, and reservation clauses.
Los Angeles County Historical Press Archive

Historical Newspaper & Archival Press Facsimiles for Palos Verdes Water Company & Palos Verdes Corporation

Inspect primary historical newspaper pages and press dispatches retrieved from The Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) documenting Palos Verdes Water Company & Palos Verdes Corporation in Los Angeles County (CA).

Texas Historical Newspaper Archive · ARK metapth1952378

San Antonio Sunday Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 282, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 27, 1935

Archival Texas newspaper edition (San Antonio Sunday Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 282, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 27, 1935) preserved in the Texas Digital Newspaper Archive (ARK Identifier: ark:/67531/metapth1952378), documenting regional land, townsite, and county history for the Los Angeles County corridor.

Chronicle of Los Angeles County

Land, Water, Surveys & the Story of Palos Verdes Water Company & Palos Verdes Corporation

During California's early citrus, water, and oil-boom era, Frank A. Vanderlip & Olmsted Brothers Group organized Palos Verdes Water Company & Palos Verdes Corporation (1922) to acquire, plat, and convey tracts across the Whittier Hills, Puente Hills, and Los Angeles Basin. Indexed in Los Angeles County at LA County Surveyor Abstract 7288482 (1930 Series), these conveyances govern title across Rancho Los Palos Verdes Coastal Bluff & Hillside Estate Tracts and adjoining survey abstracts to the present day.

  1. 1922 CA Charter · CA Historical Corp Index (1920s Charter)

    I. Parent Acquisition & Survey Assembly: Parent Survey & Tract Vesting Into Palos Verdes Water Company & Palos Verdes Corporation

    Organized by Frank A. Vanderlip & Olmsted Brothers Group (1922), Palos Verdes Water Company & Palos Verdes Corporation acquired parent survey acreage across Los Angeles County (CA), anchored at LA County Surveyor Abstract 7288482 (1930 Series).

    Primary survey and subdivision calls indexed to Palos Verdes Water Company & Palos Verdes Corporation encompass Rancho Los Palos Verdes Coastal Bluff & Hillside Estate Tracts as well as Palos Verdes Estates Bridle Trail, Canyon Drain & High-Pressure Water Corridors.

  2. Recorded at LA County Surveyor Abstract 7288482 (Oct. 1930 Series) Los Angeles County Official Records · LA County Surveyor Abstract 7288482 (1930 Series)

    II. Out-Conveyance Program & Severed Estate Reservations (Palos Verdes Water Company & Palos Verdes Corporation)

    Across its Los Angeles County out-conveyances (LA County Surveyor Abstract 7288482 (Oct. 1930 Series)), Palos Verdes Water Company & Palos Verdes Corporation embedded express deed clauses: 10-ft and 20-ft coastal bluff, bridle trail, slope, and view-corridor easements in gross. Verified in LA County Surveyor Abstract 7288482.pdf.

    Additional recorded stipulations in the Los Angeles County chain of title include: Water main, reservoir site, and underground utility conduit reservations.

  3. Current Los Angeles County Abstract Los Angeles County Clerk & Appraisal Cross-Reference

    III. Chain-of-Title Verification Across Rancho Los Palos Verdes Coastal Bluff & Hillside E

    Title examiners, surveyors, and landowners reviewing Rancho Los Palos Verdes Coastal Bluff & Hillside Estate Tracts in Los Angeles County trace surface and subsurface chains directly through the 1922 instruments of Palos Verdes Water Company & Palos Verdes Corporation at LA County Surveyor Abstract 7288482 (1930 Series).

    Use the searchable instrument ledger below or submit a Volume/Page citation to the Palos Verdes Water Company & Palos Verdes Corporation records desk for chain-of-title verification.

County Recorder Cross-Reference

Historical Subdivision, Survey & Deed Index

Search and filter the verified Los Angeles County recorder entries, survey abstracts, and tract citations below for Palos Verdes Water Company & Palos Verdes Corporation.

Historical cross-reference of Palos Verdes Water Company & Palos Verdes Corporation deeds, survey abstracts, and recorder citations in Los Angeles County
Subdivision / Instrument Unit Recorder Citation Parties & Tract Call Historical Survey & Reservation Notes Series
Parent Survey & Tract Vesting Into Palos Verdes Water Company & Palos Verdes Corporation Los Angeles County Deed Records (Prior to LA County Surveyor Abstract 7288482 (1930 Series)) Prior Survey Owners -> Palos Verdes Water Company & Palos Verdes Corporation (Rancho Los Palos Verdes Coastal Bluff & Hillside Estate Tracts) Parent conveyances vesting fee simple surface and mineral title into Palos Verdes Water Company & Palos Verdes Corporation prior to subdivision and out-conveyance. Vesting Into Company
Palos Verdes Road & Water Corridor Dedication LA County Surveyor Abstract 7288482 (Oct. 1930 Series) Palos Verdes Corporation & Palos Verdes Water Company -> County of Los Angeles Verified in LA County Surveyor Abstract 7288482.pdf. Official Records
Field Notes & Historical Curiosities

Why the Los Angeles County Land Records Look the Way They Do Today

Every old subdivision map and deed book in Los Angeles County is a record of early surveying, local development, and state property law.

Survey & Deed Provenance · Los Angeles County (1922)

How Palos Verdes Water Company & Palos Verdes Corporation Assembled and Conveyed Los Angeles County Tracts (1922)

The Los Angeles County grantor index records Palos Verdes Water Company & Palos Verdes Corporation conveying interests out of Rancho Los Palos Verdes Coastal Bluff & Hillside Estate Tracts (LA County Surveyor Abstract 7288482 (Oct. 1930 Series)) while embedding specific tract calls across Palos Verdes Estates Bridle Trail, Canyon Drain & High-Pressure Water Corridors. Because California's early citrus, water, and oil-boom era relied on private corporate surveying, these recorded deeds serve as primary cartographic evidence for Los Angeles County land historians and surveyors.

“Conveyed out of the parent holdings of Palos Verdes Water Company & Palos Verdes Corporation (1922) in Los Angeles County: LA County Surveyor Abstract 7288482 (Oct. 1930 Series).”

Primary Surveys & Tracts Indexed:

  • Rancho Los Palos Verdes Coastal Bluff & Hillside Estate Tracts
  • Palos Verdes Estates Bridle Trail, Canyon Drain & High-Pressure Water Corridors
Title & Reservation Analysis · Los Angeles County (CA)

Severed Estates and Retained Clauses in Palos Verdes Water Company & Palos Verdes Corporation's Los Angeles County Deeds

In Los Angeles County, the out-conveyances of Palos Verdes Water Company & Palos Verdes Corporation (LA County Surveyor Abstract 7288482 (1930 Series)) expressly documented: 10-ft and 20-ft coastal bluff, bridle trail, slope, and view-corridor easements in gross. Additionally, the record index notes: Water main, reservoir site, and underground utility conduit reservations. Under CA real property statutes, an express reservation in a recorded warranty deed severs that interest from the surface fee, keeping it vested in the corporate grantor or its statutory trustees unless a subsequent specific conveyance is recorded.

“Documented reservation in Los Angeles County (LA County Surveyor Abstract 7288482 (1930 Series)): 10-ft and 20-ft coastal bluff, bridle trail, slope, and view-corridor easements in gross”

Recorded Reservation & Deed Clauses Documented:

  • 10-ft and 20-ft coastal bluff, bridle trail, slope, and view-corridor easements in gross
  • Water main, reservoir site, and underground utility conduit reservations
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This broadsheet is maintained as an Independent Historical Surveyor Atlas, Plat Archive & Chain-of-Title Research Index preserving the surveying, agricultural, mineral, and corporate history of Palos Verdes Water Company & Palos Verdes Corporation (CA Ref: CA Historical Corp Index (1920s Charter)) in Los Angeles County.

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Archival Reference Citation:
Entity: Palos Verdes Water Company & Palos Verdes Corporation (Est. 1922 · CA Ref CA Historical Corp Index (1920s Charter))
Primary County Record: LA County Surveyor Abstract 7288482 (1930 Series) (Los Angeles County, CA)

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