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CORRECTION LINES
California Department of Real Estate
Updated 08-20-2026
CORRECTION LINES
A system for compensating inaccuracies in the Government Rectangular Survey System due to the curvature of the earth. Every fourth township line, 24 mile intervals, is used as a correction line on which the intervals between the north and south range lines are remeasured and corrected to a full 6 miles.
California Department of Real Estate Glossary
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