Los Angeles, Ventura County (CA) Land & Surveyor Broadsheet Charter / Archive Ref: CA Historical Corp Index (Est. 1900s) Primary Recorder Entry: OR Book 3581, Page 343 & OR Book 10439, Page 72 (1924-1930)
Janss Investment Company Est. 1909 · CA Ref CA Historical Corp Index (Est. 1900s) · Los Angeles, Ventura County Land Archive

Los Angeles County Land & Subsurface Ledger · Est. 1909 · Los Angeles, Ventura County (CA)

How Janss Investment Company Surveyed and Platted the Lands of Los Angeles, Ventura County.

Organized by Peter Janss, Edwin Janss & Harold Janss (1909), Janss Investment Company assembled and subdivided tracts across Los Angeles, Ventura County (CA), recorded in the county clerk's books at OR Book 3581, Page 343 & OR Book 10439, Page 72 (1924-1930). This broadsheet preserves the historical surveys, recorded plats, and deed index of the company.

Original Era
1909
County Seat & Archive
Los Angeles, Ventura County (CA)
Primary Recorder Entry
OR Book 3581, Page 343 & OR Book 10439, Page 72 (1924-1930)
Historical Newspaper Archive Inspect Historical Newspaper Clippings → View archival Texas newspaper press pages documenting Janss Investment Company. County Recorder Index Search the Deed & Tract Table → Filter recorded instruments, survey calls, and reservation clauses.
Los Angeles, Ventura County Historical Press Archive

Historical Newspaper & Archival Press Facsimiles for Janss Investment Company

Inspect primary historical newspaper pages and press dispatches retrieved from The Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) documenting Janss Investment Company in Los Angeles, Ventura County (CA).

Texas Historical Newspaper Archive · ARK metapth1929133

Houston Post-Dispatch (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 192, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 13, 1929

Archival Texas newspaper edition (Houston Post-Dispatch (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 192, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 13, 1929) preserved in the Texas Digital Newspaper Archive (ARK Identifier: ark:/67531/metapth1929133), documenting regional land, townsite, and county history for the Los Angeles County corridor.

Chronicle of Los Angeles, Ventura County

Land, Water, Surveys & the Story of Janss Investment Company

In the public land records of Los Angeles County (CA), Janss Investment Company stands as a key historical grantor across the Whittier Hills, Puente Hills, and Los Angeles Basin. Organized in 1909 by Peter Janss, Edwin Janss & Harold Janss, the entity's recorded deeds at OR Book 3581, Page 343 & OR Book 10439, Page 72 (1924-1930) established tract boundaries and express reservations across Westwood Hills, Holmby Hills, Boyle Heights, and San Fernando Valley Tracts (Tract No. 4677, Maps 76/77).

  1. 1909 CA Charter · CA Historical Corp Index (Est. 1900s)

    I. Parent Acquisition & Survey Assembly: Parent Survey & Tract Vesting Into Janss Investment Company

    Organized by Peter Janss, Edwin Janss & Harold Janss (1909), Janss Investment Company acquired parent survey acreage across Los Angeles, Ventura County (CA), anchored at OR Book 3581, Page 343 & OR Book 10439, Page 72 (1924-1930).

    Primary survey and subdivision calls indexed to Janss Investment Company encompass Westwood Hills, Holmby Hills, Boyle Heights, and San Fernando Valley Tracts (Tract No. 4677, Maps 76/77) as well as Los Angeles County Surveyor Abstract 7288431 & 7288482 Road & Sewer Corridors.

  2. Recorded at OR Book 21, Page 57 & OR Book 10439, Page 72 (1930-10-29) Los Angeles, Ventura County Official Records · OR Book 3581, Page 343 & OR Book 10439, Page 72 (1924-1930)

    II. Out-Conveyance Program & Severed Estate Reservations (Janss Investment Company)

    Across its Los Angeles, Ventura County out-conveyances (OR Book 21, Page 57 & OR Book 10439, Page 72 (1930-10-29)), Janss Investment Company embedded express deed clauses: 10-ft and 20-ft bridal trail, slope, parkway, and sewer easements in gross. Verified in LA County Surveyor Abstract 7288482.pdf.

    Additional recorded stipulations in the Los Angeles, Ventura County chain of title include: Architectural setback covenants, utility pole/conduit strips, and fee road remnants.

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

    III. Chain-of-Title Verification Across Westwood Hills, Holmby Hills, Boyle Heights, and San F

    Title examiners, surveyors, and landowners reviewing Westwood Hills, Holmby Hills, Boyle Heights, and San Fernando Valley Tracts (Tract No. 4677, Maps 76/77) in Los Angeles, Ventura County trace surface and subsurface chains directly through the 1909 instruments of Janss Investment Company at OR Book 3581, Page 343 & OR Book 10439, Page 72 (1924-1930).

    Use the searchable instrument ledger below or submit a Volume/Page citation to the Janss Investment Company records desk for chain-of-title verification.

County Recorder Cross-Reference

Historical Subdivision, Survey & Deed Index

Search and filter the verified Los Angeles, Ventura County recorder entries, survey abstracts, and tract citations below for Janss Investment Company.

Historical cross-reference of Janss Investment Company deeds, survey abstracts, and recorder citations in Los Angeles, Ventura County
Subdivision / Instrument Unit Recorder Citation Parties & Tract Call Historical Survey & Reservation Notes Series
Parent Survey & Tract Vesting Into Janss Investment Company Los Angeles, Ventura County Deed Records (Prior to OR Book 3581, Page 343 & OR Book 10439, Page 72 (1924-1930)) Prior Survey Owners -> Janss Investment Company (Westwood Hills, Holmby Hills, Boyle Heights, and San Fernando Valley Tracts (Tract No. 4677, Maps 76/77)) Parent conveyances vesting fee simple surface and mineral title into Janss Investment Company prior to subdivision and out-conveyance. Vesting Into Company
Corporation Grant & Quitclaim Series (Tract 4677) OR Book 3581, Page 343 & OR Book 4248, Page 78 (1924-12-05) Janss Investment Company -> Los Angeles City School District (Block 10, Tract 4677, Maps 76-77) Verified in LA County Surveyor Abstract 7288431.pdf. Official Records
Road Deed & Sewer Easement Dedication OR Book 21, Page 57 & OR Book 10439, Page 72 (1930-10-29) Janss Investment Corporation & Emma Luella Cook -> County of Los Angeles Verified in LA County Surveyor Abstract 7288482.pdf. Official Records
Field Notes & Historical Curiosities

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

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

Survey & Deed Provenance · Los Angeles County (1909)

Boundary Calls and Recorder Citations: Janss Investment Company at OR Book 21, Page 57 & OR Book 10439, P

Organized during 1909, Janss Investment Company operated across the Whittier Hills, Puente Hills, and Los Angeles Basin, recording its primary instruments at OR Book 3581, Page 343 & OR Book 10439, Page 72 (1924-1930). Examiners researching Westwood Hills, Holmby Hills, Boyle Heights, and San Fernando Valley Tracts (Tract No. 4677, Maps 76/77) in the Los Angeles County Courthouse trace both surface lot lines and corridor alignments back to the calls established by Peter Janss, Edwin Janss & Harold Janss and Janss Investment Company.

“Tracing metes, bounds, and survey calls for Janss Investment Company across Westwood Hills, Holmby Hills, Boyle Heights, and San Fernando Valley Tracts (Tract No. 4677, Maps 76/77) in Los Angeles County.”

Primary Surveys & Tracts Indexed:

  • Westwood Hills, Holmby Hills, Boyle Heights, and San Fernando Valley Tracts (Tract No. 4677, Maps 76/77)
  • Los Angeles County Surveyor Abstract 7288431 & 7288482 Road & Sewer Corridors
Title & Reservation Analysis · Los Angeles County (CA)

Statutory Succession and Recorded Reservations of Janss Investment Company (Los Angeles County)

Whether reviewing mineral ownership, royalty suspense, or linear easements in Los Angeles County (CA), researchers must account for the clauses retained by Janss Investment Company at OR Book 3581, Page 343 & OR Book 10439, Page 72 (1924-1930): specifically, 10-ft and 20-ft bridal trail, slope, parkway, and sewer easements in gross. This archive indexes those exact instruments for rapid Volume, Page, and survey verification.

“Severed estate and corridor record for Janss Investment Company in Los Angeles County (CA): 10-ft and 20-ft bridal trail, slope, parkway, and sewer easements in gross”

Recorded Reservation & Deed Clauses Documented:

  • 10-ft and 20-ft bridal trail, slope, parkway, and sewer easements in gross
  • Architectural setback covenants, utility pole/conduit strips, and fee road remnants
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Submit the Instrument Book and Page, Survey, or Parcel Number for Chain-of-Title and Corporate Records Verification.

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 Janss Investment Company (CA Ref: CA Historical Corp Index (Est. 1900s)) in Los Angeles, Ventura County.

Whether you are a local historian, a landowner researching the history of your tract or subdivision, a surveyor examining historical map books, or a landman, division order analyst, or title examiner with a question regarding historical corporate records, leases, or deeds, use the form here to reach the archive desk.

Archival Reference Citation:
Entity: Janss Investment Company (Est. 1909 · CA Ref CA Historical Corp Index (Est. 1900s))
Primary County Record: OR Book 3581, Page 343 & OR Book 10439, Page 72 (1924-1930) (Los Angeles, Ventura County, CA)

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