diff --git a/source/frontend/src/components/propertySelector/map/PropertyMapSelectorSubForm.tsx b/source/frontend/src/components/propertySelector/map/PropertyMapSelectorSubForm.tsx
index 9943f9d137..c559d98371 100644
--- a/source/frontend/src/components/propertySelector/map/PropertyMapSelectorSubForm.tsx
+++ b/source/frontend/src/components/propertySelector/map/PropertyMapSelectorSubForm.tsx
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@ export const PropertyMapSelectorSubForm: React.FunctionComponent<
   const pid = selectedMapProperty?.pid;
   const pin = selectedMapProperty?.pin;
   const planNumber = selectedMapProperty?.planNumber;
-  const legalDescription =
-    selectedProperty?.pimsFeature?.properties?.LAND_LEGAL_DESCRIPTION ??
-    selectedProperty?.parcelFeature?.properties?.LEGAL_DESCRIPTION;
+  const legalDescription = selectedMapProperty?.legalDescription;
   const address = selectedMapProperty?.address;
   const region = selectedMapProperty?.region;
   const regionName = selectedMapProperty?.regionName;
diff --git a/source/frontend/src/features/mapSideBar/shared/models.ts b/source/frontend/src/features/mapSideBar/shared/models.ts
index adfc8b1073..4e36a0d369 100644
--- a/source/frontend/src/features/mapSideBar/shared/models.ts
+++ b/source/frontend/src/features/mapSideBar/shared/models.ts
@@ -152,7 +152,10 @@ export class PropertyForm {
         ? enumFromValue(model?.pimsFeature?.properties?.PROPERTY_AREA_UNIT_TYPE_CODE, AreaUnitTypes)
         : AreaUnitTypes.SquareMeters,
       isRetired: model?.pimsFeature?.properties?.IS_RETIRED ?? false,
-      legalDescription: model?.pimsFeature?.properties?.LAND_LEGAL_DESCRIPTION ?? '',
+      legalDescription:
+        model?.pimsFeature?.properties?.LAND_LEGAL_DESCRIPTION ??
+        model?.parcelFeature?.properties?.LEGAL_DESCRIPTION ??
+        '',
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/source/frontend/src/utils/mapPropertyUtils.ts b/source/frontend/src/utils/mapPropertyUtils.ts
index 0462aefa7b..61c4f4d42d 100644
--- a/source/frontend/src/utils/mapPropertyUtils.ts
+++ b/source/frontend/src/utils/mapPropertyUtils.ts
@@ -232,7 +232,10 @@ export function featuresetToMapProperty(
       parcelFeature?.properties?.PLAN_NUMBER ??
       undefined,
     address: address ?? formattedAddress ?? undefined,
-    legalDescription: parcelFeature?.properties?.LEGAL_DESCRIPTION ?? undefined,
+    legalDescription:
+      pimsFeature?.properties?.LAND_LEGAL_DESCRIPTION ??
+      parcelFeature?.properties?.LEGAL_DESCRIPTION ??
+      undefined,
     region: isNumber(regionFeature?.properties?.REGION_NUMBER)
       ? regionFeature?.properties?.REGION_NUMBER
       : RegionCodes.Unknown,