i don;t think anyone mentioned the 2007 Note Label with Parcel Reference text trick.
Unfortunately it is one of James's posts which means it is decidely vague on procedure.
http://www.civil3d.com/index.php/2006/06/plat-problem-resolved/
In a nutshell
Make a new note label (under general)
In the text component editor, pull down and choose reference text
choose parcel
compose as you would a parcel label
add the note label and choose the parcel to reference.
Kind of a PITA to setup, but works well once in. Wait till the end to do it though- changing your parcels so that numbers,etc get swapped make it misbehave cause it loses track of which one to follow.