Exam 2: Basic Principles of Real Estate Law

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Explain the purpose of a UCC-1 financing statement.

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If a real estate transaction involves both real and personal property and financing is involved, a lend ing institution may require the pledging of personal property as part of the collateral for the loan. In such a situation, it is important for the lending institution to perfect its security interest in the personal property. Perfecting a security interest is a way of indicating priority status among creditors. This is done by filing a UCC-1 financing statement, sometimes referred to as a filing statement or financing statement, in the same ofice in which mortgages on real property are recorded. By filing a UCC-1 financing statement, the lender is giving notice to third parties of its security interest in the personal property described in the statement.

The greatest estate one may hold is a fee simple absolute.

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In community property states, community property includes:

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Deine homestead property, and list the three contexts in which homestead property is important.

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If an estate for years is created for a period of more than one year, the lease conveying the interest must be in writing in order to be enforceable.

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Personal property is transferred by a document called a ____________.

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Explain the following: (a) surface rights, (b)air rights, and (c)subsurface rights.

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____________ means acquiring title through taking possession of land that belongs to another without the owner's consent and retaining possession for a statutory period of time.

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The following type of joint ownership requires the presence of the four unities:

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A ____________ is an object that at one time was personal property but, through the process of attachment to real property, has become part of the real property.

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____________ rights are those rights pertaining to a landowner whose land abuts a lake, ocean, or sea.

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The following type of joint ownership does not include the right of survivorship:

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The holder of a leasehold estate possesses all of the following property rights except:

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List four methods of acquiring real property.

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Both personal and real property are transferred by deed.

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Curtesy rights allow a widow a certain percentage of her deceased husband's property.

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Today, in most states, this type of leasehold is disallowed:

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If the grantor specifes to whom title to real property passes upon termination of a life estate, the person so indicated is referred to as a ____________.

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Littoral rights are those pertaining to a landowner whose land abuts a river.

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