FREE CLA/CP Real Property Rights Questions and Answers

Question 1

Two unmarried friends purchase a lake house together.
The deed specifies they are 'joint tenants with right of survivorship.' If one of the friends dies, what happens to the deceased friend's ownership interest in the property?

Accepted Answer

It automatically transfers to the surviving friend.

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It is inherited by the deceased friend's heirs according to their will.

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The state government takes ownership through escheat.

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It must be sold at a public auction to satisfy any of the deceased's debts.

Question 2

A landowner sells the back half of their property to a buyer, but in doing so, the buyer's new parcel has no access to a public road. Which of the following is MOST likely to be created by a court to grant the buyer access across the seller's remaining land?

Accepted Answer

An easement by necessity

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An easement in gross

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A prescriptive easement

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A license

Question 3

Which type of deed offers the grantee (buyer) the LEAST amount of protection and makes no warranties about the status of the property's title?

Accepted Answer

Quitclaim Deed

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General Warranty Deed

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Special Warranty Deed

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Deed of Trust

Question 4

A city government informs a property owner that her land is being taken to build a new public library. The city offers to pay the owner the fair market value for the property. This action is an exercise of which governmental power?

Accepted Answer

Eminent domain

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Zoning authority

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Police power

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Taxation power

Question 5

In real property law, what is the legal term for an item of personal property that has been attached to the land or a building in such a permanent way that it is legally considered part of the real property?

Accepted Answer

A fixture

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A chattel

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An appurtenance

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An encumbrance

Question 6

Which of the following represents the highest and most complete form of property ownership, granting the owner the full bundle of rights for an unlimited duration?

Accepted Answer

Fee Simple Absolute

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Life Estate

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Leasehold Estate

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Fee Simple Defeasible

Two unmarried friends purchase a lake house together.The deed specifies they are 'joint tenants with right of survivorship.' If one of the friends dies, what happens to the deceased friend's ownership interest in the property?

Two unmarried friends purchase a lake house together.
The deed specifies they are 'joint tenants with right of survivorship.' If one of the friends dies, what happens to the deceased friend's ownership interest in the property?