AZ Real Estate Unit 2 Flashcards
Unit 2
The owners of littoral rights enjoy
unrestricted use of available water
Land is considered to be
indestructible
The concept that no two parcels of property are exactly the same or in the same location is called
nonhomogeneity
In legal tests to determine whether an item is a fixture the permanence of its installation is considered under
the method of annexation
A commercial building with eight storefronts was sold. The new owner has acquired
none of the trade fixtures installed by the tenant
The purpose of real estate license laws is to protect the public in real estate transactions from fraud, dishonesty and
incompetence
Which of the following is not a test in determining whether the intent of the person who installed an item was that it be a fixture or a personal property?
cost of the item
Method of annexation, adaption to real estate, and agreement between the parties are the legal tests for determining whether an item is
A fixture or personal property
A rural property owner acquired of ownership of land that was deposited by a river running thru her property by
Accrection
An item of real property can become personal property by
Severance
Methods of annexation, adaption of the item, and an agreement of the parties are the legal tests for determining whether an item is
real property or personal property
The rights to use any water (other than) for limited domestic use that is controlled by the state rather than the landowner adjacent to the water is called
prior appropriation
Which of the following is considered an improvement?
Sewer
A buyer is interested in a house that is well designed, but it is located in a busy area that is problematic for the buyer The buyers concern about the property is called
area preference
A rural landowner has posted a number of “No Trespassing” and “No Hunting” signs on his property . Which stick in his bundle of rights gives the landowner this authority
Exclusion
Parking spaces in multiunit buildings, water rights, and similar things of value that convey with property are classified
Appurtenances
The considerable amount of undeveloped land available on this earths surface contributes to lands economic characteristic’s of
Scarcity
The property owners land is located along the banks of the river. The owners water rights are called
riparian rights
The phrase legal rights is properly included in
the definition of real property
The law of the sea identifies national territorial waters as those extending from the baseline up to
12 nautical miles
The specific areas of the law that are important to the real estate professional do not include
A maritime law
The sudden removal of soil by an act of nature is called
Avulsion
In some states a land owner must demonstrate a beneficial use for water under the doctrine of
prior appropriation
The developer added sewer lines and utilities and built two streets What are these items called
Improvements
Which of the following is the act where real property can be converted into personal property?
Severance
A right of privilege tied to real property, although not necessarily part of the property is called
An Appurtenance
In determining whether an item is real or personal property, a court would not consider which of the following?
The cost of the item when it was purchased