Ch. 2 Exam

Question 1

Real Property is defined as:

Answer 1

Land and attachments.

Real Property is the land and everything attached to it. An attachment to the land is also known as an appurtenance.

Question 2

An appurtenance:

Answer 2

May be sold separately from the land, is an interest that transfers with a piece of land, and may be air, water, mineral, gas, and support rights.

Question 3

In Nevada, the body of law that regulates the use of water is known as the:

Answer 3

System of prior appropriation.

Question 4

There are two categories of attachments. They are:

Answer 4

Natural and man-made.

Attachments may be natural, as with trees and plants that are attached to the land by their root systems, or they may be man-made, such as buildings.

Question 5

Anything that has been permanently attached to the land and becomes part of the real estate is known as:

Answer 5

A fixture.

Fixtures have been either permanently attached to the Real Property or required for the operation of something attached to the property such as a garage door opener.

Question 6

A special right given to tenant farmers for planted crops is known as:

Answer 6

The doctrine of emblements.

The doctrine of emblements allows the tenant farmer to reenter the land to harvest the crops and read their profits.

Question 7

Which of the following includes the four tests a court will apply when determining if an item is a fixture?

Answer 7

The method of attachment, the adaptation of the item to the real property, the intention of the annexor, and the relationship between the parties.

Question 8

Ownership of oil and gas is governed by:

Answer 8

The rule of capture.

The rule of capture allows ownership of fugitive substances, such as oil and gas, to include all that is produced from wells constructed on the owners property. Fugitive substances are not stationary and will flow from one parcel of land to another.

Question 9

The north boundary of John’s property has suffered a collapse caused by his neighbor digging a well. The neighbor has violated John’s right to:

Answer 9

Lateral support.

Lateral support is support from adjacent land. John has the legal right to the natural support provided by bordering lands.

Question 10

In order to convey Real Property there must always be an accurate:

Answer 10

Property description.

Question 11

All of the following are types of property description, except:

Answer 11

Street and number.

While a street address may be used in the purchase agreement, it is not an adequate legal description.

Question 12

A standard township would be:

Answer 12

36 square miles

Question 13

A metes and bounds description always:

Answer 13

Begins and ends at the same identifiable point.

The metes and bounds description always has a point of beginning (POB) where the description and measurement starts and finishes.

Question 14

Which of the following legal descriptions uses a principal meridian?

Answer 14

Rectangular government survey system.

The rectangular government survey system also known as the government survey system, and rectangular survey system describes land by reference to a series of grids. These grids are composed of two sets of lines, and original north/south line, known as a principal meridian, and the original east/west line known as a baseline.

Question 15

A plat map is used in which type of legal description?

Answer 15

Lot and block.

The lot and block system is the easiest type of system and is used when subdividing new parcels. The properties within the subdivision are given lot and block numbers on the plat map.

Question 16

In what corner of a township should you find section 1?

Answer 16

North east.

There are 36 sections within each township. The sections are numbered consecutively from 1 to 36, with six sections to a row, beginning at the north east corner, proceeding west to section 6, dropping south to section 7 proceeding east to section 12, dropping south for section 13, proceeding east to section 18, etc.

Question 17

A full Township contains:

Answer 17

23,040 acres.

Question 18

How many acres does the following legal description contain?
E 1/2 of SW 1/4 of NE 1/4 of Section 23.

Answer 18

20 acres.

When calculating acreage in a legal description, the calculation begins at the end of the description. The full description was: E 1/2 of SW 1/4 of NE 1/4 of Section 23. Begin by reading and calculating backwards.

NE 1/4 of section 23 = 640 acres x .25=160 acres.

A section contains 640 acres. 1/4 of that is .25%. To find the number of acres in the first part of the description we must multiply the total acres by the percentage being sold SW 1/4 of NE 1/4 = 160 acres x .25 = 40 acres. To complete the calculation, one final step is needed: E 1/2 of SW 1/4 = 40 acres x .50 = 20 acres. The calculation may be determined by using fractions or decimals representing the fractional percentage.

Question 19

A section of land, as used in the government rectangular survey system, may be described as:

Answer 19

1760 yards x 1760 yards and 640 acres.

One section of land is one square mile, 1760 yards x 1760 yards, and contains 640 acres.

Question 20

A township contains 36 consecutively numbered sections. Section numbering begins in the north east corner. Which would be the section directly south of section 16?

Answer 20

21.

There are 36 sections within each township, numbered consecutively from 1 to 36, with six sections to A row, and beginning at the north east corner, then proceeding west to section 6, then dropping south for section 7, then proceeding east to section 12, then dropping south for section 13, then proceeding east to section 18, etc.