Chattel - Personal Property Flashcards

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What is personal property?

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It is movable property that is not attached to the land.

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2
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How is personal property transferred?

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It can be transferred by a bill of sale.

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What is intangible personal property?

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Rights and relationships, such as copyright, patents and trademarks.

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4
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What is tangible personal property?

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Objects such as potted plants, furniture, automobiles. Documents can be personal property, such as a lease or contract.

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5
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What is a chattel real?

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It is personal property with less than freehold interest in real property, such as a lease.

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What is an emblement?

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It is personal property, such as annual crops grown/produced on the land.

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What are trade fixtures?

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It’s personal property of a business tenant and includes things like store, shelves, countertops, etc.

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Can emblements (crops) be harvested p after the farmers lease has expired?

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Yes one time.

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Can trade fixtures be removed by a departing business tenant after the lease expires

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No. Unlike crops (emblements), trade fixtures must be removed before the lease expires.

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What is a deed?

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It is the written document used to convey an ownership interest in real property from the grantor (seller) to the grantee (purchaser)

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11
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What is erosion?

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The gradual wearing way of soil of the land.

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What is Avulsien?

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The sudden separation of land due to a natural cause.

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What is accretion?

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The increase of land due to natural causes.

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What are the physical characteristics of land? There are three.

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  1. a fixed location
    2 Heterogeneity - no two parcels are the same; and
  2. indestructible
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What are the four economic characteristics of land?

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  1. scarcity-(limited amount)
  2. Modification (it can be modified/improved to increase value)
  3. Fixity
  4. Situs (location)
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16
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What are appurtenances?

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Writes and improvements attached to the land that transfer with the land unless reserved or excepted on the deed.

17
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Name the two types of Appurtenaces

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  1. Corporal real estate
  2. Incorporeal rights, relationships, privileges
18
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What are Corporeal Real Estate Appurtenances?

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Improvements, such as buildings, fences, trees, sidewalks, plants

19
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What are examples of Incorporeal Appurtenances?

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Mineral rights, such as oil, gas and coal rights, air, rights, riparian, rights, easements, the right to transfer ownership to heirs (hereditament)

20
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What are the bundle of rights that are also Incorporeal Appurtenances?

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Disposition, exclusion, enjoyment, possession, control.

21
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What does DEEPC stand for when naming the bundle of rights you get with Incorporeal Appurtenances?

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  1. Disposition - the right to xfer
  2. Exclusion - the right to stop others from entering/using
  3. Enjoyment - right to use land freely
  4. Possession - the right to physically occupy
  5. Control - the right to physically alter or change the property
22
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What is the fixture?

A

A fixture is an item that was once personal property, but became permanently attached to real property and is now part of the real property.

23
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What is the legal test to determine if an item of personal property has now become a fixture? Hint the acronym is MARIA.

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M - Method of attachment
A - agreement of the parties
R - relationship to the parties
I - the intent of the annexor
A - adaptation – what is the item’s purpose?

24
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What is conversion?

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It is the process of changing real property to personal property or personal property to real property.

25
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What is severance?

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Converting real property to personal property by detaching it (severing) from the land

26
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What is annexation?

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Converting personal property to real property by attaching it to the land.

27
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When is a mobile home considered real property in the state of Arizona?

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It becomes real property, if it is legally fixed by surrendering the title and recording an affidavit of Affixture.

28
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Must a real estate licensee list and sell new or used unfixed mobile or manufactured homes?

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No, they may do so, but it’s optional.

29
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What document causes a mobile home to be taxed as real estate in the state of Arizona?

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An affidavit of affixture. Otherwise a mobile home that is not attached to the land is simply a vehicle, has a vehicle title, and therefore is personal property.

30
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What are the four government powers which impose limitations on ownership of real property?

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Police power, eminent domain, taxation, and escheat. PETE.

31
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What is PETE the four government powers?

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Police power, eminent domain, taxation, and escheat.

32
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What is police power?

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The right to enact and enforce laws for the health, safety and welfare of the public and do not impose compensation (payment) by the government to the land owner

33
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What is eminent domain?

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The right to take ownership of private property for public use, but government must pay “just compensation” (fair price).

34
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What is condemnation?

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It is the name of the legal process of taking property through eminent domain.

35
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Before the government can take your property by eminent domain in the state of Arizona, what must the government do before beginning/ filing a court action for condemnation?

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20 days before filing a court action the government must:
1. Give the landowner a written offer to purchase for a fair price “just compensation”
2. provide the landowner with an appraisal to support the fair price offered by the government.

36
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What is Escheat?

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It is the reversion of property back to the state due to the owner of the property dying without a will, and with no known heirs.

37
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When the government takes property due to escheat, how many years do heirs have to claim the proceeds from the government sale of that property?

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7 years.

38
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What is a dedication of land?

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It is the transfer of privately owned land to the public with the intent. The land will be used for public purposes. The government does not pay for the land.