Methods of Transferring Title

Question 1

There are several ways that title to property can be transferred. These include transfer by: (4)

Answer 1

Descent

Will

Involuntary alienation

Voluntary alienation

Question 2

alienation vs conveyance

Answer 2

The act of transferring title from one party to another vs.transfer of title is put in writing (with a deed)

Question 3

To transfer real property by will is to…

Answer 3

devise

Question 4

what happens if the deed says that a co-owner inherits the property, but the will says that the property goes to a different heir?

Answer 4

a will cannot overrule the survivorship clause in a deed.

Question 5

In North Carolina, the statutory adverse possession time required is

Answer 5

seven years under a color of title claim and 20 years without. (Color of title means there is a recorded document appearing to convey title, but it is not legally valid.)

Question 6

Through escheat, the decedent’s ownership interest in any property is…

Answer 6

transferred directly to the state without their consent.

Question 7

Alienation refers to…

Answer 7

the process of a property owner giving or selling the title of their property to another party

Question 8

condemnation is…

Answer 8

taking of property through eminent domain