REVIEW OF LIENS AND COMM. OWNERSHIP Flashcards
LIENS ARE CREATED AS A MEANS OF
SECURING A DEBT
LIENS MAY BE CREATED BY
- ACTS OF PARTIES
2. OPERATION OF LAW
LIENS WHICH ARE CREATED BY OPERATION OF LAW ARE CALLED
STATUTORY LIENS AND
INVOLUNTARY LIENS
Voluntary Liens are created
by agreement of the parties
A lien which attaches to ALL property owned by a lienee is a
VOLUNTARY LIEN
A SPECIFIC LIEN is one which attaches to
A Particular Property
Which of the following liens have the highest priority?
REAL PROPERTY TAX LIENS
GENERAL LIENS ARE 1. Federal Income Tax liens. 2. Judgments Liens 3. Deficiency Judgement liens. BUT
Real Property Liens is NOT a general lien.
All of the these are SPECIFIC LIENS:
MORTGAGE LIEN
MECHANIC’S LIEN
REAL PROPERTY LIEN
DEFICIENCY JUDGEMENT LIENS ARE GENERAL LIENS
A JUDGEMENT AGAINST A BORROWER WHEN THE PROCEEDS FROMA foreclosure sale are insufficient to satisfy the indebtedness is a
DEFICIENCY JUDGMENT LIEN.
A lien in favor of a person who has furnished work or materials in the erection or repair of a building is
A MECHANIC’S LIEN AND
CAN SOMETIMES GIVEN PRIORITY OVER A MORTGAGE
TITLE to real property which is subject to a lien may be transferred how?
- SATISFYING THE LIEN
OR
2.ASSUMPTION OF THE LIEN BY THE GRANTEE
IN A CONDOMINIUM DEVELOPMENT, individual owners own
- FEE TITLE TO THEIR UNITS.
2. A SHARE OF THE LAND.
ALL of the following can be organized as a CONDOMINIUM
- A SHOPPING CENTER.
- A RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
- A GARDEN APARTMENT COMPLEX
EACH UNIT IN A CONDOMINIUM DEVELOPMENT
- OCCUPIES AN AIR LOT
AND - IS PART OF A HORIZONTAL PROPERTY REGIME (A horizontal property regime allows units within one building to be sold and owned separately and owners of those units to own a common right in common areas of the building and property.
All of the following are true of Condominium ownership :
- Own units whose title is derived from a “master deed”
- Hold Fee Simple Title to their units
- Hold an undivided interest in the land.
It is NOT true that the individual unit owners have no interest in the land under the units. THEY DO!
THE SPACE BETWEEN THE INTERIOR SURFACE OF THE WALLS IN A CONDOMINIUM UNIT IS
SEPARATE PROPERTY
A CONDOMINIUM “OWNERS ASSOCIATION”
- PROVIDES A MEANS OF INTERNAL GOVERNMENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT
AND
SERVES TO CONTROL, REGULATE, AND MAINTAIN THE COMMON ELEMENTS.
CONDOMINIUM FEES ARE DETERMINED BY
- THE ASSOCIATION’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS
AND - ASSESSING EACH OWNER A PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF THE ASSOCIATION’S EXPENSES.
THE OWNER OF A CONDO UNIT
RECEIVES A SEPARATE TAX BILL FOR THE TAXES ON HIS UNIT.
In the COOPERATIVE form of ownership, the title to units in the building is held by
a corporation
Rules governing Cooperative living:
are made by cooperative “tenants’ association” AND the tend to be more stringent than in a condo
The expenses of operating a cooperative development are met by charging the cooperators:
a PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF THE EXPENSES
NOT rent on the unit they occupy
PUD (planned unit development)
unit owners do NOT old direct interest in common areas
PUD (Planned unit developments) are created under what augority?
Local Zoning
Owners of units in a Planned unit development own
- THE LAND BENEATH THEIR UNITS
AND - THE AIR ABOVE THEIR UNITS.
VERTICAL STACKING of units in a PUD
are not possible
What is true about a PUD:
- Owners provide all maintenance of their homes.
- The community assoc. maintains the common ares.
- Owners pay dues to the community association