TRUE OR FALSE
1. _____ Under the feudal system of land ownership, the responsibility for providing services, determining land use, etc., was held by the king.
2. _____ Government rights limit private rights in real property by the use of appropriation.
3. _____ When real property is taken by means of eminent domain, the government has to pay the landowner fair market value.
4. _____ Railroads have the right to condemn private property for public use.
5. _____ A family had a lion as a pet at their home outside the city. When the area became incorporated, the city made him get rid of the lion by their use of police power.
6. _____ A government may acquire ownership of privately held land by patent.
7. _____ If title to real property is said to be fee simple, it can NOT be alienated.
8. _____ A fee simple estate in real property may not be transferred with a bill of sale.
9. _____ The greatest estate in real property is a fee simple estate.
10. _____ The bundle of rights includes the right of escheat.
11. _____ An encumbrance affects the loan to value ratio.
12. _____ An easement may be created by a written document granting the right to another.
13. _____ An easement may be removed from county records by a quit claim deed signed by the owner of the easement.
14. _____ When a parcel of real property is sold in foreclosure, the easement rights transfer with title.
15. _____ An easement appurtenant passes with the title to the dominant estate.
16. _____ A private road on DonĆ¢ĀĀs property has often been used by fishermen as a walkway to the lake. If Don wishes to break the fishermenĆ¢ĀĀs claim to an easement by prescription, while still allowing the use, he must give notice of his consent to their use of the property.
17. _____ The legal right of a utility company to maintain power lines along the back of a lot is called adverse possession.
18. _____ The best way to determine whether a property has an encroachment is to search the title.
19. _____ A property owner lived in an area newly zoned for business but his deed contains a restriction against commercial usage. In this case the zoning laws would prevail.
20. _____ The type of lien used by someone who does work or supplies materials for a home and has not been paid is called a mechanicĆ¢ĀĀs lien.