Texas Principles Of Real Estate II Final Exam
Written documents affecting a title to real estate are recorded:
- where the titleholder resides
- where the titleholder has legal residence
- at the county clerk's office where the property is located
- at any county clerk's office in Texas
(Ans - C. at the county clerk's office where the property is located
A person appointed by a court to settle the estate of a deceased person
when the executor cannot perform or refuses to perform is:
- another executor
- a legatee
- an administrator
- a devisee
(Ans - C. an administrator
What is an abstract of title?
- title insurance
- a history of all recorded activity affecting a parcel of real estate
- a judgment on real property
- a patent
(Ans - B. a history of all recorded activity affecting a parcel of real estate
A title insurance policy in favor of the mortgagee will insure the:
- owner
- buyer
- buyer and seller
- lender
(Ans - D. lender 1 / 2
A chain of title shows the linkage of property ownership that connects the
present owner to the original source of title. In most cases it starts with:
- ownership from 1955
- chattel
- a suit in federal court
- the original grant of the land from the government to a private citizen
(Ans - D. the original grant of the land from the government to a private citizen
A handwritten will signed by the testator but not witnessed is known as
a(n):
- nuncupative will
- holographic will
- oral will
- formal will
(Ans - B. holographic will
A voluntary gift of private land to the public is known as:
- alienantion
- dedication
- reliction
- annexation
(Ans - B. dedication
The General Warranty Deed contains:
- the covenant of seisin
- the covenant against encumbrances
- both A and B
- neither A or B
- / 2
(Ans - C. both A and B