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Written documents affecting a title to real estate are recorded:
A. where the titleholder resides
B. where the titleholder has legal residence
C. at the county clerk's office where the property is located
D.at any county clerk's office in Texas -answer- 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:
A. another executor
B. a legatee
C. an administrator
,D. a devisee -answer- C. an administrator
What is an abstract of title?
A. title insurance
B. a history of all recorded activity affecting a parcel of real
estate
C. a judgment on real property
D. a patent -answer- 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:
A. owner
B. buyer
C. buyer and seller
D. lender -answer- D. lender
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:
A. ownership from 1955
B. chattel
C. a suit in federal court
D.the original grant of the land from the government to a
private citizen -answer- 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):
A. nuncupative will
B. holographic will
C. oral will
D. formal will -answer- B. holographic will
A voluntary gift of private land to the public is known as:
A. alienantion