Real Estate Terms-Property Ownership And Land Use Controls And Regulations

A method of acquiring title to real property by a person other than the owner of record through open possession of the property for a five year statutory period and payment of property taxes.

A right belonging to a property, affect title to other property; all those rights, privileges, and improvements which belong to and pass with the transfer of property, but which are not a part of the property. _____ to real property pass with the real property to which they are appurtenant, unless a contrary intention is manifested. Typical _____ are rights-of-way, easements, water rights, and use of improvements located on other property.

A right held by one property owner to use the land of another for a specific purpose, such as ingress and egress to the owner's property.

The right of government to take private property for public use. The government on the taking pays the owner the fair market value of the property.

An improvement on one parcel of real estate which extends onto real estate belonging to another person.

Any claim or lien on a parcel of real estate, such as trust deeds, CC&Rs, easements, taxes or assessments.

The reverting of property to the State when heirs capable of inheriting are lacking.

The interests a person may hold in real property, as defined by statute.

To pledge a thing as security without the necessity of giving up possession of it. To mortgage a property.

Access to a property by its owner directly from publicly dedicated streets or by using their right to traverse a portion of another's land using an easement.

An interest held in a parcel of real estate lasting the lifetime of the named life.

A notice recorded for the purpose of warning all persons that the title or right to possession of the described real property is in litigation; literally suit pending; recorded to give constructive notice of pending litigation.

The constitutional source of the state or local government's authority to act.

The interest which a person has in land or other property which is received on termination of the preceding estate.

The right of a real estate owner to take surface water from a running water source contiguous to their land.

A portion of land established by government survey which contains 640 acres and is one mile square.

An easement restricting an owner's ability to maintain improvements, such as trees interfering with a neighbor's solar energy system.

Government regulations that empower the Real Estate Commissioner to approve a public report for the sale of property divided and developed by land owners.

A California subdivision law stating conditions for the approval of a subdivision map and requiring local governments to enact ordinances directly controlling the types of subdivision projects permitted and the physical improvements to be installed.

A freehold interest in land and things immovable located on the land.

In the survey of public lands of the United States, a territorial subdivision six miles long, six miles wide and containing 36 sections, each one mile square, located between two range lines and two township lines.

Building and land use restrictions enacted by local policy makers to ensure a consistent flow of new improvements to meet the demand of population growth.

Accession by natural forces, e.g., alluvium.

The physical addition to property through man-made efforts or by natural forces.

Also known as clay, adobe soil is a naturally occurring heavy material which readily cracks and is composed primarily of fine-grained minerals.

The transfer of an interest in property to another; the transfer of property and possession of lands, or other things, from one person to another.

A soil with a pH level above 7.

The gradual increase of the earth on a shore of an ocean or bank of a stream resulting from the action of the water.

The action of taking something for one's own use, such as water from a stream.

The combining of land parcels to create a value higher than the sum of their parts.

A sudden and perceptible loss of land by the action of water, such as by a rapid change in the course of a river.

A tree that loses its leaves each year.

Soils that expand when water is added then shrink when they dry out. Such continuous change in soil condition can cause property built on this soil to settle unevenly and crack.

Rights to shorefront land held by landowners whose property borders large navigable lakes and oceans.

The gradual recession of water leaving land permanently uncovered.