Tx cont-16

1. Unit 4: Conveyance of
Title

2. UNIT 4: CONVEYANCE OF TITLE
What is Alienation?
Transfer
 Deeds
 Essential Elements for a Valid Deed
 Writing  Competent Grantor
 Property Description  Granting Clause
 Execution  Delivery and Acceptance
 Types of Deeds
 General Warranty Deed  Special Warranty Deed
 Deed without Warranty  Trustee’s Deed
 Quitclaim Deed  Deeds Executed Pursuant to a
 Gift Deed Court Order
 Financing Instruments  Public Dedication
 Public Grant

3. UNIT 4: CONVEYANCE OF TITLE
Contract for Deed
Operation of Law
 Foreclosure
 Non-Judicial Foreclosure  Judicial Foreclosure
 Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure
 Partition Action
 Bankruptcy
 Quiet Title Action
 Tax Sale
 Execution Sale
 Eminent Domain
 Condemnation  Inverse Condemnation

4. UNIT 4: CONVEYANCE OF TITLE
Wills & Trusts
 Wills
 Types of Wills
 Attested Will
 Holographic Will
 How Wills are Changed
 Disinheriting a Relative
 Revocation of a Will
 Probate
 Trusts
 Advantages of a Trust
 Disadvantages of a Trust
 Types of Trusts

5. UNIT 4: CONVEYANCE OF TITLE
Succession
Adverse Possession
 Requirements for Adverse Possession
 3-Year Statute
 5-Year Statute
 10-Year Statute
 25-Year Statute
 Tacking
 Defeating Adverse Possession

6. UNIT 4: CONVEYANCE OF TITLE
Accession
Importance of Recording
 Recording Process
 Effect of Recording
 Priorities in Recording