This document discusses different methods of transferring title to property, including deeds, contracts for deed, operation of law, wills and trusts, succession, and adverse possession. It covers essential elements of deeds, different types of deeds like general warranty and quitclaim deeds, how title can pass through foreclosure, bankruptcy, or eminent domain. The document also addresses wills and trusts for transferring title after death, as well as gaining title through adverse possession over time if criteria are met.

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