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Real property

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In brief

Real property includes land, permanent attachments and the associated ownership rights.

Example

Compare the house and land with a movable sofa: the sofa does not automatically become part of the real estate.

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  1. Start with the land.
  2. Add the house and its permanent improvements.
  3. Now add the ownership rights associated with that
  4. real estate.
  5. Together, we are describing real property.
  6. Look inside the kitchen.
  7. Built-in cabinets ordinarily form part of the real
  8. estate as fixtures.
  9. The movable cart ordinarily does not.
  10. The key distinction is not whether an item
  11. is valuable.
  12. It is how the item relates to the
  13. land and improvements, along with the relevant facts
  14. and agreement.
  15. Ownership rights can also be divided or limited.
  16. Quick check:
  17. does every object sitting inside a house automatically
  18. become real property?
  19. No.
  20. A movable item can remain personal property even
  21. when it is inside the home.

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