FL Bar Real Property 3

Question 1

Under Florida's Landlord-Tenant Act, a residential landlord must return a security deposit or provide written notice of a claim against it within how many days of the tenant vacating?

Accepted Answer

30 days

Answer

15 days

Answer

45 days

Answer

60 days

Question 2

A fee simple determinable differs from a fee simple subject to a condition subsequent because the fee simple determinable:

Accepted Answer

Automatically reverts to the grantor upon the occurrence of the stated event

Answer

Requires an affirmative act by the grantor to terminate the estate

Answer

Can only be created for charitable purposes

Answer

Has no future interest in the grantor

Question 3

Florida's anti-merger doctrine as applied to easements means that when the same person owns both the dominant and servient estate:

Accepted Answer

The easement is automatically extinguished by merger

Answer

The easement survives if the owner intends it to

Answer

Merger does not apply to easements in Florida

Answer

The court must approve the extinguishment

Question 4

Under the Rule Against Perpetuities, an interest is invalid if it may vest more than:

Accepted Answer

A life in being plus 21 years

Answer

100 years from creation

Answer

21 years after a life in being at the time of creation

Answer

50 years from the grantor's death

Question 5

A purchase money resulting trust arises when:

Accepted Answer

A party pays the purchase price for property but title is taken in another's name

Answer

A property is purchased at a tax sale

Answer

The grantor retains a life estate after conveyance

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A co-owner fails to contribute to mortgage payments

Question 6

Under Florida law, a notice statute protects a subsequent purchaser who:

Accepted Answer

Takes for value without notice of the prior conveyance, even if they do not record first

Answer

Records first regardless of notice

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Has constructive notice from recording

Answer

Is a donee of the property