OK Bar Property Law 5

Question 1

In Oklahoma, the standard statutory period for adverse possession of real property is:

Accepted Answer

15 years

Answer

Oklahoma requires 15 years of actual, open, notorious, exclusive, hostile, and continuous possession to acquire title by adverse possession.

Question 2

A occupies part of B's lot for 9 years, then sells her interest to C, who occupies it for 7 more years continuously. May C claim adverse possession in Oklahoma?

Accepted Answer

Yes, because tacking combines successive possessions in privity

Answer

Successive adverse possessors in privity may tack their periods together to satisfy the 15-year statute.

Question 3

A possessor occupies land under a deed that mistakenly describes more acreage than she actually fences and farms. Her adverse possession claim to the unfenced portion depends on:

Accepted Answer

The doctrine of constructive adverse possession under color of title

Answer

Possession under color of title of part of a described tract constructively extends to the entire parcel described in the defective instrument.

Question 4

A tenant installs restaurant booths bolted to the floor of leased premises. At lease end, the tenant may remove them if:

Accepted Answer

They are trade fixtures removed before or at lease end without substantial damage

Answer

Trade fixtures installed for a tenant's business are removable before the lease ends if removal does not substantially damage the premises.

Question 5

A landowner excavates near the boundary and his neighbor's land, in its natural state, subsides. The excavating owner is:

Accepted Answer

Strictly liable for withdrawing lateral support of land in its natural condition

Answer

A landowner is strictly liable when excavation causes adjacent land in its natural, unimproved state to subside.

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OK Bar Property Law 5