PA Bar Real Property

Question 1

Under Pennsylvania law, which deed provides the greatest protection to a grantee by including covenants of seisin, quiet enjoyment, right to convey, freedom from encumbrances, warranty, and further assurances?

Accepted Answer

General warranty deed

Answer

Quitclaim deed

Answer

Special warranty deed

Answer

Bargain and sale deed

Question 2

In Pennsylvania, the recording acts follow a race-notice statute. Under this system, a subsequent bona fide purchaser prevails over a prior unrecorded conveyance if the subsequent purchaser:

Accepted Answer

Takes without notice of the prior conveyance and records first

Answer

Records first regardless of notice

Answer

Takes without notice of the prior conveyance regardless of recording

Answer

Records before the prior grantee regardless of notice

Question 3

A testator devises Blackacre 'to A for life, then to B and her heirs.' A dies before the testator. Under the common law doctrine of lapse as applied in Pennsylvania, what happens to B's remainder?

Accepted Answer

B's remainder is valid and takes effect on the testator's death

Answer

B's remainder lapses and passes to the testator's heirs

Answer

A's life estate merges with B's remainder creating a fee simple

Answer

The devise fails entirely and Blackacre passes via intestacy

Question 4

Under the Rule Against Perpetuities, a contingent remainder is void unless it must vest, if at all, within:

Accepted Answer

A life in being at the creation of the interest plus 21 years

Answer

21 years after the interest is created

Answer

A life in being at the grantor's death plus 21 years

Answer

100 years from the date of conveyance

Question 5

In Pennsylvania, which type of tenancy can be unilaterally terminated by either tenant without the consent of the other co-tenant?

Accepted Answer

Joint tenancy

Answer

Tenancy in common

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Tenancy by the entirety

Answer

Tenancy at sufferance

Question 6

A landlord in Pennsylvania seeks to terminate a month-to-month residential tenancy. Under the Pennsylvania Landlord and Tenant Act, the minimum notice required is:

Accepted Answer

30 days

Answer

7 days

Answer

15 days

Answer

60 days

Question 7

Under Pennsylvania's Marketable Title Act, a person who holds a chain of title for at least how many years has a marketable record title free of interests arising prior to that period?

Accepted Answer

50 years

Answer

21 years

Answer

40 years

Answer

60 years