BL Ch. 9: Renting or Owning a Home

The four types of tenancies are

• tenancy for rent, tenancy for lessee, tenancy at will, and tenancy on rent day.
• tenancy for rent, tenancy for owners, tenancy for lessors, and tenancy for buyers.
• tenancy for years, periodic tenancy, tenancy at will, and tenancy at sufferance.
• tenancy for years, lessee tenancy, tenancy at will, and tenancy at sufferance.

Generally, the landlord would be required to

• maintain the premises.
• provide blinds for the windows.
• install a screen door.
• provide washer and dryer hook-ups.

Tenants have a duty to avoid waste, which can be defined as

• creating too much garbage each week.
• substantial damage to the premises.
• a violation of the sanitation code.
• creating noise pollution that disturbs the neighbors.

If the tenant installs a ceiling fan, it becomes real property and

• belongs to the tenant.
• is considered waste when the tenant moves out.
• must be maintained by the tenant.
• belongs to the landlord.

Tenancy at will continues for

• an indefinite period of time.
• one year.
• two years.
• ten years.

Landowners own the air space above their property for

• 100 feet above the highest building on the property.
• ten miles above the property.
• 100 miles above the property.
• as high as they can effectively use it.

Joint tenancy allows for each owner's share going to

• the government upon death.
• a revocable trust established for this purpose.
• the surviving co-owners upon death.
• his or her heirs upon death.

When the government takes private property, with compensation, for public use it is called

• easement possession.
• adverse possession.
• zoning domain.
• eminent domain.

A lien is a

• temporary, revocable right to the limited use of another's land.
• a legal claim against another person's property as security for a debt or loan to ensure it will be repaid.
• an irrevocable right to the limited use of another's land.
• real property that is lost by adverse possession.

A written instrument that transfers title of ownership of property is called a(n)

• deed.
• lease.
• license.
• easement.