Define the Following Fixture (property Law) in Real Estate Flashcards

Requires the seller to provide notice to a purchaser about whether a structure on the land is entitled to support from the underlying coal.

1. 1. Mobile home is transferred in conjunction with and as a part of an assignment of a land lease or the transfer of an interest in land on which the mobile home is situated; or
2. 2. Mobile home is permanently attached to a foundation, and
3. 3. Registration of the mobile home is canceled by the owner with the Pennsylvania Bureau of Motor Vehicles

The governing body of a municipality is responsible for enacting the comprehensive plan, zoning, and subdivision ordinances in accordance with procedures in the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code. They may appoint a planning commission to be responsible for formulating the recommended plans and ordinances. Public hearings must be held prior to their enactment by the governing body.

Charges permitted by the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code to help defray the cost of streets to keep up with development

*Went into effect in July 2004, as prescribed by the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act that was passed in 1999. *In addition to satisfying the purpose of construction codes, the act encourages the use of state-of-the-art construction methods and systems and eliminates existing codes that are obsolete, overly restrictive, or conflicting.

Oversee's PA's environmental laws

*Passed by the Department of Environmental Protection *Gives notice to prospective buyers that if a property is not serviced by a public sewage system and no community sewage system is available, a permit for an individual system must be obtained

Provides for the rehabilitation or recycling of brownfields by providing a mechanism to enforce hazard mitigation controls and ease concerns about the future liability associated with contaminated properties

-Burdensome disclosure requirements are readily satisfied -Mitigation controls can be enforced regardless of ownership

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Created when the person claiming the easement has made use of another's land for 21 years in PA. The claimant's use must have been continuous, exclusive, and without the owner's approval. Through the principle of tacking (discussed in Unit 5), successive periods of adverse possession by different adverse possessors can be combined so that a person who is not in possession for the entire statutory time may establish a claim.The use must be visible, open, and notorious, that is, the owner must have been able to learn of it. The claimant is entitled to assert a right to use the property and cannot claim ownership. Prescriptive easements cannot usually be acquired on public land.

Normally, one week's notice is required to terminate an estate from week to week; one month's notice is required to terminate an estate from month to month; and three months' notice is required to terminate an estate from year to year.

False, contracts for more than three years duration are required to be in writing. However a written agreement can be used for any period of time.

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1st Year-the maximum amount of the security deposit cannot exceed a sum equivalent to two months' rent 2nd Year-the amount drops to a sum equivalent to one month's rent During years 2-5-the landlord may increase the amount of security deposit, following the same monthly equivalency formula, to keep pace with increasing rents After 5 years- the landlord cannot increase the amount of security deposit.