NC Real Property Specialist Practice Questions - NC State Bar Certified Specialist - Real Property Law (Residential & Business) Exam - NC Real Property Specialist Practice Questions - NC State Bar Certified Specialist - Real Property Law (Residential & Business) Exam

Question 1

A grantor signs and delivers a North Carolina deed conveying Blackacre to Buyer A on Monday. The deed is never recorded. On Wednesday the same grantor signs and delivers a deed for the same parcel to Buyer B, who knows about the earlier sale to A. Buyer B records first. Under North Carolina law, who owns Blackacre?

Buyer B, because North Carolina is a pure-race state and B recorded first even with actual knowledge Buyer A, because A's deed was delivered first regardless of recording Buyer A, because B had actual notice of the prior conveyance Neither, because the second conveyance is void for fraud

Correct Answer:

Buyer B, because North Carolina is a pure-race state and B recorded first even with actual knowledge

Question 2

Under the North Carolina Connor Act, where must a deed conveying real property be registered to be valid against lien creditors and subsequent purchasers for value?

With the clerk of superior court in the county of the grantor's residence With the register of deeds in the county where the land lies With the North Carolina Secretary of State With the county tax assessor's office

Correct Answer:

With the register of deeds in the county where the land lies

Question 3

A North Carolina seller conveys property by a deed that warrants only against defects in title arising during the seller's own period of ownership, not against defects predating the seller's ownership. What type of deed is this?

General warranty deed Quitclaim deed Special warranty deed Bargain and sale deed without covenants

Correct Answer:

Special warranty deed

Question 4

A North Carolina commercial lease has a primary term of two years with two three-year renewal options, making the potential total term eleven years. To protect the tenant's leasehold against a subsequent purchaser of the property, what should the attorney do?

Nothing, because possession by the tenant gives constructive notice to all buyers File the full lease with the clerk of superior court Send written notice of the lease to the seller's title insurer Record a memorandum of lease with the register of deeds, because the term exceeds three years

Correct Answer:

Record a memorandum of lease with the register of deeds, because the term exceeds three years

Question 5

In a typical North Carolina residential purchase financed by a lender, what instrument does the borrower sign to secure the loan with the real property, and who holds bare legal title under it?

A deed of trust, with a neutral trustee holding legal title for the benefit of the lender A mortgage, with the lender holding legal title until payoff A contract for deed, with the seller retaining legal title An installment land contract, with title held in escrow by the closing attorney

Correct Answer:

A deed of trust, with a neutral trustee holding legal title for the benefit of the lender

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