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Reasonable Dispatch Service -- A Mover's Obligation to Deliver

Reasonable Dispatch Service -- A Mover's Obligation to Deliver

When a homeowner or a tenant enters into a contract with a mover to transport furniture and furnishings out of state, those federal laws and the...

Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act FIRPTA

In the year 1980, Congress enacted the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act (FIRPTA). The law can be found at 26 U.S.C.S. §1445. Briefly stated, the law provides that if a seller of real property is a "foreign...

Zoning Laws

Zoning law is a mechanism by which government controls the use of land. Typically, zoning laws include such classifications as:

residential;
industrial;
recreational;
commercial; and
...

Marketable Title and How It Is Affected by Liens

What Is Marketable Title and How Is It Affected by Liens?

Fact Scenario

A entered into an agreement of sale with B wherein A agreed to purchase certain real estate. Among other items in...

Possession

Is Possession Really Nine-Tenths of the Law?

An owner of property retains ownership of that property even though the owner has lost or misplaced the property. However, anyone who finds and possesses the lost...