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Ownership and Land Use, 15% of the examination

Riparian rights

Water rights belonging to land bordering a flowing watercourse such as a river or stream.

Riparian rights run with the land. Littoral rights attach to land bordering a static body such as a lake or the ocean. Appropriative rights are acquired by permit for beneficial use and may serve land nowhere near the water. California recognises riparian and appropriative rights side by side, which is unusual and is why water rights carry more exam weight here than elsewhere.

See it in a question

One question from Ownership and Land Use, so the term lands in the context the exam uses it in.

Ownership and Land Use ยท 15%Types of Ownership

Two unmarried people buy a house as joint tenants. One dies leaving a will giving her entire estate to her brother. What happens to her interest?

Written to DRE's published topic list. Not a real examination question, since reproducing those is a misdemeanour under B&P Code section 123.

Where this is tested

Property Ownership and Land Use Controls and RegulationsWhat can be owned, how it is held, what limits it, and who does the limiting. Water rights and environmental hazards carry more weight in California than almost anywhere else.15%Practise Ownership and Land Use30 questions on this area, every option explained.Practice

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