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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
RE 55 | Title:
LEGAL ASPECTS REAL ESTAT |
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| Full Title:
Legal Aspects of Real Estate |
| Last Reviewed:1/23/2023 |
| Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
| Maximum | 3.00 | Lecture Scheduled | 3.00 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 52.50 |
| Minimum | 3.00 | Lab Scheduled | 0 | 6 min. | Lab Scheduled | 0 |
| | Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| | Contact Total | 3.00 | | Contact Total | 52.50 |
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| | Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| | Total Out of Class Hours: 105.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Applicable
Grading:
Grade Only
Repeatability:
00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As:
Formerly:
RE 80D
Catalog Description:
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California real estate law, including rights incident to property ownership and management, agency, contracts, and application to real estate transfer. Conveyancing, probate proceedings, trust deeds, foreclosure, and recent legislation governing real estate transactions. Applies toward educational requirements for the California Real Estate Broker's examination.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Recommended Preparation:
Course Completion of RE 50
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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California real estate law, including rights incident to property ownership and management, agency, contracts, and application to real estate transfer. Conveyancing, probate proceedings, trust deeds, foreclosure, and recent legislation governing real estate transactions. Applies toward educational requirements for the California Real Estate Broker's examination.
(Grade Only)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Course Completion of RE 50
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
| Associate Degree: | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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| CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 1981 | Inactive: | |
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| UC Transfer: | | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Both Certificate and Major Applicable
COURSE CONTENT
Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
1. Summarize the source of our legal system.
2. Determine the laws of agency.
3. Analyze the elements of a valid contract.
4. Compare and contrast the types of contracts used in real estate.
5. Compare and contrast estates in real estate.
6. Examine ownership and contrast ownership interest in real estate.
7. Differentiate instruments used in real estate and decide when each is used.
8. Evaluate adjacent property rights such as easements, water rights, and nuisance.
9. Analyze the landlord-tenant relationship.
Topics and Scope
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1. Sources of law and the judicial system
a. definition of law
b. influences on our legal system
c. constitutional and statutory law
d. court structure
e. lawsuit procedure
f. judicial and non-judicial remedies
2. Law of agency
a. agency defined
b. types of agents
c. how agencies are created/terminated
d. duties and responsibilities of licenses
3. Law of contracts
a. types of contracts
b. contract essentials
c. real estate contracts
1) listings
2) options
3) leases
4. Estates in real estate and their relationship to probate
a. freehold
b. less than freehold
c. ownership
1) tenancy in common
2) joint tenancy
3) community property
4) partnerships
5. Acquisitions and conveyances
6. Real property security devices
a. notes
b. deeds of trusts
c. mortgages
d. liens
7. Adjacent property rights
a. encroachment
b. nuisance
c. water rights
d. easements
8. Landlord/tenant law
Assignments:
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1. Weekly reading assignments of 15 to 40 pages
2. Analysis of 8 - 15 case studies pertaining to the judicial system, law of agency, law of contracts, estate holdings, acquisitions and conveyances, security devices, property rights and landlord/tenant law
3. Four exams
4. Test corrections; provide citations of references to support correct answers
Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
| Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing
20 - 50% |
| Case studies and referenced test corrections | |
| Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving
0 - 0% |
| None | |
| Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations
0 - 0% |
| None | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
40 - 70% |
| Exams to include multiple choice, true/false, and essay items | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
5 - 10% |
| Attendance and participation | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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California Real Estate Law, by Pivar and Bruss, 7th Edition, Dearborn Publishing, 2009.
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