📘Turn this episode into a Game or Exam-Ready Study Plan.📘 👉 CLICK HERE TO OPEN YOUR FREE STUDY GUIDE 👈 🎧 EPISODE SUMMARY 🎧 Land transfers follow a sequence from contract to priority dispute. Contracts must satisfy the Statute of Frauds with a signed writing specifying parties, property, price, and terms. Part performance through possession, payment, or improvements can enforce oral agreements. Sellers must provide marketable title—title free from litigation risk—by closing. Defects include liens, easements, and title gaps. Curable defects before closing do not justify early buyer rescission. Equitable conversion makes the buyer equitable owner upon contract formation. Loss risk traditionally falls on the buyer, though modern rules tie risk to possession or title transfer. Sellers must disclose hidden material defects, while misrepresentation and active concealment remain actionable. Contractual title duties merge into the deed at closing. Examine marketable title before closing and deed covenants after. Valid deeds require parties, conveyance language, description, signature, and delivery based on present intent. Distinguish escrow delivery from attempted oral conditions or testamentary transfers. General warranty deeds offer full protection, special warranty deeds cover only the grantor's ownership period, and quitclaim deeds convey interest without warranties. Present covenants (seisin, right to convey, encumbrances) breach at delivery. Future covenants (quiet enjoyment, warranty, further assurances) breach upon later interference by superior title. Recording acts determine priority, not deed validity. Notice is actual, record, or inquiry. A bona fide purchaser (BFP) pays value without notice. Under race acts, first to record wins. Under notice acts, a subsequent BFP wins. Under race-notice acts, a subsequent BFP must record first. The shelter rule extends BFP protection to transferees. Wild deeds outside the chain of title fail to give notice. Estoppel by deed passes later-acquired title to prior grantees. Disputes turn on contracts, timing, delivery, notice, value, recording, and priority statutes. Analysis follows the process: contract, title, closing, deed, recording, notice, and priority. ℹ️ INFORMATION, PRIVACY POLICY & TERMS OF USE ℹ️ The Podcast and Website PurposeThe Law School Podcast and 1L Study Aide webpage supplements law-school and Bar Exam study with strategies, condensed rules, quizzes, and flashcards. Educational DisclaimerContent is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not legal advice, creates no attorney-client relationship, and does not guarantee law-school or Bar Exam success. Privacy Policy No account or login is required.This webpage uses no forms or analytics to collect personal information.Quiz and flashcard activity stays in your browser and may clear when local site data is removed.Terms of UseBy using this webpage, you agree to use its content only for lawful, personal, noncommercial educational purposes. It supplements—not replaces—courses, textbooks, official materials, or qualified instruction.
