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Key Facts: NALA ACP Real Estate Exam
$250 / $300
Member / Non-member Fee
NALA ACP specialty
~20 hours
Self-paced Course
NALA
Open book
Online Final Assessment
NALA ACP format
NALA CP
Required Prerequisite
NALA eligibility
3 business days
TRID Closing Disclosure Rule
CFPB Regulation Z/X
Pre-1978
Lead Paint Disclosure Cutoff
Federal lead disclosure rule
NALA ACP Real Estate Principles is an advanced paralegal specialty built on the NALA Certified Paralegal (CP) credential. Candidates complete a self-paced web course (~20 hours) and pass an open-book online final assessment; NALA does not publish a fixed question count or pass rate. The course fee is about $250 for members and $300 for non-members. The body of law tested includes estates and future interests, deed types and covenants, recording acts and notice, the Statute of Frauds and equitable conversion, marketable title, mortgages versus deeds of trust, foreclosure and redemption, title insurance, mechanic's and judgment liens, RESPA/TRID closing rules, prorations and escrow, leasehold estates and habitability, eviction, easements, restrictive covenants, zoning, eminent domain, and the Fair Housing Act.
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1A grantor conveys land 'to Anna for life, then to Ben and his heirs.' What present interest does Anna hold and what interest does Ben hold?
A.Anna holds a fee simple determinable; Ben holds a possibility of reverter
B.Anna holds a leasehold; Ben holds a reversion
C.Anna holds a life estate; Ben holds a vested remainder in fee simple
D.Anna holds a fee tail; Ben holds an executory interest
Explanation: A conveyance 'to A for life' creates a life estate measured by Anna's life. Because Ben is an ascertained person whose interest follows naturally at the end of the life estate with no condition precedent, Ben holds a vested remainder, and because it is given in fee simple ('and his heirs'), it is a vested remainder in fee simple absolute.
2Which estate gives the holder the greatest, most complete bundle of ownership rights, of potentially infinite duration and freely inheritable and transferable?
A.Fee simple determinable
B.Life estate pur autre vie
C.Estate for years
D.Fee simple absolute
Explanation: Fee simple absolute is the highest estate recognized in law. It is of potentially infinite duration, freely devisable, descendible, and alienable, and is not subject to any condition or limitation that could cut it short. The classic words of conveyance are 'to A and his heirs.'
3A deed conveys property 'to the City for so long as the land is used as a public park.' If the City later stops using the land as a park, what happens to title?
A.The grantor must file suit to re-enter and retake the property
B.Title automatically reverts to the grantor or the grantor's successors
C.Title vests in the State as escheated property
D.The City keeps fee simple absolute because the condition is void
Explanation: Durational language such as 'so long as,' 'while,' or 'during' creates a fee simple determinable, paired with a possibility of reverter in the grantor. When the stated event occurs, the estate ends automatically by operation of law and title reverts without the grantor taking any action.
4Two unmarried business partners take title 'as joint tenants with right of survivorship.' One partner dies. Where does the deceased partner's interest go?
A.To the surviving joint tenant automatically by operation of law
B.To the deceased partner's estate to be distributed under the will
C.To the deceased partner's heirs by intestate succession
D.Half to the survivor and half to the deceased's heirs as tenants in common
Explanation: The defining feature of a joint tenancy is the right of survivorship: on the death of one joint tenant, that interest is extinguished and the surviving joint tenant(s) automatically own the whole. The interest passes outside probate and cannot be devised by will.
5A life tenant strips valuable timber from the property and demolishes a barn, substantially reducing the land's value to the detriment of the remainderman. What doctrine allows the remainderman to seek relief?
A.Adverse possession
B.The rule against perpetuities
C.The doctrine of waste
D.Equitable conversion
Explanation: A life tenant owes a duty to future-interest holders not to commit waste. Affirmative (voluntary) waste includes acts that permanently impair the property's value, such as destroying structures or stripping resources. The remainderman may sue to enjoin the waste and recover damages.
6A married couple holds title to their home as tenants by the entirety. One spouse, acting alone, attempts to mortgage the entire property to secure a personal debt. In a state recognizing classic tenancy by the entirety, what is the general effect?
A.The mortgage encumbers the entire property because either spouse may bind it
B.The mortgage is valid only as to the acting spouse's one-half undivided interest
C.The mortgage severs the tenancy and creates a tenancy in common
D.One spouse acting alone generally cannot unilaterally encumber the entireties property
Explanation: Tenancy by the entirety, available only to married couples, treats the spouses as a single legal unit owning the whole. In states recognizing the classic form, neither spouse acting alone can convey, mortgage, or partition the property, and a creditor of only one spouse generally cannot reach the entireties property.
7What is the principal practical difference between a tenancy in common and a joint tenancy?
A.A tenancy in common requires the four unities; a joint tenancy does not
B.A tenancy in common can only be held by spouses; a joint tenancy by anyone
C.A tenancy in common has no right of survivorship; a joint tenancy does
D.A tenancy in common cannot be partitioned; a joint tenancy can
Explanation: In a tenancy in common, each cotenant holds a separate, freely transferable undivided share that passes to the cotenant's heirs or devisees at death; there is no survivorship. A joint tenancy carries the right of survivorship and requires the four unities of time, title, interest, and possession.
8A grantor conveys 'to Maria for life, then to Maria's children who reach age 25.' At the time of the grant Maria has no children who are 25. What kind of remainder do Maria's children hold?
A.A vested remainder subject to open
B.A reversion
C.A contingent remainder
D.An executory interest in the grantor
Explanation: A remainder is contingent if it is subject to a condition precedent or given to unascertained persons. Here the gift is conditioned on reaching age 25 (a condition precedent) and there is no child who has yet satisfied it, so the children hold a contingent remainder, and the grantor retains a reversion in case it never vests.
9Which of the following is a real property interest rather than a mere personal right?
A.An easement appurtenant recorded against the servient estate
B.A license to enter a neighbor's yard to retrieve a ball
C.A profit a prendre is never an interest in land
D.An oral permission revocable at will
Explanation: An easement is a nonpossessory interest in the land of another that is a recognized interest in real property; an easement appurtenant runs with the land and binds successors when properly created and recorded. By contrast, a license is merely a revocable personal privilege to enter land and is not an interest in real property.
10Under the common-law Rule Against Perpetuities, a contingent future interest is void unless it must vest, if at all, within what period?
A.A life in being at the creation of the interest plus 21 years
B.Twenty-one years from the date of the conveyance
C.The life of the grantor only
D.Ninety years under a fixed statutory period in all states
Explanation: The classic Rule Against Perpetuities provides that no interest is good unless it must vest, if at all, not later than 21 years after some life in being at the creation of the interest. Interests that could conceivably vest too remotely are void from the outset under the common-law rule.
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