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REAL ESTATE EXAM PREPGEORGIA REAL ESTATE EXAM GLOSSARY
Escheat is the state's acquisition of property when an owner dies without a valid will and no lawful heirs can be found.
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GLOSSARY TERM GUIDEBuild the complete exam definition
Learn the rule, separate it from the nearest distractor, then apply it to a Georgia fact pattern.
What does Escheat mean?
Escheat is the state's acquisition of property when an owner dies without a valid will and no lawful heirs can be found. It prevents property from remaining ownerless.
How do you separate the nearest exam answer?
Escheat concerns death without heirs. Eminent domain is a government taking for public use with just compensation.
What changes or stays the same in Georgia?
The concept appears in the national ownership and transfer curriculum. Georgia law supplies the local succession procedure, but the exam distinction remains death without heirs versus a public-use taking.
An owner dies intestate, and the estate search identifies no person entitled to inherit. The property ultimately passes to the state.
Dying without a will is not enough by itself. If legal heirs exist, intestate succession applies rather than escheat.
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REAL ESTATE EXAM PREPGEORGIA REAL ESTATE EXAM
GLOSSARY TERM GUIDERetrieve the rule under exam conditions
Answer before reading the explanation. Then explain why every distractor belongs to a different term.
A Georgia owner dies without a will. After a search, the estate locates one living niece who is entitled to inherit under Georgia law. What happens to the owner's land?
- A
It escheats to the state because there was no will
- B
The county acquires it through a condemnation case
- C
The niece inherits it through intestate succession
- D
It reverts to the person who originally sold it
Escheat applies only when an owner dies without a will and no lawful heir can be found. Here an heir exists, so the land passes to the niece by intestate succession. The escheat option treats dying without a will as enough by itself, which is the classic trap.
Mark each box only when you can perform the skill without looking.
I can define the term in one precise sentence.
I can separate it from the closest look-alike.
I can explain the Georgia rule or confirm that the national rule applies.
I can answer the practice check and explain every option.
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