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Fixture

A fixture is personal property that has become part of the real property through attachment, adaptation, intention, or agreement, so it normally transfers with the real estate unless the contract provides otherwise.

Official area

Property Ownership

Knowledge cluster

Property classification

Learning sequence

Define, distinguish, apply, retrieve

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Exam purpose

Recognize the rule, then reject the nearest look-alike.

Georgia lens

Apply the state distinction only when the facts call for it.

Connected terms

Connected to 4 terms and one official content area.

What does Fixture mean in real estate?

A fixture is personal property that has become part of the real property through attachment, adaptation, intention, or agreement, so it normally transfers with the real estate unless the contract provides otherwise.

How is Fixture different from the closest exam answer?

Personal property remains movable and separately owned. A fixture has crossed into real-property treatment. A trade fixture is installed for a tenant's business and is generally removable on time.

What is the Georgia-specific rule?

This national ownership concept applies in Georgia, and the signed contract can resolve uncertainty by listing items as included or excluded.

Worked exam example

Scenario

Built-in kitchen cabinets attached and adapted to the home normally transfer as fixtures when the property is sold.

Decision rule

Personal property remains movable and separately owned. A fixture has crossed into real-property treatment. A trade fixture is installed for a tenant's business and is generally removable on time.

What is the most common exam trap?

Trap correction

Method of attachment is important but not the only test. Read intention, adaptation, relationship, and agreement facts together.

Memory cue: Method of attachment is important but not the only test.

Original exam check

Apply the definition

Which statement correctly explains Fixture?

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Related terms to learn next

Trade fixture

A trade fixture is an item a commercial tenant installs for business use that generally remains the tenant's personal property and may be removed before the tenancy ends, subject to the lease and repair of damage.

Bundle of legal rights

The bundle of legal rights describes the separable ownership rights to possess, control, enjoy, exclude others, and dispose of real property, subject to private restrictions and government powers.

Deed

A deed is a written instrument by which a grantor conveys an interest in real property to a grantee.

License in real property

A license in real property is personal, revocable permission to enter or use another person's land for a stated purpose.

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What is Fixture?

A fixture is personal property that has become part of the real property through attachment, adaptation, intention, or agreement, so it normally transfers with the real estate unless the contract provides otherwise.

What is Fixture commonly confused with?

Personal property remains movable and separately owned. A fixture has crossed into real-property treatment. A trade fixture is installed for a tenant's business and is generally removable on time.

How does Georgia treat Fixture?

This national ownership concept applies in Georgia, and the signed contract can resolve uncertainty by listing items as included or excluded.