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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.

Exam area: Property Ownership

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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 wrong 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.

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.

Original exam check

Apply the definition

A contract is silent about a chandelier wired into the dining room ceiling and a freestanding bookcase that is not attached to anything. Which item transfers to the buyer with the house?

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