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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.

Exam area: Property Ownership

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What does “license in real property” mean in real estate?

A license in real property is personal, revocable permission to enter or use another person's land for a stated purpose. It ordinarily creates no interest in the land.

How is “license in real property” different from the closest wrong answer?

A license is permission and is generally revocable. An easement is a property right that may bind successors according to its creation and recording.

What is the Georgia-specific rule?

The national distinction applies in Georgia. Written facts, payment, reliance, and other circumstances can matter in actual disputes, but exam questions usually test revocable permission versus an easement right.

Worked exam example

Scenario

An owner allows a neighbor to park in the driveway during a weekend event and may withdraw that permission later.

What is the most common exam trap?

Trap correction

Repeated use does not automatically transform permission into an easement.

Original exam check

Apply the definition

An owner lets a neighbor park a boat trailer in the side yard each summer, with no written agreement and no payment. After five years the owner asks the neighbor to stop. What right does the neighbor have?

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