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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.

Exam area: Property Ownership

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What does “trade fixture” mean in real estate?

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.

How is “trade fixture” different from the closest wrong answer?

An ordinary fixture belongs with the real estate. A trade fixture receives special treatment because the tenant installed it for the tenant's trade or business.

What is the Georgia-specific rule?

The national rule applies in Georgia, but an actual lease can set removal deadlines, ownership terms, and restoration duties.

Worked exam example

Scenario

A salon tenant installs wash stations bolted to the floor and removes them before lease expiration while repairing the attachment points.

What is the most common exam trap?

Trap correction

Leaving a trade fixture past the permitted removal time can make it abandoned to the landlord even though it began as tenant property.

Original exam check

Apply the definition

A bakery tenant bolts commercial ovens to the floor of a leased space. The lease says nothing about ovens. Which statement about the ovens is most accurate?

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