Check Your Understanding Answers
- What is involuntary alienation?
Involuntary alienation is a transfer of title to real property without the owner's consent.
- What does condemnation refer to?
Through the government power of eminent domain, if an owner does not voluntarily transfer property, the government has the right to force the property transfer through a legal process called condemnation.
- Explain the process of escheat.
Escheat is an involuntary alienation common law doctrine which transfers the property of a person who dies without heirs to the state. It serves to ensure that property is not left in "limbo" without recognized ownership.
- List the four types of geological processes associated with accession due to natural causes.
- Erosion
- Accretion
- Avulsion
- Reliction
