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Heirs in Virginia can avoid probate entirely for estates under $50,000 by using a small estate affidavit. This legal form lets one heir collect assets by swearing they’re entitled to the assets.
In Virginia, a small estate affidavit can save time and money when transferring assets from the estate of someone who died.The affidavits can only be used when the estate is valued at less than ...
Abandoned property generally becomes the property of whoever should find it and take possession of it first, although some states have enacted statutes under which certain kinds of abandoned property – usually cars, wrecked ships and wrecked aircraft – escheat, meaning that they become the property of the state. [11]
In real property law, avulsion refers to a sudden loss of land, which results from the action of water. It differs from accretion , which describes a gradual addition to land resulting from the action of water.
To obtain a lien on real property in the state of Virginia, the judgment creditor must "docket" the lien in the public records office of the city or county where that property is physically located. Once the lien is docketed, the creditor files a "creditor's bill in equity" in that jurisdiction, which will require the chancellor to appoint a ...
Each U.S. state has a recording act, a statute which dictates the legal procedure by which an individual claiming an interest in real property (real estate) formally establishes their claim to that property. The recordation of property rights becomes particularly significant where an unscrupulous dealer in land purports to sell the same tract ...
A property abstract is a summary of the legal documents that chronicle transactions associated with a particular parcel of land. Generally included are references to deeds , mortgages , wills , probate records, court litigations , and tax sales —basically, any legal document that affects the property.
In English common law, real property, real estate, immovable property or, solely in the US and Canada, realty, refers to parcels of land and any associated structures which are the property of a person. For a structure (also called an improvement or fixture) to be considered part of the real property, it must be integrated with or affixed to ...