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Degree Applicable Glendale Community College
(Revised October 2006)
COURSE OUTLINE
Real Estate Course 6
Real Estate Law
(3 Units)
I. Catalog Statement
Real Estate Course 6 is a study of California real estate law, including rights incident to property ownerships and management, agency, contracts, and application to real estate transfer, conveying, probate proceedings, trust deeds, and foreclosure, as well as recent legislation governing real estate transactions. This course applies toward education requirement of broker's examination.
Units — 3.0
Lecture hours -3.0
Prerequisite: Recommended preparation: Real Estate 101 - Real Estate Principles, which is required before taking the California Salesperson License Exam.
II. Objectives
Students will be able to:
1. Recognize and appreciate the role, sources and structure of law in American life.
2. Understand the ethical and legal responsibilities inherent in the brokerage of real property.
3. Appreciate the breadth of issues subsumed in the field of real estate law.
4. Read a legal opinion, with some understanding of its factual and procedural setting, and its purpose.
III. Text
Huber, W., Tyler, K., California Real Estate Law, 6th Edition
Covina: Educational Textbook Company, Inc. 2007, (626)339-7733
ISBN: 978-0-916772-40-3
IV. Course Outline Hours
A. Introduction to law 4
B. Physical components of land 4
1. history of California particularly as it
relates to real estate titles;
2. methods of legal description of real estate
C. Estates in real property 4
1. co-ownership of property
D. Relations among adjacent landowners 3
1. trespass, negligence, nuisance, encroachments,
boundary lines, lateral and subjacent support, etc.
E. Easements, profits and licenses 3
F. Contracts 4
G. Agency and brokerage 4
H. Transferring property 4
1. deeds and wills
2. eminent domain
3. adverse possession
I. Escrows 4 1. title insurance and recording
J. Security interests in real estate 4
1. deeds of trust
2. mechanic liens
3. homestead and dwelling house restrictions
K. Land use controls 3
1. covenants, conditions, restrictions
2. zoning
3. introduction to environmental law
L. Real estate taxes 3
M. Landlord-tenant law 4
V. Examination/Evaluation Procedures
Three examinations and a research project. Appellate opinions and end-of-chapter questions contained
in the text are a basis for classroom discussions.
VI. Special Features
Students are given a rudimentary overview of legal research, and are encouraged to apply this
learning to their research project.
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