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Property Ownership: Titles, Deeds, and Heirs' Property

How title is actually held, what each deed type does, why heirs' property is the largest driver of Black land loss, and how to fix it before it becomes a partition sale.

Intermediate

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Section 1

Title, deeds, and how ownership is actually held

Title is the legal right of ownership. The deed is the document that transfers it. Recording the deed at the county register of deeds is what puts the world on notice — an unrecord… Join free to read, listen, and test.

Section 2

Heirs' property: how families lose land they own

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Heirs' property is land passed down without a will. Under state intestacy law, every descendant inherits an undivided fractional interest as a tenant in common. After three generat… Join free to read, listen, and test.

Section 3

Clearing title and holding on

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Start with a family tree and the county records. You need the original deed, the date of death of each owner in the chain, and the names of every living descendant. A title search … Join free to read, listen, and test.

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