Property

Property signifies dominion or right of use, control, and disposition which one may lawfully exercise over things, objects, or land. One of the basic dividing lines between property is that between real property and personal property. Generally, the term “real property” refers to land. Land, in its general usage, includes not only the face of the earth but everything of a permanent nature over or under it. This is FindLaw’s collection of Real and Personal Property articles, part of the Business Operations section of the Corporate Counsel Center. Law articles in this archive are predominantly written by lawyers for a professional audience seeking business solutions to legal issues. Start your free research with FindLaw.

Property

Property Articles

Got Water

Early California settlers knew that a stable water supply was one of the most important components of any new settlement. They also found that water was often a scarce commodity in the West. Battles over available water resources were not uncommon ...
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Guarantor Rights in Surprising Places

It is worth remembering that a "guarantor" includes someone who grants a lien on his or her property to secure the principal's debt even if the granting party is not personally liable for payment of the obligation. The plaintiff in Mead v. Sanwa ...
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H-1Bs at a Glance

Temporary: H-1Bs are temporary foreign professionals hired by a U.S. employer. Highly skilled: H-1Bs can be hired only for "specialty occupations," those jobs requiring the equivalent of at least a bachelor's degree in the field ...
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Have Lawmakers Found A Cure For Sprawl?

Commercial development in the Philadelphia suburbs is on fire, and residential development continues unabated. "Antisprawl" legislation and "smart growth" are the catchphrases for land-use planning to address growing pains faced by many ...
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Hawaiian Hospitality

A combination of factors, including a resurgent tourist market and the possibility of "fire-sale" prices substantially below replacement cost, has created a great deal of investor interest in the Hawaiian hotel market. Many potential investors ...
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Health Industry Alert: March 3, 2000

Physicians sometimes lease office space to other suppliers of health care items or services to whom the physicians refer patients. In light of a Special Fraud Alert issued by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) on February 23, 2000, caution ...
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How Lemon Law Can Help You

Article provided by Aiken & Scoptur, S.C. Please visit our Web site at Aiken & Scoptur, S.C. Special acknowledgement to attorney Vincent P. Megna. When your new car does not work as it should, you expect the automaker to step in and make it right ...
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How not to go Dark at a Shopping Center: Advice for Tenants (and Hope for Landlords)

Landlords and major retail tenants frequently argue about including "continuous operations" provisions in their leases. These provisions make it an affirmative obligation of the tenant to stay open for business, subject to whatever limitations are ...
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How to Buy a HUD Home

When someone with a HUD insured mortgage can't meet the payments, the lender forecloses on the home; HUD pays the lender what is owed; and HUD takes ownership of the home. Then we sell it at market value as quickly as possible. Anyone! If you ...
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Hurdles to Development in San Francisco

What a difference a year makes. The reclassification of dot-coms from "business service" to office use, combined with the economic downturn affecting the Bay Area, has had a huge impact on commercial space in San Francisco. Hundreds of thousands of ...
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