Land Use and Regulations

Question 1

Special Assessment

Answer 1

A tax levied against only those property owners who benefit from a government improvement such as curbs, or sidewalks

Question 2

Escheat

Answer 2

Government takes property if owner dies without will, heirs, or kin

Question 3

Riparian Rights

Answer 3

The right to use water from a river or stream that borders a property

Question 4

Littoral rights

Answer 4

right to use water from lake/ocean that borders a property

Question 5

Prior Appropriation

Answer 5

water law

states that the first landowner to claim riparian rights has the exclusive right to take all water for specific beneficial uses

Question 6

Appropriative rights

Answer 6

water rights under prior appropriation

Question 7

C,C & R’s

Answer 7

deed covenants

conditions and restrictions are private controls of land use

development

methods and materials for construction, including style and appearance requirements in some cases

Question 8

Declaration of Restrictions

Answer 8

recorded document outlining the c,c &r’s for a particular area of land

Question 9

HOA Regulations

Answer 9

Deed restrictions for condominiums

Question 10

Injunction

Answer 10

Court order to stop, cease, or refrain from acting

Used to enforce C,C, & R’s