Nebraska Property Ownership
Practice Questions & Answers (2026)
Property ownership questions on the Nebraska exam test forms of ownership, how title is held, and the rights that come with different ownership structures. Nebraska tests joint tenancy, tenancy in common, tenancy in severalty, and the specific unities required to create each form. The Nebraska Real Estate Commission frequently tests what happens to ownership when one co-owner dies under each ownership form. These questions are foundational but often contain traps for candidates who memorize definitions without understanding the real-world implications tested by the NE exam.
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Q1. Tenancy in common differs from joint tenancy in that:
Explanation
The key difference is survivorship: tenants in common have no right of survivorship, so each co-owner's share passes through their estate upon death rather than automatically to the surviving co-owner(s).
Q2. A mechanic's lien may be filed against a property by:
Explanation
A mechanic's lien is a legal claim against a property by contractors, subcontractors, or material suppliers who provided labor or materials but were not paid.
Q3. A life estate grants the life tenant the right to:
Explanation
A life estate grants the right to use and possess property for the duration of the life tenant's life. Upon their death, title automatically passes to the remainderman named in the deed.
Q4. Eminent domain gives the government the power to:
Explanation
Eminent domain (exercised through condemnation) allows the government to acquire private property for public use, but the Fifth Amendment requires the government to pay just (fair market value) compensation.
Q5. A covenant running with the land means the restriction:
Explanation
A covenant running with the land is a restriction that is attached to the property itself and binds all future owners, not just the original party who agreed to it.
Q6. Tenancy by the entirety is a form of co-ownership available:
Explanation
Tenancy by the entirety is a form of marital co-ownership available only to legally married spouses, combining the right of survivorship with protection against one spouse's individual creditors.
Q7. The government's power to levy real property taxes is known as:
Explanation
The power of taxation allows government entities to levy taxes on real property to fund public services. It is one of the four governmental powers affecting real property (along with eminent domain, police power, and escheat).
Q8. Escheat is the process by which:
Explanation
Escheat is the governmental power under which privately owned property reverts to the state when the owner dies without a will (intestate) and without any heirs to inherit.
Q9. Personal property becomes real property (a fixture) when it is:
Explanation
Personal property becomes a fixture (real property) when it is permanently attached to the land or building, adapted to the property's use, and the owner intended it to be a permanent improvement.
Q10. A deed restriction that prohibits a property from being used for commercial purposes is an example of a:
Explanation
A deed restriction limiting use to residential purposes is a private restrictive covenant — a privately imposed limitation that runs with the land, created by a developer or prior owner and enforced by neighboring property owners.
Q11. A license in real property law is:
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