Property Ownership
In North Dakota, when two or more people own property as joint tenants and one owner wants to end the joint tenancy, they can do so by:
AFiling a petition with the NDREC
BConveying their interest to another party, which 'severs' the joint tenancy and converts it to a tenancy in common✓ Correct
CRequesting the other joint tenants to agree to convert
DFiling for adverse possession of the other tenants' shares
Explanation
Any joint tenant can sever (break) the joint tenancy by conveying their interest to a third party or even to themselves through a deed. This destroys the joint tenancy's key features (TTIP: time, title, interest, possession) and creates a tenancy in common.
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