Property Ownership

In Ohio, the process by which property reverts to the grantor (or their heirs) when a fee simple defeasible condition is violated is called:

AEscheat
BReverter (possibility of reverter or right of entry)✓ Correct
CAdverse possession
DEminent domain

Explanation

In a fee simple determinable, the property automatically reverts to the grantor (possibility of reverter) when the stated condition is violated. In a fee simple subject to condition subsequent, the grantor must exercise a right of entry.

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