Title: Distinguish between Real Property and Personal Property - dummies
Headings: Distinguish between Real Property and Personal Property
Distinguish between Real Property and Personal Property
Real property: Land and buildings
Personal property
Personal property: Chattels
Personal property: Intangibles
Property rights: Things that can’t be owned
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Content: Of course, knowing the categories can also help you decide which rules should apply to a particular item of property and which remedies are available for violations of property rights. State statutes may define different categories of property for different purposes. So whenever the categorization of property makes a difference in legal rights or remedies, you should first search for relevant statutory definitions. Real property: Land and buildings
Real property describes land and things that are attached to the land, which is why land is sometimes called real estate or realty. Even though wood, steel, and other building materials aren’t land themselves, when they’re built into structures attached to the land, they become real property, too. Trees and other plants naturally growing on the land are also part of the real property. But plants that require regular human cultivation and labor, such as grains and vegetables, sometimes aren’t treated as part of the real property. Personal property
Personal property is all property that isn’t real property. That’s a big category.