The formalities of a deed can provide more legal certainty to parties when they are transferring large property and other valuable assets. Deeds also give parties a longer period to seek recourse against other contracting parties and also do not require consideration to create a legally binding contract.
In Arizona, most real estate contracts are assignable unless explicitly stated otherwise in the agreement. Certain conditions may affect this, however. For example, contracts involving personal services or that require specific qualifications of the parties may not be assignable.
Arizona is a Mortgage state and Deed of Trust state.
When is a contract legally binding? Typically, a document that includes an offer, acceptance, and appropriate consideration will be considered legally binding. In most cases, a contract is binding in Arizona even if the parties signed it in another state.
The court will determine whether the property is divisible and how it should be divided. Judicial Partition Process. Step 1: Filing the Complaint. Step 1: Filing the Complaint. Step 2: Determination of Co-Ownership. Step 3: Physical Partition or Sale. Step 4: Issuance of New Titles.
To demand a partition or division of the common property is in with Article 494 of the Civil Code, that is, no co-owner shall be obliged to remain in the co-ownership and that each co-owner may demand at any time partition of the thing owned in common insofar as his or her share is concerned.
The Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act (UPHPA) helps preserve family wealth passed to the next generation in the form of real property. If a landowner dies intestate, the real estate passes to the landowner's heirs as tenants-in-common under state law.