Property Law
Answers the important [[civil law]] question: Who has the right to use, exclude others from, or make a profit from a piece of property?
Property can be either [[tangible property]] or [[intangible property]].
By way of example, property law resolves or creates the following issues:
- When does property need to be registered, and what are the consequences of not registering?
- What happens to property when the owner dies?
- What happens to property when the owner is incapacitated?
- What happens to abandoned property?
- What happens when co-owners have a dispute?
- How does a property owner transfer ownership to someone else?
- How does a property owner transfer possession to someone else?
- How does a property owner regain possession? Is self-help permitted?