Arizona Real Estate Practice Exam
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A claimant has occupied and used a parcel in Arizona under a duly recorded deed and has paid the property taxes. Under A.R.S. 12-525, what limitation period applies to this kind of adverse possession?
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Arizona real estate exam at a glance
| National questions | 80 scoredsource |
|---|---|
| State-law questions | 60 scoredsource |
| Passing score | 75%source |
| Time limit | 4 hourssource |
| Exam fee | $130.00 per attemptsource |
| Test provider | Pearson VUEsource |
| Retake wait | 1 dayssource |
| Pre-licence education | 90 hourssource |
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1. A claimant has occupied and used a parcel in Arizona under a duly recorded deed and has paid the property taxes. Under A.R.S. 12-525, what limitation period applies to this kind of adverse possession?
Why: The official catchline of A.R.S. 12-525 describes adverse possession and use "under duly recorded deed with possessor paying taxes; five year limitation," so 5 years applies. Three years (12-523) is possession under title or color of title, and 10 years (12-526) is the general possession-and-use period. The 2-year rule in 12-522 covers land claimed only by right of possession.
2. An Arizona broker wants to transfer trust money between accounts belonging to different owners. What consent is required?
Why: A.R.S. 32-2151(C)(6) requires each owner's written consent for transfers between differently owned accounts.
3. An Arizona salesperson receives a transaction deposit and wants to keep it until next month's sales meeting. What is required?
Why: A.R.S. 32-2151.01(D) requires promptly placing transaction cash, checks and other value items in the designated broker's care.
4. An Arizona rejected offer never results in a binding contract. What minimum record period applies under the rejected-offer provision?
Why: A.R.S. 32-2151.01(I) generally retains rejected offers for at least 1 year, extending prior rejected-offer retention to 5 years when a binding contract results.
5. Three co-buyers in a single Arizona home sale each win a $25,000 judgment against the salesperson whose misrepresentation harmed them, and each applies to the Real Estate Recovery Fund. What is the most the fund can pay for that one transaction?
Why: A.R.S. 32-2186(B) caps the fund at $30,000 for each transaction, regardless of the number of persons aggrieved or the number of licensees or parcels involved. $90,000 is the separate cap for each licensee, and $75,000 simply adds up the three judgments, which the per-transaction cap does not allow.
6. An Arizona buyer offers a promissory note as earnest money. What should the transaction document identify?
Why: A.R.S. 32-2151.01(C) requires specifying the actual type of earnest consideration in the purchase contract, lease or receipt.
7. A buyer hands an Arizona salesperson an earnest money check along with an offer. Under A.R.S. 32-2151.01, what must happen?
Why: A.R.S. 32-2151.01(D) requires all licensees to "promptly place all cash, checks or other items of value" received in a transaction in the care of the designated broker. Subsection C requires the broker to state in the purchase contract, lease or receipt the type of earnest money received, "whether it is cash, a check, a promissory note or any other item of value."
8. A residential listing agreement says it runs "until the property is sold" and is otherwise complete and signed. Under A.R.S. 32-2151.02(A), what is wrong with it?
Why: A.R.S. 32-2151.02(A) requires every real estate employment agreement to be clear, set forth all material terms including broker compensation, be signed by all parties, and "have a definite duration or expiration date, showing dates of inception and expiration." "Until sold" has no expiration date. Recording is not required, and A.R.S. 44-502 makes it unlawful to record an exclusive agreement to list residential property.
9. A buyer signs a timeshare purchase agreement in Arizona. Under A.A.C. R4-28-804(B), by when may the buyer rescind without cause?
Why: R4-28-804(B) requires a timeshare contract to state that the purchaser may rescind by written notice "by midnight of the tenth calendar day" following the day the purchaser signed, so the answer is the 10th day. The 7th calendar day is the rescission deadline for unimproved subdivided lots and unsubdivided land under R4-28-804(A).
10. An Arizona seller owes $310,000 on her loan. Her home sells for $320,000 and her costs of sale total $22,000. She cannot pay any shortfall. By how much does the sale fall short, making it a "short sale" as A.R.S. 32-2130 defines the term?
Why: A.R.S. 32-2130(A) defines a short sale as one where the sales price is insufficient to pay the loan "in addition to the costs of sale" and the seller cannot pay the difference. The loan plus costs is $310,000 + $22,000 = $332,000, and $332,000 - $320,000 = $12,000. Ignoring the costs makes the sale look like a $10,000 gain.