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Fixture

A fixture is personal property that became part of real estate through attachment, adaptation, or intent, such as built-in cabinetry or a furnace, and typically conveys with the sale unless the contract excludes it.

Exam context

Apply fixture tests when a sale question asks whether an item conveys. Emblements are crops, not fixtures. Trade fixtures belong to tenants unless abandoned.

Tests for fixture status

Courts weigh method of attachment, adaptation to the property, relationship of parties, intent, and agreement. A dishwasher bolted in place usually is a fixture; a freestanding refrigerator often is personal property unless specified. Purchase contracts should list excluded items to avoid closing disputes.

Trade fixtures exception

Commercial tenants may remove trade fixtures they installed for business, such as bakery ovens, before lease end if removal does not damage the building. Residential sellers cannot strip ordinary fixtures without buyer consent after contract acceptance.

Examples

  • Built-in bookshelves

    Custom shelves nailed to walls and painted to match convey as fixtures with the home unless the listing excludes them in writing.

  • Commercial trade fixture

    A restaurant tenant removes a walk-in cooler installed for the business before lease expiration, restoring the space per trade fixture rules.

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Related terms

  • EmblementsGrowing crops treated as personal property, not fixtures.
  • Chattel mortgageSecurity interest in personal property that may remain non-fixture.

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