Which type of grant transfers title to real property from the government to a private party?

• A. Public dedication
• B. Public grant
• C. Private grant
• D. Grantor

Answer: (B)

The main idea is how title to government land is conveyed to a private party. A public grant is exactly that: the government transfers ownership of land to a private person or entity, typically through a patent or deed, so title passes to the private party. Public dedication, by contrast, is about setting land aside for public use and often ends with the land owned or controlled by the government or dedicated to public access rather than a private transfer of title. Private grant isn’t a standard term for government-to-private transfers, and a grantor is the person or entity making a grant, not the type of grant itself. So the transfer of title from the government to a private party is described by a public grant.