MPRE Safekeeping Funds and Property Practice Questions
Area IX of NCBE’s MPRE outline · 2–8% of the exam, about 1 to 4 of the 50 scored questions
60 questions across all twelve areas in 2 hours, with a score for Safekeeping Property so you know where you stand.
Free Safekeeping Property drillA client gives an attorney money to deliver to a third party at the closing of a sale. Before closing, the attorney uses part of it to pay the attorney's own taxes, intending to replace it. Which statement is correct?
Safekeeping Funds and Other Property on the MPRE
Safekeeping funds and other property are Area IX of NCBE’s outline and 2–8% of the MPRE, about 1 to 4 of the 50 scored questions. The questions test the trust account rules in Rule 1.15 and what to do when the lawyer, the client or a third person disputes money the lawyer holds.
- Share of the exam
- 2–8% in NCBE’s subject matter outline, about 1 to 4 of the 50 scored questions
- Our drill
- 10 questions from 20 Safekeeping Property questions, untimed, an explanation after every answer; one free attempt, unlimited with a pass
What safekeeping property questions test
- Trust accounts: separation, commingling, bank charges, records and where the account is kept (Rule 1.15(a)-(b))
- Advance fees and expenses: deposit in trust and withdraw as earned (Rule 1.15(c))
- Clients’ and third persons’ property: notice, prompt delivery and accounting (Rule 1.15(d))
- Disputed claims: hold the disputed part, pay out the rest (Rule 1.15(e))
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60 questions across all twelve areas in 2 hours, with a score for Safekeeping Property so you know where you stand.
Free Safekeeping Property drillHow to study it
- Learn the one reason a lawyer may put her own money in trust: bank service charges.
- Treat any use of client funds for the lawyer’s own purposes as misappropriation, even if repaid.
- For disputes, find the undisputed amount first and pay it promptly.
- Take the safekeeping drill until you score 90% or better; these questions are very learnable.
Common questions
How many trust account questions are on the MPRE?
Safekeeping funds and other property are 2-8% of the exam in NCBE’s outline, about 1 to 4 of the 50 scored questions.
How long must trust account records be kept?
Five years after the representation ends under Model Rule 1.15(a); some jurisdictions set different periods.
60 questions across all twelve areas in 2 hours, with a score for Safekeeping Property so you know where you stand.
Free Safekeeping Property drillThe other MPRE areas
- Regulation of the Legal Profession
- The Client-Lawyer Relationship
- Client Confidentiality
- Conflicts of Interest
- Competence, Legal Malpractice and Other Civil Liability
- Litigation and Other Forms of Advocacy
- Transactions and Communications with Persons Other Than Clients
- Different Roles of the Lawyer
- Communications About Legal Services
- Lawyers’ Duties to the Public and the Legal System
- Judicial Conduct
- MPRE practice exam (60 questions, 2 hours)
- Mixed drill: all twelve areas
- MPRE practice test: exam facts and every area
Sources
- NCBE: About the MPRE (length, administrations, jurisdictions)
- NCBE: Preparing for the MPRE (format, pretest questions, subject matter)
- NCBE: MPRE Subject Matter Outline (PDF)
- NCBE: MPRE Key Words and Phrases (PDF)
- NCBE: MPRE Registration (fee, dates, rescheduling)
- NCBE: MPRE Scores (scale, equating, release)
- NCBE: MPRE Test Day Policies
- The Bar Examiner: 2025 MPRE statistics (examinees, mean score, passing scores)
- ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct
- ABA Model Code of Judicial Conduct
Original practice questions for exam preparation, written to NCBE’s MPRE Subject Matter Outline and the ABA Model Rules; they are not NCBE questions. Independent practice, not affiliated with or endorsed by the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) or the American Bar Association. MPRE is a mark of NCBE.