A Preliminary Title Report is a dated formal report that sets out in detail the conditions under which a policy of title insurance would be issued on a particular parcel of land. Its sole purpose...
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There are two usual types of owner’s title insurance policies used in today’s California residential real estate market – the CLTA Owner’s policy and the ALTA Homeowner’s policy. The CLTA Owner’s...
Due to the recent staffing constraints related to Covid–19 and its variants, we have encountered an increasing number of “pulls” or rejected documents at many of the County Recorders. In order to...
After previous legislative rejections, California is the latest state to adopt a transfer upon death deed, effective January 1, 2016. Although very similar to the model act currently adopted by...
What’s in a name? When a title company seeks to uncover matters affecting the title to real property, the answer is “Quite a bit.” Statements of Information provide title companies with the...