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Title Issues

Essentially, “title” to real property refers to the name of the current owner on the deed and the other language of the deed that establishes the particular legal capacity of the ownership. There are a variety of different ways an owner can hold title that have different legal requirements and outcomes. In this broad sense we say that a person “holds title” or “has title” or is “on title” to the property. Title is ownership. When one purchases real property, the question will come up – “How are you going to take title?” There are a number of possibilities. At The Law Office of K. D. White, PLLc, we identify the needs of the buyer and help determine the best way for them to take title to their new property. We can prepare General Warranty Deeds, Special Warranty Deeds and Quitclaim Deeds.

At another level, title is a legal ownership status conferred by being a successor to a series of undisputed previous owners of the property. A deed means very little unless it is in the “chain of title.” Otherwise it is a worthless piece of paper. Title companies provide a service of assuring buyers of property with a policy of title insurance that their seller is the true owner and has “good title” to the property being sold. Title companies are willing to provide title insurance and accept the risk because they have studied and compiled information on recorded deeds for decades and they make an informed judgment about the seller’s chain of title.