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TITLE AND TITLE PROTECTION

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  • State Recording Acts are essential to title protection.
  • Recording: entering into public record.
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Constructive Notice

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  • Constructive Notice: is notice that is deemed to be given because the facts are readily available.
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Actual Notice

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  • Actual Notice: when one knows a fact concerning a property through direct knowledge or when notice is expressly given.
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Acknowledgement

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  • Acknowledgement: a formal declaration made by person singing the document the he is indeed singing as a free and voluntary act. Taken by:
  • Notories
  • Attorneys
  • County Clerk
  • Registrars
  • Surrogates
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Bona Fide Purchaser

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  • A party who has paid value for an estate in real property without actual constructive notice of an already existing estate in the same parcel.
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TITLE INSURANCE

Title Insurance Defined

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  • Title Insurance: a contractof indemnity under which a title insurance company, for a one time payment agrees to indemnify the insured.
  • Title company also defends any lawsuite attacking the title which is based on a defect covered by the policy.
  • Total policy coverage diminishes as damage payments are made to the insured.
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Exclusions

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  • Exclusions: those matters that the policy expressly indicates are not within the coverage provided. (Condemnation…)
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Exceptions

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  • Exceptions: relate to matters that were never intended to be the subject of title insurance.
  • They are matters that the title company cannot insure because the constitute objections to the title.
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Examination of Title Records Prior to Purchase

Abstract

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  • Abstract of Title: condensed historical records of all grants affecting the property.
  • Cahin of Title: attempts to trace an unbroken chain of former owners back fro 60 years.
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Undiscovered or Hidden Defects

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  • An owner’s title insurance policy insures title against loss from both undiscovered and undiscoverable defects.
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Run-Down Search / Continuation

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  • conducted to reveal any matters of record which have occurred between the time of the initial search and the closing of title.
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Action to Quiet Title

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  • Legal action necessary to clarify the status of title and remove any clouds on the title.
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Examination of Title

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  • Examination of Title: process of reviewing the info discovered in a search or abstract by those who will prepare a Committment (title report and binder).
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Committment

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  • Issuance of a committement is based on the results of the title search, judgement search, and tax assessment search.
  • Outlines terms and conditions.
  • Terminates nine months from its effective date or the closing of title, which ever occurs first.
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Uniform and Ununiform Provisions

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  • Uniform: same policy by policy.
  • Ununiform: differ from policy to policy.
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Title Insurance Coverage

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  • Title to the insured land is in the name of the insured.
  • Any defect in or lien or encumbrance on the title.
  • Protection against loss arising from lack of right of access to the property.
  • Marketability: title that if free of defects and and liens.
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FORMS OF TITLE INSURANCE

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  • Owner’s (Fee) Policy:
  • Mortgage or Loan Policy
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Affidavits of Title

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  • Representations made by the seller and buyer.
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Subrogation

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  • The right to take legal action against a third party responsible for a loss to an insured for which a claim has been paid.
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Ednorsements

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  • Endorsement: a written statement that is used to modify the contents and coverages of a title insurance policy or committment.
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The New Jeersey Department of Banking and Insurance

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  • Regulates policy forms and endorsements as well as premiums and charges.