Mortgage Dictionary
A guide to mortgage and real estate terminology
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The history of all of the documents that transfer title to a parcel of real property, starting with the earliest existing document and ending with the most recent. |
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Additional comments :
The job of title companies is to perform a detailed search and analysis of historical records from court records, property and name indexes to verity the seller's right to transfer ownership. This research helps to discover claims, defects and other rights or uncertainties concerning the chain of title.
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