When.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network

2. Title search - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_search

   In real estate business and law, a title search or property title search is the process of examining public records and retrieving documents on the history of a piece of real property to determine and confirm property's legal ownership, and find out what claims or liens are on the property. [1]

3. Chain of title - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_of_title

   It is a valuable tool to identify and document past owners of a property and serves as a property's historical ownership timeline. The "chain" runs from the present owner back to the original owner of the property. In situations where documentation of ownership is important, it is often necessary to reconstruct the chain of title.

4. Recording (real estate) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recording_(real_estate)

   Examples are those getting the property as a gift and heirs. Also, those who purchase ownership interests in the owners of the property, such as shares of stock in a corporation owning the land, have not purchased an interest in the property itself and so are unprotected. Also, recording laws generally do not protect purchasers against real ...

5. Title (property) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_(property)

   Title is distinct from possession, a right that often accompanies ownership but is not necessarily sufficient to prove it (for example squatting). In many cases, possession and title may each be transferred independently of the other. For real property, land registration and recording provide public notice of ownership information.

6. How to buy a house for sale by owner - AOL

   www.aol.com/finance/buy-house-sale-owner...

   Request the property’s current title status as well. Visit FEMA.gov to verify whether the property is in a flood zone. Commission a thorough home inspection, including water, well and septic ...

7. Torrens title - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torrens_title

   Torrens title is a land registration and land transfer system, in which a state creates and maintains a register of land holdings, which serves as the conclusive evidence (termed "indefeasibility") of title of the person recorded on the register as the proprietor (owner), and of all other interests recorded on the register.