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Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson PLLC

Real Estate Conveyances: Which Deed is Right for Me?

When considering whether to enter into a contract to buy or sell property, you may come across various types of deeds by which title may be transferred. In Washington State, there are three common types of deeds that may be...more

Rosenberg Martin Greenberg LLP

Has the Appellate Court of Maryland Disrupted the Tax Sale Market?

Real property tax certificate sales provide a way for taxing authorities to collect delinquent taxes without having to foreclose on properties and take ownership. When the purchaser of the tax sale certificate obtains the...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Navigating Alabama Tax Sale Redemptions: Proving Entitlement to Mesne Profits

In a recent opinion by the Alabama Supreme Court in Smith v. Cameron (SC-2023-0495), the court issued an opinion affirming a trial court’s refusal to award mesne profits to a tax deed holder following the trial court’s order...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

Deed Warranties and Why They Should Matter To You

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You're negotiating to buy a piece of real estate and your attorney tells you that the seller is proposing to give you a "Special Warranty Deed" in exchange for all of the money you will pay.  Special Warranty Deed - that...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

The Title Reporter — Spring 2022

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Here is what we cover in this issue of The Title Reporter: A Legal Update for the Title Insurance Industry: •A federal district court in Montana has ruled that a conveyance of property by policyholders under a title...more

Goulston & Storrs PC

Probate & Fiduciary Litigation Newsletter - December 2021

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Daughter with Power of Attorney Had Burden to Show No Undue Influence over Father - Coscia v. Sweezey, 2021 WL 4765696 (Mass App. Ct. October 13, 2021) - Does holding a power of attorney from a parent in declining...more

Gray Reed

Who Won and Who Didn’t: The 2021 Texas Legislature and Energy

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Most bills filed in each legislative session fail. For the most part we are thankful for that. But today we summarize a few that survived while you weren’t paying attention. ...more

Downey Brand LLP

California Court Reconciles Ownership Presumptions in Probate Disputes

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When Dad bought a house solely in his name, can Stepmother claim a community property interest after Dad has died? Perhaps yes. The answer lies at tricky intersections of California probate law and family law. While family...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

The Title Reporter — Summer 2021

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Here is what we cover in this issue of The Title Reporter: A Legal Update for the Title Insurance Industry: •An appellate court in New York has ruled that a title insurance policy excluded coverage for a “Declaration and...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Title Insurance Booby Traps in the LLC Jungle

Title insurance is inexpensive for a reason - Unlike other insurance policies, it is not prospective in nature.  It does not cover title defects or liens that come into being after the effective date of the policy. ...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

The Title Reporter – Winter 2021

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Here is what we cover in this issue of The Title Reporter: A Legal Update for the Title Insurance Industry: •The Supreme Court of Texas has ruled that a special warranty deed conveying real property limited the grantor’s...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Real Estate Alphabet Soup: Q is for Quitclaim

In my last post, “Real Estate Alphabet Soup: P is for Property” I continued my primer on the “alphabet soup” of real estate. This post continues to stir the “alphabet soup” with the letter “Q.”...more

Gray Reed

What A Quitclaim Deed Is – And, More Importantly, What It Is Not

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“And if you believe that, I have a bridge I’ll sell you!” We’ve all heard this shop-worn expression. Its origin is the shenanigans of George C. Parker, who was famous (or, rather, infamous) for selling the Brooklyn Bridge...more

Whitman Legal Solutions, LLC

Repeats, Second Endings, Codas, and Deeds

A Google search will reveal dozens of websites touting deed forms. It’s unnecessary to go to a website like that, because most states have official, statutory deed forms in their code. Deed forms may look simple. However,...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Can You Survive Identity Theft?

Identity Theft in the Digital and Physical Worlds - Common sense is the best defense against identity theft – creating strong passwords for online accounts and monitoring personal credit reports and credit card statements...more

Dickinson Wright

Tax Certification When Transferring Real Estate

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Considering transferring real estate by quit claim deed when your client is transferring his or her home to his or her Trust? Instead, consider transferring by warranty deed, in most instances, as a best practice. ...more

Jaburg Wilk

Inadvertent Transmutation - How What was ‘Mine’ became ‘Ours’

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We frequently represent clients who have engaged in some type of transaction with his or her spouse during the marriage that inadvertently causes them to lose certain rights to property unknowingly. This often happens in the...more

Stange Law Firm, PC

Things To Do After Completing Your Divorce

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After going through a divorce, many became so consumed about the divorce itself that it’s hard to know where to turn next. For many, it’s hard to finally accept that the divorce itself is done and now it’s time to move on and...more

Knobbe Martens

Advanced Video Technologies LLC v. HTC Corporation Et Al.

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Federal Circuit Summaries - Before Newman, O’Malley, and Reyna. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Summary: A co-inventor did not transfer ownership interests in a...more

Snell & Wilmer

Arizona Court of Appeals Awards Attorneys’ Fees in Quiet-Title Action

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In Arizona, a party successfully quieting title to property may recover its attorneys’ fees if it satisfies three requirements: (1) the party requests a quitclaim deed from the party adversely claiming title twenty days...more

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T&E Litigation Newsletter- June 2017

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In Roth v. Newpol et al., 91 Mass. App. Ct. 699 (May 31, 2017), the Appeals Court considered whether a residuary clause in a decedent’s last will and testament disposing of "any monies remaining in [her] estate" encompassed...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Nevada Supreme Court Clarifies Limits to its SFR Investments Decision

In September 2014, the Nevada Supreme Court, in SFR Investments Pool 1, LLC v. U.S. Bank, N.A., held that a portion of a homeowners’ association (HOA) lien for delinquent assessments has true super-priority status over a...more

Jackson Walker

Selected Drafting Issues In Midstream Contracts

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I will share a small secret – or perhaps, it is not a secret at all. As CLE presentations go, “drafting tip” presentations tend to be very practical in their orientation and are, therefore, more enjoyable and less stressful...more

Gray Reed

Title Troubles In Texas, North Dakota And Montana: Right Of Way v. Fee Conveyance

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If you examine titles or read title opinions, this post is for you. I was recently examining instruments for an East Texas title opinion when I came across an instrument that, at first glance, appeared to be an...more

Stoel Rives LLP

The Not So Good, the Bad and the Ugly: What Every Landman Needs to Know About Community Leases

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In this presentation: - Creation - Conveyance Problems - Allocation of Royalties - Partial Quitclaim Problem - Pooling - Foreclosure Issues - Excerpt from: Conveyance Problems...more

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