Real Estate

4.7

Title Law: From Review to Quiet Title Actions

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5 hours 50 minutes
Phoenix Ayotte
Patrick Lacsina
Trevor Reid
Perry Young
With Phoenix S. Ayotte from Future Counsel, LLC + 3 others
Recorded September 05, 2025
Product ID 100788

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Overview

Secure Your Clients' Property Rights Every Step of the Way

Every real estate transaction or transfer of title carries inherent risks in the form of defects, disputes, and hidden liabilities. Are you equipped with the knowledge you need to identify, prevent, and resolve latent title issues before they become big legal headaches for clients? Don't miss this opportunity to gain 6 hours of comprehensive, practical training on all things real estate title. Tackle title issues with efficiency and ensure your clients' property rights are safeguarded - register today!

  • Understand various forms of title and ownership rights.
  • Master the essentials of conducting a title search and reviewing title reports.
  • Learn the risks covered - and not covered - by a title insurance policy.
  • Discover how to read and review land surveys for boundary line gaps, overlaps, easement issues, and more.
  • Find the right cures to common defects, from public record errors to adverse possession claims.
  • Remove potential challenges to your client's claim to property rights with a quiet title action.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Basic Principles of Title Law
  2. Title Search Mechanics and Reviewing the Title Report
  3. Title Insurance 101
  4. Primer on Reading and Reviewing Land Surveys
  5. Best Methods for Curing Different Title Defects
  6. Anatomy of a Quiet Title Action
  7. Preparing Deeds and Legal Descriptions to Transfer Title

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Product ID 100788

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Credits Available
Credit Status Total
California MCLE Paralegal Approved 6 Total
Alaska CLE Reciprocity 6 Total
Alabama CLE Approved 6 Total
Arkansas CLE Approved 6 Total
Arizona CLE Approved 6 Total
California CLE Approved 6 Total
Colorado CLE Approved 7 Total
Connecticut CLE Approved 6 Total
Delaware CLE Approved 6 Total
Florida CLE Approved 7 Total
Georgia CLE Approved 6 Total
Hawaii CLE Approved 6 Total
Iowa CLE Approved 6 Total
Idaho CLE Approved 6 Total
Illinois CLE Approved 6 Total
Indiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Kansas CLE Approved 7 Total
Kentucky CLE Approved 6 Total
Louisiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Maine CLE Approved 6 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 6 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 6 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 6 Total
Mississippi CLE Approved 6 Total
Montana CLE Approved 6 Total
North Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
North Dakota CLE Approved 6 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 6 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 6 Total
New Jersey CLE Approved 7.2 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 6 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 6 Total
New York CLE Approved 7 Total
Ohio CLE Approved 6 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 7 Total
Oregon CLE Approved 6 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
Rhode Island CLE Approved 6 Total
South Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 6 Total
Texas CLE Approved 6 Total
Utah CLE Approved 6 Total
Virginia CLE Approved 6 Total
Vermont CLE Approved 6 Total
Washington CLE Approved 6 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 7 Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 7.2 Total
Wyoming CLE Approved 6 Total
Delaware Certified Paralegal Program Approved 6 Total
Florida Registered Paralegal Approved 6 Total
Indiana Paralegal CLE Approved 6 Total
Montana CLE Credit for Paralegals Approved 6 Total
North Carolina Continuing Paralegal Education Approved 6 Total
New Mexico Paralegal Division, State Bar of Approved 6 Total
Ohio Certified Paralegals Approved 6 Total
NFPA Approved 0 Total
Texas State Bar of Paralegal Division Approved 6 Total
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Agenda

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  1. Basic Principles of Title Law

    1. Property Ownership Structures
    2. Fee Simple vs. Life Estates vs. Leasehold Interests
    3. Legal vs. Equitable Title
    4. Clear vs. Marketable vs. Insurable Titles
    5. Evidence of Title

  2. Title Search Mechanics and Reviewing the Title Report

    1. Reviewing Public Records
    2. Establishing the Chain of Title and Identifying Gaps and Discrepancies
    3. Identifying Liens, Encumbrances, and Defects
    4. Outstanding Claims, Disputes, and Tax Issues
    5. Unrecorded Documents

  3. Title Insurance 101

    1. Owner's Policy vs. Lender's Policy
    2. Coverage and Exclusions
    3. Title Endorsements
    4. Claims Under a Title Insurance Policy

  4. Primer on Reading and Reviewing Land Surveys

    1. Survey Types and Standards in Brief
    2. Verifying Boundary Lines and Identifying Overlaps
    3. Identifying Encroachments
    4. Spotting Easement and Access Issues
    5. Setbacks - Does the Property Meet Local Zoning Requirements?
    6. Common Conflicts Between Title and Survey

  5. Best Methods for Curing Different Title Defects

    1. Differentiating Between a Material vs. Non-Material Defect
    2. Errors in Public Records
    3. Liens, Encumbrances, and Ownership/Inheritance Issues
    4. Unrecorded Interests
    5. Fraud or Forgery
    6. Boundary Disputes, Adverse Possession, Easements, and Restrictions
    7. Zoning Violations

  6. Anatomy of a Quiet Title Action

  7. Preparing Deeds and Legal Descriptions to Transfer Title

    1. Types of Deeds and When to Use Them
    2. Reading and Writing Legal Descriptions
    3. Deed Execution and Recording
    4. Common Mistakes to Avoid

Who Should Attend

This program is designed for attorneys. Title insurance professionals, real estate professionals, lenders, and paralegals may also benefit.

Speakers

Phoenix S Ayotte
Phoenix S.
Ayotte
Future Counsel, LLC
Patrick O Lacsina
Patrick O.
Lacsina
Patrick O. Lacsina Law Offices, LLC
Trevor B Reid
Trevor B.
Reid
Parker, Pollard, Wilton & Peaden, P.C.
Perry Y Young
Perry Y.
Young
Jensen Young & Butler, PLLC
Speaker bio
Phoenix S Ayotte

Phoenix S. Ayotte

Future Counsel, LLC
Phoenix Ayotte

is an attorney at Future Counsel, LLC. She has facilitated real estate settlements since 2020 and was formerly the managing attorney for a national title company. The real estate and title industry were a welcome and delightful change from Ms. Ayotte's former grind in the courtroom and trial work. Not only does she love the nitty-gritty of individual transactions, she is a generous and enthusiastic educator. Therefore, Ms. Ayotte continuously creates courses and informative content for real estate agents, fellow attorneys, students, and lay people, for CE/CLE and non-CE/CLE credit, mentors students and interns; and is an annual participant in judging mock trials and moot courts. She has been recognized as a Washingtonian Magazine Top Lawyer, Super-Lawyers Rising Star and National Trial Lawyers Top 40 under 40. Ms. Ayotte is admitted to practice in Virginia.

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Patrick O Lacsina

Patrick O. Lacsina

Patrick O. Lacsina Law Offices, LLC
Patrick Lacsina

is the principal of Patrick O. Lacsina Law Offices, LLC. He concentrates his practice on creditors' rights, commercial and residential foreclosure litigation, evictions, real estate transactions, collections, and bankruptcy litigation. Prior to starting Patrick O. Lacsina Law Offices, LLC, Mr. Lacsina represented major financial institutions as the managing attorney at one of New Jersey's largest default services law firms. He earned his J.D. degree from Rutgers Law School-Newark and his bachelor's degree in information systems from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Mr. Lacsina is licensed to practice in New Jersey and California.

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Trevor B Reid

Trevor B. Reid

Parker, Pollard, Wilton & Peaden, P.C.
Trevor Reid

is the president of the Richmond law firm of Parker, Pollard, Wilton & Peaden, P.C., practicing in the areas of commercial real estate, business law and civil litigation. He represents individual and institutional clients in a wide range of real estate related matters, including commercial real estate transactions, easement disputes, and resolution of title defects. Mr. Reid also represents secured lenders and other creditors in loan workouts, foreclosures, and bankruptcy. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Henrico County Bar Association since 2021. Mr. Reid is also a member of the Virginia State Bar, Richmond Bar Association and John Marshall Inn of Court. He earned his B.A. degree from Gonzaga University and his J.D. degree from the University of Richmond.

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Perry Y Young

Perry Y. Young

Jensen Young & Butler, PLLC
Perry Young

is a partner with Jensen Young & Butler, PLLC where he practices principally in the areas of commercial litigation; business and corporate transactions and litigation; real estate transactions and litigation; and probate estates. He earned his B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from Hamilton College and his J.D. degree, with honors, from the George Washington University National Law Center in Washington, D.C. Mr. Young was admitted to the New York State Bar and before the U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern districts of New York, in 1994. He was admitted to the Arkansas Bar, and to the U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western districts of Arkansas, in 1997. In his spare time he is a real estate developer as well, having been a principal in four residential developments. Mr. Young has taught classes for the LSAT and GRE, and as a certified law enforcement instructor, taught Saline County Sheriff's Reserve Deputies prior to their commission. He is a member of the Saline County, Pulaski County and Arkansas Bar Associations. Mr. Young has been Saline County Bar President, a Barrister within the William R. Overton Inns of Court, elected special judge in the Saline County Circuit and District Courts, and sits on several charitable Boards.

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