Real Estate

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Real Property Law Part II: Title Searches, Insurance, and Defects

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Georgia CLE Approved 3 Total
Hawaii CLE Approved 3 Total
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Illinois CLE Approved 3 Total
Indiana CLE Approved 3 Total
Kansas CLE Approved 3.5 Total
Kentucky CLE Approved 3 Total
Maine CLE Approved 3 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 3 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 3.6 Total
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Mississippi CLE Approved 3 Total
Montana CLE Approved 3 Total
North Carolina CLE Approved 3 Total
North Dakota CLE Approved 3 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 3 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 3 Total
New Jersey CLE Approved 3.6 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 3 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 3 Total
New York CLE Approved 3.5 Total
Ohio CLE Approved 3 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 3.5 Total
Oregon CLE Approved 3 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 3 Total
Rhode Island CLE Approved 3.5 Total
South Carolina CLE Approved 3 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 3 Total
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Utah CLE Approved 3 Total
Virginia CLE Approved 3 Total
Vermont CLE Approved 3 Total
Washington CLE Approved 3 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 3.5 Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 3.6 Total
Wyoming CLE Upon Request 3 Total
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2 hours 54 minutes
James Freeman
Orlando Lucero
Sheri Kanesaka
With James F. Freeman III from Swanson Bernard, LLC + 2 others
Recorded May 12, 2026.
Product ID 101867

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Overview

Unearth and Resolve Title Issues

How do different defects and encumbrances affect title? How do you uncover them - and how do you remedy them? Our faculty will answer these questions and more with insights gleaned from years of real-world experience. Round out your title instruction with this practical program - register today!

  • Understand the mechanics of searching a chain of title.
  • Find out what you should be looking for when reviewing a title commitment.
  • Learn how to read and understand land surveys.
  • Discover the best cures for different types of title defects.
  • Find out how to use a quiet title action to yield clear title.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. The Title Search and Examination
  2. Title Commitments, Policies, and Endorsements
  3. Demystifying Land Boundaries and Surveys
  4. Common Encumbrances and Defects in Titles - and Their Remedies
  5. Intro to Quiet Title Actions

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Product ID 101867

Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Alaska CLE Reciprocity 3 Total
Alabama CLE Approved 3 Total
Arkansas CLE Approved 3 Total
Arizona CLE Approved 3 Total
California CLE Approved 3 Total
Colorado CLE Approved 4 Total
Connecticut CLE Approved 3 Total
Delaware CLE Approved 3 Total
Florida CLE Approved 3.5 Total
Georgia CLE Approved 3 Total
Hawaii CLE Approved 3 Total
Iowa CLE Upon Request 3 Total
Illinois CLE Approved 3 Total
Indiana CLE Approved 3 Total
Kansas CLE Approved 3.5 Total
Kentucky CLE Approved 3 Total
Maine CLE Approved 3 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 3 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 3.6 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 3 Total
Mississippi CLE Approved 3 Total
Montana CLE Approved 3 Total
North Carolina CLE Approved 3 Total
North Dakota CLE Approved 3 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 3 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 3 Total
New Jersey CLE Approved 3.6 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 3 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 3 Total
New York CLE Approved 3.5 Total
Ohio CLE Approved 3 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 3.5 Total
Oregon CLE Approved 3 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 3 Total
Rhode Island CLE Approved 3.5 Total
South Carolina CLE Approved 3 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 3 Total
Texas CLE Approved 3 Total
Utah CLE Approved 3 Total
Virginia CLE Approved 3 Total
Vermont CLE Approved 3 Total
Washington CLE Approved 3 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 3.5 Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 3.6 Total
Wyoming CLE Upon Request 3 Total
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Agenda

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  1. The Title Search and Examination

    1. Title Search and Examination Explained
    2. Key Search Tools and Records
    3. Examining the Chain of Title and Conveyances
    4. Deed and Legal Description Review
    5. Tax, Lien, and Judgment Searches
    6. Inspections - Finding Easements, Encroachments, Access Issues, etc.
    7. Business Entities and Trusts: Identity, Capacity, and Authority Issues

  2. Title Commitments, Policies, and Endorsements

    1. Types of Title Insurance Policies and Coverages
    2. Anatomy of the Title Commitment
    3. Reviewing the Title Commitment and Exceptions: What to Look for
    4. Title Objections
    5. Popular Title Insurance Endorsements
    6. Closing Protection Letters

  3. Demystifying Land Boundaries and Surveys

  4. Common Encumbrances and Defects in Titles - and Their Remedies

    1. Deed and Legal Description Problems
    2. Estate Issues and Breaks in the Chain of Title
    3. Mortgage and Foreclosure-Related Defects
    4. Mechanics' Liens, Tax Liens, Judgment Liens, and Other
    5. Easement, Encroachment, and Setback Issues

  5. Intro to Quiet Title Actions

    1. Grounds
    2. Identifying All Interested Parties
    3. Mechanics of a Quiet Title Action
    4. Defenses and Jurisdictional Challenges

Who Should Attend

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

Speakers

James F Freeman III
James F.
Freeman, III
Swanson Bernard, LLC
Orlando Lucero
Orlando
Lucero
Fidelity National Title Group
Sheri Kanesaka
Sheri
Kanesaka
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Speaker bio
James F Freeman III

James F. Freeman, III

Swanson Bernard, LLC
James Freeman

is an attorney with Swanson Bernard, LLC where he practices in the areas of construction, land use, church, commercial litigation, business, contract, employment, probate litigation, appellate practice, transportation and corporate law. He is admitted to practice in Kansas and Missouri, and before the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Claims, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth and Tenth circuits, and the U.S. District Court for the districts of Kansas and Missouri. Mr. Freeman is a member of the Kansas City Metropolitan, Kansas and American bar associations, as well as The Missouri Bar. He earned his B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Missouri at Kansas City. Served as the Mayor pro of the 5th largest city in his state and served on the board of directors for his state's municipal league.

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Orlando Lucero

Orlando Lucero

Fidelity National Title Group
Orlando Lucero

is vice-president/regional counsel for the FNF Family of Companies in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where his underwriting work includes complex commercial transactions, native lands transactions, and energy project deals in the company's southwest region. Before going into the title insurance business in 2003, Mr. Lucero was in private practice primarily focusing on real estate and business transactions. He is a frequent national and local lecturer and writer on numerous topics related to real estate transactions and title insurance. Mr. Lucero has served on the ABA Board of Governors and serves in the ABA House of Delegates. He also serves as chair of the ABA Council of the Fund for Justice and Education, and on the ABA Senior Lawyers Division Council and the ABA Committee on Scope and Correlation of Work. Mr. Lucero is a former president of the New Mexico Land Title Association and received the 2021 NMLTA Omer Tucker Citizen of the Year Award and the 2022 P.C. Templeton Award for Outstanding Lifetime Achievement. He is a member of the American College of Real Estate Attorneys (ACREL), where he serves on its Board of Governors, as chair of the Publications Committee and as secretary of the Title Insurance Committee. Mr. Lucero earned his A.B. degree from Stanford University and his J.D. degree from Stanford Law School.

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Sheri Kanesaka

Sheri Kanesaka

Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Sheri Kanesaka

is of counsel at Greenberg Traurig, LLP. She focuses her practice on litigation involving title issues (perfection, rights, restrictions), lien security and priority disputes, bad faith title insurance claims, escrow negligence, tax liens, and bankruptcy matters. Ms. Kanesaka earned her B.A. degree from University of California at Berkeley and her J.D. degree from University of Southern California Gould School of Law, where she teaches as an adjunct professor.

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