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Title Search and Examination: A Comprehensive Guide

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Martina Nelson
Randall Reder
Stephen McNally
Paige Bellino
Anita Lotz
With Martina Nelson from Park City Surveying + 4 others

Fri, Jul 31, 00:00 AM – 00:00 PM

Product ID 102151

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Overview

Leave No Stone Unturned

The uncertainty of hidden defects or encumbrances are enough to keep any party to a real estate transaction up at night. Give your clients (and yourself) peace of mind with a thorough examination of public records. This focused program will show you what to look for, where to find it, and what to do with any issues you may unearth. Leave no potential problems overlooked - register today!

  • Learn how to evaluate if the scope of a title search was sufficient.
  • Discover how to search for any breaks in the chain of title.
  • Spot gaps, overlaps, and other boundary problems.
  • Track down unsatisfied mortgages, tax liens, mechanic's and other liens.
  • Know what to look for when dealing with foreclosed properties.
  • Unearth any easement, access, encroachment, and adverse possession problems.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Title Search and Examination Essentials
  2. Researching the Chain of Title and Examining Conveyances
  3. Digging Into Deeds, Legal Descriptions, and Plats
  4. Uncovering Unsatisfied Mortgages and Liens
  5. Post-Foreclosure Title Issues - Did Any Liens, Defects, or Encumbrances Survive?
  6. Inspections: Unearthing Easement, Access, and Encroachment Problems
  7. Business Entities and Trusts: Identity, Capacity, and Authority Issues
  8. Legal Ethics

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Product ID 102151

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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 7.2 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 Upon Request 7 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. Title Search and Examination Essentials

    1. Title Search vs. Title Examination
    2. Checklist of Title Records
    3. Title Search Tools
    4. The Search Report
    5. Was the Scope of the Search Sufficient?
  2. Researching the Chain of Title and Examining Conveyances

  3. Digging Into Deeds, Legal Descriptions, and Plats

    1. Reviewing Deeds and Legal Descriptions
    2. Identifying Defective Legal Descriptions
    3. How to Read Plats/Maps and What to Look For
    4. Uncovering Gaps and Overlaps
    5. Boundary Line Problems
    6. Lakefront Property and Riparian Issues
  4. Uncovering Unsatisfied Mortgages and Liens

    1. Priority of Liens
    2. Mortgages
    3. Uncovering Outstanding Tax Liens
    4. Finding Judgment Liens
    5. Issues with Common Names and Name Variations
    6. Unearthing Mechanic's Liens
    7. HOA Liens
    8. How to Resolve Lien Issues
  5. Post-Foreclosure Title Issues - Did Any Liens, Defects, or Encumbrances Survive?

  6. Inspections: Unearthing Easement, Access, and Encroachment Problems

    1. Lack of Access
    2. Missing or Defective Easement
    3. Improvements Located on an Easement
    4. Encroachments
    5. Adverse Possession Claims
    6. Prescriptive Easements
  7. Business Entities and Trusts: Identity, Capacity, and Authority Issues

  8. Legal Ethics

    1. Attorneys' Fees
    2. Conflicts of Interest
    3. Multiple Representation
    4. Disclosure of Defects in Property

Who Should Attend

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

Speakers

Martina Nelson
Martina
Nelson
Park City Surveying
Randall O Reder
Randall O.
Reder
Randall O. Reder, P.A.
Stephen McNally
Stephen
McNally
McNally & Bellino, LLC
Paige M Bellino
Paige M.
Bellino
McNally & Bellino, LLC
Anita I Lotz
Anita I.
Lotz
Phelps Dunbar LLP
Speaker bio
Martina Nelson

Martina Nelson

Park City Surveying
Martina Nelson

is the owner of Park City Surveying, where she handles boundary surveys, topographic mapping, construction layout surveys, subdivision plats, infrastructure construction layout, and ALTA surveys. Ms. Nelson has provided courtroom expert witness testimony. She is on the Ethics Committee of the Utah Council of Land Surveyors and is the Summit County survey manager. Ms. Nelson attended The Ohio State University and Salt Lake Community College, where she earned her Associate of Applied Science degree in land surveying. In addition, Ms. Nelson is also now the Summit County, Utah survey manager.

Speaker bio
Randall O Reder

Randall O. Reder

Randall O. Reder, P.A.
Randall Reder

is the principal of Randall O. Reder, P.A. His law practice emphasizes business and real estate law including title law, easements, and mortgage foreclosure defense. Mr. Reder's practice also includes appellate, estate planning and probate law. He has lectured on several times before about limited liability companies. He served as senior attorney for seven years for Chief Justice Joseph A. Boyd, Jr. Mr. Reder is a contributing writer to The Supreme Court of Florida and Its Predecessor Courts, 1821-1917. He is the author of the chapter on S-corporations published by The Florida Bar in its manual Florida Small Business Practice. Mr. Reder is the president of ACE Charitable Legal Services, Inc., a nonprofit, tax-exempt Florida corporation. He earned his B.S. degree from the University of South Florida and his J.D. degree from Florida State University.

Speaker bio
Stephen McNally

Stephen McNally

McNally & Bellino, LLC
Stephen McNally

has extensive experience in land-related litigation and transactions. Mr. McNally has been retained by a number of Title Insurance Underwriters to litigate title claim matters on behalf of owners and lenders. He has also been retained by individual and corporate clients to address boundary line disputes. Mr. McNally has been appointed by the Superior Court of New Jersey to act as a boundary line commissioner. He has handled all aspects of commercial real estate transactions including but not limited to preparation and negotiation of contracts, assistance with due diligence, negotiation of loan documents, compliance with lender instructions and analysis of insurable and marketable title. Additionally, Mr. McNally focuses on the representation of industry professionals, such as architects and engineers. Mr. McNally is well-versed on the organization of legal entities and provides counsel to clients about the responsibilities of directors and officers. He is also a Rule 1:40 Qualified Mediator included on the roster of Court-appointed mediators in the State of New Jersey. In July, 2021 Stephen joined with Paige M. Bellino, Esquire to form McNally & Bellino, LLC. Mr. McNally has been a speaker on title claim issues for New Jersey Land Title Association as well as having served as a panelist for several seminars concerning complex real estate transactions, title insurance coverage and claims and boundary issues. Mr. McNally will be joining the Villanova Business School faculty in the Spring, 2024 Semester as an Adjunct Professor teaching a Course in Real Estate Law. Mr. McNally appeared as a panelist at the 2023 and 2024 Survcon events in Atlantic City sponsored by the New Jersey Society of Professional Land Surveyors.  During the 2024 Survcon event, Mr. McNally spoke on two separate panels; one on preparing and Negotiating Contracts and the other on Surveyors serving as experts in litigation. Mr. McNally and his partner Paige M. Bellino successfully argued before the New Jersey Supreme Court in Green Knight v. Calderon, 252 N.J. 265 (2022) which resulted in an interpretation of the Tax Sale Law favorable to their client. Mr. McNally is a member of the New Jersey Land Title Association, the Pennsylvania Land Title Association, the Cape May County Bar Association, an Affiliate Member of the Cape May County Association of Realtors and an Affiliate Member of the NEXUS Board of Realtors. Mr. McNally splits his time between his residences in Cherry Hill and Sea Isle City. In his spare time, he enjoys reading, running and spending time with his family. Some of his favorite memories include his trip to Greece with his wife celebrating their thirtieth anniversary and running the Broad Street Run and the Philadelphia Half Marathon with his son and daughter.

Speaker bio
Paige M Bellino

Paige M. Bellino

McNally & Bellino, LLC
Paige Bellino

is an attorney with McNally & Bellino, LLC where she practices in the areas of title claim litigation, professional liability, commercial litigation, real estate, creditor's rights. She has experience representing buyers and sellers in residential and commercial real estate transactions. Ms. Bellino also regularly represents lenders and owners in title claim litigation involving priority disputes, boundary line disputes and other common and obscure title issues. In addition, she assists clients with the business formation, continuity and dissolution process, and her services include but are not limited to corporate filings, contract negotiations (partnership agreements, operating agreements), preparation and enforcement of corporate governance documents (articles of incorporation, constitution and by-laws) and advice pertaining to exit plans for business dissolution. Ms. Bellino also represents clients in matters of estate planning, and has extensive litigation experience, having appeared in many courts, state and federal, on a wide variety of matters throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania pertaining to title claim litigation, commercial litigation, creditor’s rights and professional liability matters. In July 2021, she joined with Stephen McNally, Esquire to form McNally & Bellino, LLC. Ms. Bellino has served as a panelist/faculty member for various seminars concerning real estate, title issues, land surveys and legal descriptions and their relationship to title insurance. She appeared as a panelist at the 2023 and 2024 Survcon events in Atlantic City sponsored by the New Jersey Society of Professional Land Surveyors. During the 2024 Survcon event, Ms. Bellino spoke on two separate panels; one on preparing and negotiating contracts and the other on surveyors serving as experts in litigation. She and her partner, Stephen McNally, successfully argued before the New Jersey Supreme Court in Green Knight v. Calderon, 252 N.J. 265 (2022) which resulted in an interpretation of the Tax Sale Law favorable to their client. Ms. Bellino is an active member of the Camden County Bar Association, Cape May County Bar Association, New Jersey Land Title Association, Pennsylvania Land Title Association and is an affiliate member of the Cape May County Association of Realtors and the NEXUS Board of Realtors. She is also a volunteer board member of the Cherry Hill Football Club, where she serves as the director of carding and certification. Ms. Bellino resides in Cherry Hill, New Jersey with her husband and their two sons, and in her spare time she likes to cook and enjoys running.

Speaker bio
Anita I Lotz

Anita I. Lotz

Phelps Dunbar LLP
Anita Lotz

is a member of the Memphis law firm of Phelps Dunbar LLP, where her areas of practice include commercial lending, real estate transactions, title law, foreclosures, and financial institutions regulatory law. She has spoken for various business and professional organizations on a variety of foreclosure and commercial lending issues. Ms. Lotz is a member of the Memphis, Tennessee and American (member, Business Law Section) bar associations; and the Association of Women Attorneys. She earned her B.A. degree from Northwestern University and her J.D. degree from Boston University.

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