Why Owner's Title Insurance? Often, at the closing table, the buyer see’s they are being charged for title insurance, but often, they are not aware that the policy they are purchasing does not protect their interest, rather the interests of their lender. There are few things in life more important than protecting your investment in your home.
The following matters are examples of why you need an OWNER’S Title Insurance Policy from Stewart Title to protect your investment. Remember that the best examination or search of your title cannot protect your equity and home from matters not appearing the public records. However, subject to certain limitations set forth in the policy, a Stewart Title Owner’s Policy can protect you from financial loss resulting from a number of matters that could affect the title to your property, including:
- Lawsuits claiming an interest in or challenging your title
- Documents executed under false, revoked or expired powers of attorney
- False impersonation of the true land owner
- Undisclosed heirs of deceased owners in the chain of title
- Improperly recorded legal documents
- Failure to include necessary parties to certain judicial proceedings.
- Defective acknowledgements due to improper or expired notarization.
- Missing interests or gaps in the chain of title
- Mistakes and omissions resulting from improper abstracting.
- Forged deeds, mortgages, wills, releases of mortgage and other instruments.
- Deeds which appear absolute, but which are held to be equitable mortgages.
- Defective legal descriptions.
- Fraud or duress in execution of wills, deeds and instruments conveying or establishing title.
- Issues involving legal delivery of conveyancing instruments.
- Deeds, wills and other instruments signed by minors and other persons lacking legal capacity.
- Unresolved estate and gift tax liens.
- Errors in tax records resulting in liens against your property.
- Lack of Administration of estates, and/or probate will of deceased persons in the chain of title.
- Tax lien authority issues concerning conveyances by corporate entities.
- Legal capacity of foreign personal representatives and trustees to act in this state.
- Improper modification of documents
- Rights of divorced parties
- Misinterpretation of wills and other instruments in the chain of title.
- Deeds by persons falsely representing their marital status.
- Claims by creditors of a decedent against property improperly conveyed by heirs or devisees.
- • Issues concerning takings by eminent domain or condemnation
- Special tax assessments.
- Real Estate Homestead Exceptions
- Forfeitures of real property due to criminal acts by a prior owner.
- Issues concerning adoption of children
- Conveyances and proceedings affecting rights of military personnel under by the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Relief Act.
- Issues concerning interest noted in financial statements filed under Uniform Commercial Code.
- Lack of Jurisdiction or competency of persons in judicial proceedings
- Utility easements and other interests or defects in title occurring prior to the customary title search period.
- False affidavits of death or heirship or other matters
- Probate Matters
- Federal estate and gift tax liens.
- MANY MORE
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