Transfer on Death Instruments and title insurance: Two significant problems
By Douglas M. Karlen
Real Estate Law,
January 2012
The Transfer on Death Instrument Act is new, complex, and untested. It presents to title insurers numerous issues that may be difficult to resolve. The discussion that follows highlights two of these issues: (1) insuring subsequent purchasers when title is derived through a TODI and (2) insuring title when a recorded TODI is not timely or properly accepted by its beneficiaries.
2010 legislative summary
By Douglas M. Karlen
Real Estate Law,
November 2010
New legislation affecting real estate law and practice, litigation, and title insurance law and practice.
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