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Distinguish yourself from the crowd with the National Association of Land Title Examiners and Abstractors NCA designation (NALTEA Certified Abstractor.) Demonstrate to your your clients that you are a professional, skilled Abstractor, who that takes pride in your profession.

The NALTEA Education Committee, in conjunction with Jeanne Johnson & Associates created this study manual to focus on key national aspects of land title searching and abstracting and core “need to know” title searching concepts. Refresh your skills, and learn to compare and contrast the variations of national themes such as Deed of Trust vs. Mortgage, Joint Tenancy vs. Tenancy by the Entireties, etc. The book is a must for you when dealing with clients in multiple states to understand what your customer really wants.

Special Features:

o Key learning objectives are clearly defined for each chapter
o Hands on examples with copies of documents, appear in the book
o Tests appear after each unit to assess your knowledge of the material
o Answers are given to verify your comprehension
o Glossary of Terms helps you identify key concepts, and explains the variations of terms used in different locales.

NALTEA Board has placed “Principles of Abstracting, Searching and Land Records Management” (National Edition) on its approved reading list as a study guide for the NCA designation.

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$175.00

This Hands-on Workbook (100 pages), that includes a Companion CD, covers:
The Public Land Survey System
Base Lines, Principle Meridians, Correction Lines
Sections, Townships, Ranges
Correctly dividing Aliquot portions of a Section
Estimating acreage and identifying problems with acreage descriptions
Government Lots and lands adjacent to water
Running Metes and Bounds Descriptions
Types of Monuments, Points of Beginning, running calls
Deflection Angles, calls to the right and left
Azimuths in a description
Working with Compass Bearings – Degrees, Minutes and Seconds
Lines, Tangent and Non-Tangent Curves in a description
Working with Subdivided Lands
Plats, Re-plats, Surveys
Common Interest Communities – Condominiums, Townhouses,
Co-operatives
How to correctly re-subdivide already platted lots
After completing this workbook, participants should be able to:
* Construct a legal description using the metes-and-bounds method
* Explain the role of POB, monuments, and directions in metes-and-bounds descriptions.
* Explain the process of creating a legal description using the rectangular survey method or acreage description
* Describe the various monuments and lines in the rectangular survey
* Divide sections and determine acreage
* Explain the process of creating a legal description by platting
* Describe how benchmarks and datum are used in measuring elevations
* Define and use various units of measurement
* Accurately locate and/or draw complex legal descriptions

Includes Companion CD.

YOUR PRICE:

$175.00