by Jeanine | Feb 5, 2018 | ALTA, Closing, County Recorder Education, Education, Fraud, GIS, Government Oversite, Industry News, Land Title Technical Stuff, Licensing, Mobile Notaries, mortgage, NAR National Assoc of Realtors, Notaries, Online Education, Property Records Industry Assoc PRIA, Public Records, Teaching Tools for Education, Technology, Title Insurance, Title Technology
E-Notarization has been here for some time. Effective July 1, 2006, the Minnesota Legislature enacted electronic notary legislation pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 358 and 359, allowing electronic notarization to be applied to a document so that the document can be...
by Jeanine | Jan 19, 2018 | Closing, County Recorder Education, Education, Government Oversite, Industry News, Land Title Technical Stuff, Public Records, Recording of Legal Documents
Effective January 1, 2018, Carver County requires on all sales a Subsurface Sewage System Treatment Form along with the certificate of real estate value, to be presented to the county auditor’s office. While I think it’s a good idea to handle such things...
by Jeanine | Nov 9, 2017 | Abstracting/Searching, Air Rights, Closing, Common Interest Communities, County Recorder Education, Education, GIS, Government Oversite, Industry News, Land Title Technical Stuff, Mineral, Property Records Industry Assoc PRIA, Public Records, Real Estate fun, Specialty Insurance - Cyber, Specialty Searches - Gas, Teaching Tools for Education, Technology, Title Insurance, Title Technology, Wind Farm
An event, “Reimagine Land Records – Join the Conversation” orchestrated by the Legislative Committee of the Minnesota State Bar Association, Real Property Section, took place on October 20th. In attendance were an assortment of County Recorders and...
by Jeanine | Jun 13, 2017 | Closing, Government Oversite, Identity Theft, Industry News, Land Title Technical Stuff, mortgage, Title Insurance, Title Technology
On June 7th, the OCC added bulletin 29 to third-party relationships to clarify the way lenders should interact with third party vendors, to us, that means how lenders deal title and closing providers. Get the entire OCC bulletin here . As a part of the lengthy...
by Jeanne | Jan 21, 2017 | Abstracting/Searching, Closing, Education, Government Oversite, Industry News, Land Title Technical Stuff, Taxes, Teaching Tools for Education, Title Insurance
Author Comment: In spite of Green Acre taxes, Minnesota Farmers face heavy real estate taxes on farmland, causing them to vote against independent school district referendums. So look for a new tax search to follow along with deferred Green Acre and Open Space...
by Jeanne | Jul 13, 2016 | Air Rights, Government Oversite, Industry News, Land Title Technical Stuff, Real Estate Law
You have never seen it all in real estate, as it is a constantly morphing industry. I just ran across an article in the New York Times on the sale of Air Rights where a developer paid $40 million to a church for its air rights in order to build a 51 story building in...
