Property Ownership, Transfer of Title and Land Use 10.2.3

Question 1

What documents are not recorded?

Answer 1

Statutory Liens

Inheritance tax liens

Franchise tax liens

Specific liens; such as:

Real Estate tax liens

Special assessment liens

Question 2

What is chain of title?

Answer 2

Chain of Title is a record of a property’s ownership beginning with the original source of ownership and linking the passage of ownership to subsequent owners from one to the next and thus forming a chain.

Question 3

What is the patent?

Answer 3

is the original transfer from the government to a private owner.

Question 4

What is root of the title?

Answer 4

the beginning of private ownership.