Title basics
Insurance, ownership and title fundamentals
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- Title basics · New York City
Deed Theft in NYC: How It Happens, How to Check ACRIS, Free Alerts and What Title Insurance Covers
How NYC owners spot a fraudulent deed in ACRIS, sign up for free recording alerts, what to do if one is recorded, and what an owner's title policy covers. - Title basics · New York City
Deeding a NYC Rental Into an LLC: Transfer Taxes, Filings, the Mortgage and Your Title Policy
Moving a NYC rental into your own LLC: the transfer tax exemptions, LLC member disclosure, due-on-sale risk on the mortgage, and title policy coverage. - Title basics · New York City
How to Read ACRIS for Title: Deeds, Mortgages, Satisfactions, Liens and What ACRIS Cannot Show
How to use NYC's ACRIS to find the deed, open mortgages, satisfactions and recorded liens on a property, and which liens and charges ACRIS does not show. - Title basics · New York State
New York Deed Theft Law for Practitioners: The 2023 and 2024 Changes and What They Mean for Title
What New York's 2023 and 2024 deed theft laws changed: stays, prosecutor lis pendens, voiding orders, RPL 266 presumption, and closing practice. - Title basics · New York State
Removing a Deceased Spouse From a New York Deed: What You Actually Need
When a spouse dies, a New York survivor usually needs no new deed. What decides it, and what title will ask for at a later sale or refinance.