Ensuring marketable title has never been more important than in today's real estate market. Make sure you're prepared for any complications with a solid foundation of title law knowledge. This how-to instruction walks you through the title examination process with example documentation – from the mechanics of the title search to curing defects to drafting the title commitment. Don't miss this opportunity to build your skills. Order today!

1. Conducting the Title Search and Examination
2. Drafting and Issuing a Title Commitment
3. Title Insurance Endorsements and Exceptions
4. What to Look for in Surveys, Descriptions and Plats
5. Remedies to Resolve Property Line Problems
6. A Buyer's Guide to Water Title Insurance
7. Ethical Considerations

1. Conducting the Title Search and Examination
   9:00 - 9:45, David W. Moore
1. The Mechanics of Running the Chain of Title: Public Record Search, Title Plants, Etc.
2. Title Examination
1. Recognizing Defects Through Document Review
2. What to Look for in Court Decrees
3. Probate
4. Foreclosure Under Deed of Trust
5. Property Tax Liens
6. Local and State Government Liens
7. Federal Tax Liens and Federal Judgments
8. Private Party Liens
9. Issues on Authority
2. Drafting and Issuing a Title Commitment
   9:45 - 10:30, David W. Moore
1. Schedule A
2. Schedule B-1: Requirements of the Title Insurer
3. Schedule B-2: Exceptions to Coverage
4. Opinion Letters
5. Negotiating the Title Insurance Commitment
3. Title Insurance Endorsements and Exceptions
   10:45 - 12:00, David W. Moore
1. Standard ALTA Endorsements (ALTA 2006 Forms)
1. ALTA 1.06 and 2.06
2. ALTA 3.06 and 3.1.06
3. ALTA 4.06, 4.1.06, 5.06 and 5.1.06
4. ALTA 6.06 and 6.2.06 Series
5. ALTA 7.06 and 7.2.06
6. ALTA 8.1.06
7. ALTA 9.1.06, 9.3.06, 9.4.06 and 9.5.06 Series
8. ALTA 10.06 and 10.1.06
9. ALTA 11.06 Series
10. ALTA 12.06 Series
2. Commercial ALTA Endorsements
3. ALTA 13.06 and 13.1.06
4. ALTA 14.06, 14.1.06, 16.06, 20.06
5. 3. ALTA 15.06, 15.1.06, 15.2.06 and 21.06
   4. ALTA 17.06 and 17.1.06, 18.06 and 18.1.06, 19.06 and 19.1.06
6. Exceptions
   1. Standard Exceptions
   2. Special Exceptions
   3. Affirmative Coverage
4. What to Look for in Surveys, Descriptions and Plats
   1:00 - 2:00, John B. Stahl
   1. Types of Surveys: Differences Between ALTA/ACSM Land Title Surveys, Boundary Surveys and Building Location Surveys
   2. Understanding Survey Elements and Symbols
   3. Boundary Conflicts
   4. Physical Encumbrances/Encroachments
   5. Prescriptive Easements and Adverse Possession Evidence
   6. Building Setbacks/Restrictions
   7. Reading Legal Descriptions of Property – Potential Pitfalls
5. Remedies to Resolve Property Line Problems
   2:00 - 2:30, John B. Stahl
1. Boundary Line Agreement
2. The Grant of an Easement
3. Variance
4. Trespass Action to Try Title
5. Declaratory Judgment
6. Quiet Title
7. Action for Possession
8. Quitclaim Deed
9. Land Patent
6. A Buyer's Guide to Water Title Insurance
   2:45 - 3:30, J. Craig Smith
   1. Availability of Water Title Insurance
   2. Coverage Basics
   3. Doctrine of Appurtenance
   4. Exclusions
   5. Reports of Conveyance
   6. Segregation Applications
7. Ethical Considerations
   3:30 - 4:30, J. Craig Smith
   1. Rights of Redemption
   2. Formation of the Attorney-Client Relationship
   3. Conflicts of Interest
   4. Duties of Competence and Diligence
   5. Disclosure of Defects in Property
   6. Special Responsibilities to Sellers and Borrowers
   7. Attorneys' Fees

DAVID W. MOORE has been in the title and escrow industry for more than 38 years. He has owned and operated title and escrow companies, and has done extensive title and escrow work throughout the state of Utah and in most of the western states. Mr. Moore owns and operates a real estate, title and escrow consulting firm, which includes the Title and Escrow School. His consulting work focuses on specialized real estate research, education and problem-solving efforts. Mr. Moore has been qualified as an expert witness in both state and federal courts. He has been teaching real estate, title and escrow since 1982. Mr. Moore is a qualified instructor for both prelicensing education for insurance and continuing education for insurance and real estate. He is currently a member of the American Land Title Association Education Committee; the American Land Title Association Technology Committee; state Co-Trustee of the ALTA Political Action Committee; and was a founding member of the ALTA Small Agents Forum. Mr. Moore has spoken at many national title association meetings and also has served on various ad hoc committees for the many government agencies.

J. CRAIG SMITH is a founding member of the Salt Lake City firm of Smith Hartvigsen, PLLC, where he practices in the areas of water law, environmental law, land use and litigation. He was a law clerk to the Honorable J. Robert Bullock for the 4th District of Utah, and an assistant city attorney for Park City, Utah. Mr. Smith has written "Local Government Regulation and Bankruptcy: To Stay or Not to Stay," Urban Lawyer 151-176, Volume 21, Number 1, Winter, 1989; "Bankruptcy and Development Regulations," Urban Land, April 1981; "Ethics and the Government Lawyers," Utah Bar Journal, Volume 6, Number 2, February 1993; and "Basic Utah Water Law," Utah Bar Journal, Volume 7, Number 2, February 1994. He earned his A.S. degree, with high honors, from the College of Eastern Utah, his B.A. degree, magna cum laude, and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from Brigham Young University. Mr. Smith is a member of the American Bar Association and the Utah State Bar (member of Urban, State and Local Government Law, Natural Resources and Litigation sections).

JOHN B. STAHL is a registered professional land surveyor in the states of Utah and Montana, currently owning and operating Cornerstone Professional Land Surveys, Inc., and Cornerstone Land Consulting, Inc., in Salt Lake City since 1988. Mr. Stahl specializes in surveying land boundaries, mediating and resolving boundary conflicts, performing title research, and providing land boundary consultation services. He has been qualified as an expert witness and has actively participated in the preparation of amicus curiae briefs to the Utah Supreme Court. Mr. Stahl has furthered his mediation education by participating in a state qualified 40 hour training program. He has been a state chair of the Utah Council of Land Surveyors and a Utah delegate to the Western Federation of Professional Surveyors. He is a adjunct professor for the Salt Lake Community College, where he has taught courses for land surveying students and continues teaching an extensive course in land boundary law for the past 20 years. Mr. Stahl earned his A.A.S. degree in land surveying from Flathead Valley Community College in Kalispell, Montana.

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