South Carolina County Sues MERS
The county attorney in Beaufort County, SC has sued MERS and several MERS member financial institutions over MERS' alleged failure to record land title documents.
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Foreclosed home can turn into zombie
When banks start the foreclosure process but never complete it, sometimes homeowners assume that they no longer own a home they abandoned years ago-- but they still have title.
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State: Ex-Knox County (TN) trustee Mike Lowe used title business to bilk taxpayers
Prosecutors going after former Knox County Trustee Mike Lowe say one of his so-called ghost employees, a worker he allegedly paid to do little if any work, also participated in a property title search scheme in which his company bilked taxpayers for possibly as much as $392,500.
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Wisconsin Governor Proposes Register of Deeds Fees
Governor Walker has proposed increasing the fee for recording or filing most legal instruments with a county Register of Deeds from $25 to $30 in the 2013-15 biennial budget.
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Buyer beware: problem foreclosure purchase
The initial foreclosure action document shows only one lot. But later documents do, in fact, show the lot in question had somehow been added to the paperwork in the process.
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