I wondered about that, too, Jeanine, but I figured in a forum of abstracters, those that know, know and those that don't, don't. Douglas gave, for me, the best answer, which is to vet your timeline by what can attach to after acquired property. Traditional title examination and abstracting is slowly becoming a lost art. I can only hope that moving forward, title underwriters will restore solid teaching for agents so that orders will be placed in a responsible manner. Too many title agencies don't want the abstractor to find the problem or are ignorant of the risk. How can an abstractor tell the agent who orders "just a copy of the current deed" instead of a responsible search that they are wrong? It's the underwriters who should be monitoring the performance of the title agent. I think so long as the abstractor documents carefully what type of work was contracted, they should be safe. What do you think?
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