Owner & Encumbrance Searches
Able Title Company's Owner
and Encumbrance searches are also known as Lotbook Reports, Current Owner Searches, Title Reports, Short Form Reports or Limited
Title Reports.
These are reports on specific properties based
on research we conduct utilizing public records, including the County Assessor’s and County Tax Collector’s tax
rolls.
These reports consist of the following items affecting
the subject property:
- The current owner, or owners, and the manner in which they are
vested. Our report will also include a copy of the deed (or deeds) showing how title is currently held.
- The Assessor's Parcel Number and the assessed values of the subject property
for the current tax year.
- Current and delinquent tax information1
- All open Mortgages or Deeds of Trusts, as well as any related...
- Assignments of Deeds of Trust or Mortgages
- Amendments or Modifications
- Subordination Agreements
- Notices of Default or Notices
of Lis Pendens to Foreclose
- Partial Reconveyances or Partial
Satisfactions
- Substitution of Trustee on Deed of Trust
- Tax Liens (State, Federal and County)
- Abstracts of Judgment
- Homeowners Association Liens
- Mechanic's Liens
- Liens found affecting the equity of the subject property