What Is Right of Survivorship and Why is it Important?
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 04/05/2017
- Real Estate
It’s important to have a firm grasp on the concept of the right of survivorship, especially if your family owns a great deal of property. Simply put, the right of survivorship is the concept referring to a person’s legal right to assume ...
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The Importance of Historical Data
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 03/29/2017
- Oil and Gas
When most people think of historical data, they think of old documents, such as property deeds, or historical documents they studied in school. These types of historical data are vital, but don’t represent the entirety of what you should ...
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Oil and Gas Disaster Planning: the Roadmap to Success
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 03/22/2017
- Oil and Gas
Oil and gas companies have a social responsibility to keep their facilities safe, protecting the surrounding infrastructure and community. The volatile nature of the job makes the threat of disaster ever-present. Risk factors for disaster ...
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How Can Title Companies Protect Their Data?
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 03/15/2017
- Title
Data protection is a huge concern in the workforce, especially for title companies. Frequent reports of hacking, viruses, and other data breaches have title agents and their clients on edge, worrying whether their highly personal documents ...
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How Can the Title Industry Use CourthouseDirect.com?
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 03/01/2017
- Title
The title industry is important not only to title agents, but real estate agents, home and business owners, and many others in the real-estate, insurance, and banking industries. A lack of valid property documents can leave you and your ...
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What is an ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey?
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 02/15/2017
- Surveying
As a professional lender or title company, you may encounter ALTA (American Land Title Association) surveys. Entities use ALTA surveys to gather information required to issue property titles or mortgage insurance. Since an ALTA/NSPS land ...
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What Public Records do Right-of-Way Agents Need?
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 02/08/2017
- Courthouse Documents
Right-of-way (ROW) agents work with many industries that need to secure the property rights to a tract of land. Oil and gas companies, government agencies, inspectors, construction crews, and businesses use ROW agents to find the rightful ...
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Using CourthouseDirect.com's Search-by-Address Feature
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 02/01/2017
- Courthouse Documents
Online public records searches have helped professionals and individuals across a variety of industries, considerably cutting down the time and effort it takes to search for and obtain a specific document. CourthouseDirect.com has been at ...
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Four Tips for a Better Property Search
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 01/25/2017
- Courthouse Documents
Regardless of whether you’re looking for a property for personal or commercial use, the property search is typically a stressful, time-consuming, and overall draining ordeal. Finding the right property can take much longer than you might ...
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What Do You Need Before a Boundary Survey?
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 01/18/2017
- Surveying
A boundary survey is a method for ascertaining the exact limits of a piece of property. Most homeowners probably have a general idea where their property lines are, but it’s vital to determine where these lines lie accurately before doing ...
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