How Do Real Property Conveyance Laws Work?
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 07/01/2013
- Real Estate
Conveyance is the term used when property ownership is transferred from one party to another. It is also the name of the written document, a deed or a lease, which transfers legal title. As such, it is a contract that legally binds all ...
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How Does the Probate Process Work?
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 06/21/2013
- Real Estate
The word probate seems to send shivers down the spine of anyone dealing with an estate covered by a will. The horror stories have it that it prolongs the time it takes to carry out the will and that it will cost a lot of money to boot.
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The 5 Most Common Real Estate Tax Credits
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 06/19/2013
- Real Estate
Like many other classes of individuals, American homeowners and real estate investors can leverage a wide range of tax credits to reduce their upfront or ongoing ownership costs. Some of these apply to middle-class homeowners who live in ...
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What is a Legal Property Description, Part 2: How is Your Land Defined?
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 06/08/2013
- Surveying
In the first part of our series on legal property descriptions, we discussed government land surveys, lots and blocks or platting. But what about street addresses?
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What is the Fair Credit Billing Act (FCBA)? - The Law Credit Card Companies Don't Want you to Know
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 06/07/2013
- Finance
For years, regular consumers who find themselves frustrated with the confusing, underhanded or just plain misleading practices of their creditors were left to their own devices. Mortgage lenders, credit card companies and other ...
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What is Soil Sovereignty?
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 06/05/2013
- Oil and Gas
Soil sovereignty is an important if difficult-to-understand concept that has dramatic implications for traditional notions of property ownership. In particular, the concept of soil sovereignty affects the disposition of mineral rights for ...
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Fracking FAQ: Answers to the Top 10 Questions about Hydraulic Fracking
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 05/31/2013
- Oil and Gas
1) What IS fracking? Fracking is a short-hand term for the practice of hydraulic fracturing in mining, particularly for natural gas trapped in shale or other rock deep below ground surface. (For you Battlestar Galactica fans it was also a ...
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Fee Simple Interest vs. Tenancy Interest
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 05/24/2013
- Real Estate
As any seasoned homeowner or real estate professional knows, buying and selling property is not a one-size-fits-all process. Under U.S. law, there are several different types of legally valid real property interests. While some are used ...
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