What Are Real Property Documents and Why Do You Need Them?
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 03/11/2020
- Real Estate
Documentation makes the world go ‘round. Owners, sellers, and buyers all need access to the essential information contained in real property documents for decision making, due diligence, and peace of mind. Real property documents are ...
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Everything You Need to Know About Asset Searches
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 03/04/2020
- Legal
An asset search is a formal name for "follow the money." Assets are anything, tangible or intangible, that can be converted into cash, or that has a cash value. Not all assets are of public record, however. Many are covered by privacy laws ...
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How to Perform a Lease Check
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 02/27/2020
- Oil and Gas
The first step in the process of bringing a tract of land from prospect to oil sales is the lease check. A lease check is a quick way of ensuring there are no obstacles to signing a lease on a tract, including problems with title and the ...
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How to Find Home Deeds in Texas - Easily
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 02/19/2020
- Real Estate
The availability of online databases and services certainly can streamline your house deed search. However, there is more to it than logging on and plugging in a few words. You need to know what you are looking at, and what to do if the ...
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How to Become an Abstractor
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 10/31/2019
- Courthouse Documents
In the world of real property, an abstractor is someone who compiles data about specific tracts of land (real property) to determine ownership. The reason the job is called abstracting is that you not only bring together and analyze ...
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What You Need to Know about Abstract of Title
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 07/10/2019
- Oil and Gas
The term Abstract of Title seems to cause confusion for many people, even those in property-based industries like real estate and minerals. Most people run across the term when purchasing a home, which is a rare even in someone’s lifetime ...
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What Texas Public Records Can You Find Online?
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 03/20/2019
- CourthouseDirect.com
A plethora of Texas public records is available online from vital statistics to criminal records. Most are open to view, while other records have certain restrictions placed upon them. State law governs their accessibility; even though a ...
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What is an Abstract of Judgment and How Can You Find One Online?
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 03/13/2019
- Real Estate
One obstacle to a clean title is an Abstract of Judgment, which is a method of placing a lien on real property to pay a legal judgment. If an individual in a lawsuit receives a financial responsibility, any real property is used as ...
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Oil and Gas Technology: Why Big Data is the Future for Landmen
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 01/23/2019
- Real Estate
As the population grows, the courthouses continue to record leases, grants, and deeds. As property changes hands, the title chain grows longer and more complex. Working with multiple records, a yellow pad, and a pencil has become ...
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Are Marriage and Divorce Records Confidential?
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 11/21/2018
- Courthouse Documents
Are marriage and divorce records confidential? It depends. The laws and practices regarding sealed court records can differ from state to state. Divorce records in Texas are always sealed… unless you are a public official. Then they might ...
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