The Different Types of Land Grants in Texas
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 01/29/2014
- Legal
For Texas property owners, the history of the state's land grant program looms large. For various reasons, it's crucial for property owners to be able to trace their titles back through an unbroken chain. This article explores the types of ...
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Why is Platting Required?
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 01/22/2014
- Legal
While most homeowners have heard of the concept of platting, many find it foreign or overly technical. It's true that laypeople rarely have to deal directly with plat maps or the issues that arise from the platting - or non-platting - of a ...
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Adverse Possession by a Co-Tenant in Texas
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 01/03/2014
- Real Estate
There are many ways of legally acquiring property in the United States. The vast majority of homeowners wend through the familiar mortgage-origination process and use the services of a real estate broker to secure an agreeable slice of ...
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How to Choose a Real Estate Attorney
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 11/25/2013
- Legal
There are differing opinions on whether you actually need a real estate attorney for every home transaction. If your home sale/home purchase is straightforward with no hint of a problem, you probably don’t need one.
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What is Strata Title?
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 11/20/2013
- Legal
U.S.-based property owners might not have heard of strata title, but this increasingly common form of property ownership has taken some corners of the world by storm. Pioneered in the Australian state of New South Wales during the early ...
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How is Proof of Ownership Established?
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 10/09/2013
- Real Estate
There are several reasons why proof of ownership of a particular piece of property must be established. Perhaps someone else is claiming ownership. Or maybe the owner died and an heir must claim it. It is even possible it becomes part of a ...
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Why Public Records Matter: The Hidden Value of Land Registry Systems
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 10/02/2013
- Legal
Editor’s Note: We’ve edited a portion of this blog post to better convey the message.
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What Happens to Shared Mineral Rights After a Divorce?
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 09/23/2013
- Real Estate
In energy-rich areas of the United States, divorcees frequently wrangle with the issue of shared mineral rights. While the legalities that surround these rights aren't fundamentally different than those that concern any other type of ...
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What are Fragmented or Severed Mineral Rights?
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 09/06/2013
- Oil and Gas
Were you aware that the owner of the property rights for the surface of the ground is not necessarily the owner of the mineral rights beneath it? It all depends on how the property has been treated in the past or whether the owner of both ...
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What Does a Lien Alert Tool Do?
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 09/02/2013
- Real Estate
In the world of residential and commercial real estate, liens are a fact of life. Liens can arise for any number of reasons and aren't always easy to shake. Worse, they can interfere with investment and occupancy plans with frightening ...
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