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Marketable title

Marketable title is title reasonably free from substantial doubt, material defects, and probable litigation, such that a prudent purchaser would accept it under the contract.

Official area

Transfer of Title

Knowledge cluster

Title and notice

Learning sequence

Define, distinguish, apply, retrieve

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Exam purpose

Recognize the rule, then reject the nearest look-alike.

Georgia lens

Apply the state distinction only when the facts call for it.

Connected terms

Connected to 4 terms and one official content area.

What does Marketable title mean in real estate?

Marketable title is title reasonably free from substantial doubt, material defects, and probable litigation, such that a prudent purchaser would accept it under the contract.

How is Marketable title different from the closest exam answer?

Marketable title is a legal quality of title. Insurable title is title a particular insurer is willing to cover, possibly with exceptions.

What is the Georgia-specific rule?

Georgia closing attorneys examine the public record and transaction documents to determine what must be cured for the contracted title standard.

Worked exam example

Scenario

An unreleased old security deed creates a substantial title question that must be cancelled or otherwise resolved before the seller can deliver the promised title.

Decision rule

Marketable title is a legal quality of title. Insurable title is title a particular insurer is willing to cover, possibly with exceptions.

What is the most common exam trap?

Trap correction

Insurability does not automatically prove marketability if the policy simply excludes the known defect.

Memory cue: Insurability does not automatically prove marketability if the policy simply excludes the known defect.

Original exam check

Apply the definition

Which statement correctly explains Marketable title?

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Related terms to learn next

Insurable title

Insurable title is title a title insurer is willing to cover under a policy, subject to the policy's terms, exclusions, exceptions, limits, and premium.

Title insurance

Title insurance is an indemnity contract protecting an owner or lender against covered loss from specified title defects that exist as of the policy date, subject to exclusions, exceptions, limits, and conditions.

Recordation

Recordation is filing an eligible real estate instrument in the appropriate public land records so it becomes part of the chain of title and provides the notice and priority effects given by law.

Satisfaction or cancellation of security deed

Satisfaction or cancellation of a Georgia security deed is the formal record that the secured debt has been paid and the security deed has been cancelled, which operates to reconvey title as provided by Georgia law.

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Marketable title quick answers

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What is Marketable title?

Marketable title is title reasonably free from substantial doubt, material defects, and probable litigation, such that a prudent purchaser would accept it under the contract.

What is Marketable title commonly confused with?

Marketable title is a legal quality of title. Insurable title is title a particular insurer is willing to cover, possibly with exceptions.

How does Georgia treat Marketable title?

Georgia closing attorneys examine the public record and transaction documents to determine what must be cured for the contracted title standard.