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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.

Exam area: Transfer of Title

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What does “title insurance” mean in real estate?

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.

How is “title insurance” different from the closest wrong answer?

An owner's policy protects the owner's covered equity interest. A lender's policy protects the insured lender's security interest and does not substitute for owner coverage.

What is the Georgia-specific rule?

The Georgia closing attorney coordinates title examination and policy issuance when title insurance is part of the transaction. Coverage is backward-looking, unlike property insurance focused on future casualty events.

Worked exam example

Scenario

A previously forged deed in the chain creates a covered ownership loss discovered after closing, and the insured tenders the claim under the policy.

What is the most common exam trap?

Trap correction

A lender policy protects the lender even when the borrower paid the premium. It does not automatically protect the buyer's equity.

Original exam check

Apply the definition

A buyer finances a home and pays the premium for the lender's title policy but declines an owner's policy. A year later a forged deed from years earlier surfaces, and the buyer loses the home. Which policy protects the buyer's equity?

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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.

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.

General warranty deed

A general warranty deed conveys the grantor's interest with broad title covenants protecting the grantee against covered title defects arising both during and before the grantor's ownership.

Closing attorney

A closing attorney is the Georgia-licensed lawyer who conducts the legal closing, oversees execution and disbursement, and handles the conveyancing and title-related legal work that constitutes the practice of law.

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