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Title Standards
- 33.3 Covenants – Architectural/Design Review
- 33.2 Implied Covenants – Common Scheme
- 33.1 Covenants
- 32.3 Terminated Leases
- 32.2 Expired Leases
- 32.1 Parties in Possession and Leaseholds
- 31.2 UNIT DESCRIPTIONS IN INSTRUMENTS OF CONVEYANCE
- 31.1 COMMON INTEREST COMMUNITIES
- 30.2 PARTNERSHIP HOLDING TITLE TO REAL PROPERTY
- 9.2 Execution of Court Documents Recorded in the Land Records by Electronic Signatures
- 30.1 Conveyances to and from a General Partnership in the Chain of Title
- 29.1 Conveyance of Mobile Homes
- 5.6 License
- 5.5 Implied Easement - By Prescription
- 5.4 Implied Easement - By Necessity or Implication
- 5.3 Implied Easement - By Plat
- 5.2 Easement In Gross
- 5.1 Appurtenant Easements
- 18.7 Home Equity Conversion (Reverse) Mortgage Loans Unreleased HUD Second Mortgage
- 18.6 Effect Of Failure To Release A Multi-Town Mortgage In All Towns Where It Was Recorded
- 17.5 Discharge of Mortgage Or Other Interests Following a Foreclosure Action
- 17.4 The Effect Of Recording A Complaint On Subsequently Recorded Interest
- 17.3 Title Derived from a Foreclosure
- 3.1 Perpetual Lease Land
- 12.1 Conveyance By Guardian Appointed By Vermont Court
- 9.1 Execution and Acknowledgment
- 8.1 Name Variances
- 7.1 Grantees
- 6.5 Powers of Attorney
- 6.4 Marital Interests
- 6.3 Mental Capacity
- 6.2 Majority
- 6.1 Grantors
- 4.1 Limitations on the Use By Grantor of Corrective Deeds
- 2.7 Record of Expired Leases or Expired Interests
- 2.6 Time When a Conveyance is Considered as Properly "Recorded"
- 2.5 Priority of Conveyances
- 2.4A After-Acquired Title
- 2.4 Wild Instruments Instruments By Strangers to the Record Chain of Title
- 2.3 Effect of the Recording of Instruments Claiming an Interest in Real Estate
- 2.2 The Concept of the Chain Of Title and Its Relationship to the Rule Of Record Notice and the Scope of the Title Searcher's Obligation
- 2.1 Period of Search
- 28.5 Discharges, Partial Releases, Assignments and Foreclosure of Mortgages of a Failed Institution By a Transferee of the Receiver For Such Failed Institution
- 28.4 Marketability of Title In a Real Estate Interest of a Failed Financial Institution for Which No Conveyance, Transfer or Assignment Appears of Record Prior to the Dissolution of the Bridge Institution Which Had Continued The Business of the Failed Institution
- 28.3 Title of the Immediate Transferee of the Receiver of a Failed Financial Institution
- 28.2 Title of the Receiver of a Failed Financial Institution to the Assets of That Institution
- 28.1 Establishing Marketable Title To Interests In Real Property Owned By Failed Financial Institutions
- 27.1 Vermont Estate Tax Lien
- 25.1 Federal Special Gift Tax Lien
- 24.1 Federal Special Estate Tax Lien
- 23.1 Federal General Tax Lien
- 22.1 Conveyances To and From Limited Liability Companies in the Chain of Title
- 21.2 Sales Fee and Clear of Liens and Interests
- 21.1 The Effect of a Discharge of Debtor in Bankruptcy Court Upon Existing Secured Liens
- 20.1 Presumptions Applicable to Corporate Conveyances
- 19.1 Tax Collector's Deed
- 18.5 Discharges Involving Mortgage Electronic Registration System (MERS)
- 18.4 Effect of Failure to Discharge Assignments of Leases and/or Rent, Riders or Financing Statements
- 18.3 Discharges of Corrected, Re-Recorded, or Modified Mortgages
- 18.2 Irregularities and Discrepancies in Discharges of Mortgage and other Documents
- 18.1 Discharges of Mortgages
- 17.2 Deeds in Lieu of Foreclosure
- 16.2 Judgment Liens
- 16.1 Attachments and Liens
- 15.1 Deeds Retaining Life Estates With Reserved Powers
- 14.1 Conveyance to Two or More Persons
- 13.4 Conveyance by Trustee of a Non-Probate Trust
- 13.3 Omitted Real Estate or Faulty Description of Closed Estate
- 13.2 Conveyance by Devisees in Lieu of Probate Administration
- 13.1 Conveyance by Heirs' Deed
- 11.1 Delivery
- 10.1 Property Descriptions
- 1.4 Reference to Title Standards in Real Estate Sales Contract
- 1.3 Definition of Marketable Title
- 1.2 The Examining Attorney's Attitude
- 1.1 The Role of the Examining Attorney