Services
RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS:
Residential real estate transactions are in Standard Title’s wheelhouse! From the time we opened our Lafayette office in 2001, our team successfully closed more than 20,000 residential real estate transactions—establishing a record of proven experience you can trust. We are proud to be ALTA Best Practices certified—a distinction many banks, lending institutions, and mortgage companies require. The ALTA certification demonstrates compliance with the highest industry standards and practices.
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS:
Commercial real estate transactions often involve risk, which can hinder or halt your commercial transaction. The seasoned transactional attorneys and professionals at Standard Title are prepared to address the most complex title issues of whatever size or nature to keep your deal moving.
TITLE INSURANCE & CURATIVE TITLE WORK:
Title insurance provides the insured with “peace of mind” in knowing that you are receiving good and marketable title to the real estate purchased. Title Insurance is inexpensive and provides protection against any future challenge to your ownership interests and rights to your property. A title policy places the title insurance company in the position of defending any special claims against the property covered. Unlike other types of insurance that offer protection against future possible occurrences, title insurance offers protection against past occurrences which could result in a claim at a future date. Coverage continues in effect for as long as you have an interest in the covered property.
One of the conveniences of choosing Standard Title, LLC for your real estate transaction is the availability of skilled attorneys at our fingertips to assist you through the process. Not only do these accomplished attorneys handle the conflicts that might arise within a particular transaction, but they bring to the table a vast degree of legal experience and skill in a wide range of practice areas. The attorneys at Standard Law, LLC seek to protect and advance their clients’ interests under a multitude of circumstances and can assist you in reaching your legal objectives with professional legal representation and counsel.
CLOSING PROCESS:
- Request for title or receipt of purchase agreement.
Generally, our team begins work on your file upon receiving a request from your lender to provide a title commitment (“request for title”). For transactions that do not involve financing, we open your file upon receipt of the purchase agreement.
- Title Search or abstract.
After we verify the parties’ personal information, we conduct a title search, or “Abstract of Title,” which includes a detailed search of the property’s ownership history in the public records; identification of all recorded mortgages, liens, judgments, or encumbrances that may affect the property; and, a detailed search of all the instruments affects the buyers or sellers to the transaction.
- Title Search examination.
Our attorneys conduct a detailed review of the abstract to ensure title to the subject property is merchantable. This examination also identifies the actions necessary to ensure title insurance can be issued at closing.
- Title Commitment is prepared and issued to Lender.
This commitment is our conditional promise to issue a title insurance policy after the closing. This document identifies the requirements and exceptions to the title policy which are necessary to facilitate the closing. It includes any curative title work discovered during the title examination.
- Payoffs obtained.
Our team obtains all payoffs for liens, mortgages, or other encumbrances effecting the subject property and begins to draft any ancillary documents necessary for the closing.
- Preparation for closing.
Once the lender has cleared the transaction for closing, our team receives the loan documents to review and prepare for signature. The documents prepared at this stage also list the complete financial details of the transaction, as well as all documents required to legally transfer title to the buyers.
- Closing, funding and disbursement.
Closings take place at one of our convenient locations, where the parties execute the closing documents, funding authorization is obtained from the lender, and our team disburses funds in accordance with the settlement statement and lender’s instructions.
- Recordation
After closing, certain original documents are required to be recorded in the public records of the parish where the property is located, which our team ensures takes place in a timely fashion.