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How a title search looks for breaks

A title search walks the public chain for gaps, open liens, and names that do not connect.

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From the opening

A title search is a reading of the public records through the people who have claimed one parcel over time. The point is to see whether each transfer connects to the one before it, and whether some claim was opened and never properly closed. The opening covers chain links must connect, open liens are breaks too, and forgeries can look regular.

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Inside

Chain links must connect
Open liens are breaks too
Forgeries can look regular
The last deed is not the search
Where the idea stops applying
A distinction worth keeping

Sources

Chain of title examination
Abstract of title

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How a title search looks for breaks

From the opening

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