2024 Security Title's Buying A Home in Arizona

PRELIMINARY “TITLE” REPORT WHAT IS IT?

Since these except ions may point to potent ial problems wi th an intended purchase, i t i s impor tant for al l part ies to review the repor t once i t i s received. The Security Title Preliminary Title Report is an offer to issue a policy of title insurance covering a particular estate or interest in land subject to stated exceptions. A Prel iminary Ti t le Repor t provides a l i st of the matters which wi l l be shown as except ions to coverage in a des ignated pol icy or pol icies of t i t le insurance, i f i ssued concurrent ly, cover ing a par t icular estate or interest in land. I t i s intended to faci l i tate the i ssuance of the des ignated pol icy or pol icies . I t i s normal ly prepared af ter appl icat ion (order) for such pol icies of t i t le insurance on behal f of the pr incipal s to a real property transact ion. The Prel iminary Ti t le Repor t states on i ts face that i t i s made solely to faci l i tate the subsequent i ssuance of a t i t le insurance pol icy and that the insurer assumes no l iabi l i ty for errors in the report . Accordingly, any claim ar i s ing f rom a defect in t i t le must be made under the t i t le pol icy and not the Prel iminary Ti t le Repor t .

I f a t i t le pol icy i s not contemplated, a Prel iminary Ti t le Report should not be ordered. Instead, cons iderat ion should be given to request ing a Condi t ion of Ti t le Report or other s imi lar t i t le product .

Af ter a t i t le order has been placed, mat ters relat ive to the t i t le pol icy coverage on the subject proper ty are assembled in a t i t le search package and examined by ski l led technicians . Thi s i s when the Prel iminary Ti t le Repor t i s prepared and sent to the customer. The report contains relevant informat ion so that the par t ies to the t ransact ion wi l l become aware of matters which wi l l not be insured against by the t i t le company. Thi s report i s i ssued before the t i t le pol icy, hence the name Prel iminary Ti t le Repor t .

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