Developer & Builder Services Guide

Attorney Responsibilities

A knowledgeable real estate attorney can be a valuable asset and their involvement with your project may include some of the following tasks.

Preparation of the project management documents: • CC&R’s or Declaration of Condominium

• Articles of Incorporation for the home/unit owners association • Association Bylaws • Registration of the new for the project’s home/unit owners association with the Secretary of State • Review of any condominium plans or planned development plats for your project to assure consistency with the declaration of covenants, conditions and restrictions. • Provide copies (2) of the project’s management documents to Security Title Agency and the project engineer for review • Make corrections to the management documents to comply with state law commissioner’s rules • File Articles of Incorporation with the Secretary of State. Your attorney may also provide assistance on other issues related to your project such as: • Review of condition of title for property in question based on title reports, documents copies and related information provided by Security Title Agency • Consultation with Security Title Agency’s title department and underwriting staff to resolve any matters disclosed by the preliminary report(s), which may pose a problem for the successful development of the subject property

• Review and/or preparation of purchase and sale agreements • Review of lender documentation such as the loan agreement

Consultation with the project engineer or land surveyor to satisfy city and/or country conditions of approvals for the project’s map(s)*

* Security Title Agency Developer and Builder Services may at your direction also assist the project engineer, land surveyor, developer, builder and subdivider with inner governmental relations both on a municipal and state level.

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