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Title Insurance | History | ALTA Vs. CLTA | Comparisons | Holding Title | Underwriters

Title Insurance: ALTA and CLTA
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ALTA Residential Title Insurance Policy Comparison with CLTA

Standard Coverage
Policy Covered Title Risks

The policy covers the following title risks: ALTA-R CLTA Owners Form A
1. Someone else owns an interest in your title. Yes Yes
2. A document is not properly signed, sealed, acknowledged or delivered. Yes Yes
3. Forgery, fraud, duress, incompetency, incapacity or impersonation. Yes Yes
4. Defective recording of any document. Yes Yes
5. You do not have legal right of access to and from the land. Yes Yes
6. There are restrictive covenants limiting your use of the land. Yes Yes
7. There is a lien on your title because of a:
  • mortgage or deed of trust.
Yes Yes
  • a judgement, tax or special assessment.
Yes Yes
  • a charge by a homeowners or condominium association.
Yes No
8. There are liens on your title, arising now or later, for labor and material furnished before the policy date, unless you agreed to pay for the labor or material. Yes No
9. Others have rights arising out of leases, contracts or options. Yes No
10. Someone else has an easement on your land. Yes No
11. Your title is unmarketable, which allows another person to refuse to perform a contract to purchase, to lease or to make a mortgage loan. Yes No
12. You are forced to remove your existing structure, other than a boundary wall or fence, because:
  • it extends on to adjoining land or on to any easement.
Yes No
  • it violates a restriction shown in Schedule B.
Yes No
  • it violates an existing zoning law.
Yes No
13. You cannot use the land for a single-family residence, because such use violates a restriction shown in Schedule B or existing zoning law. Yes No
14. Other defects, liens or encumbrances. Yes Yes
15. Inflation Protection. Yes Yes

NOTE: This table is intended to highlight only some of the important features of coverage and is not to be construed as expanding or limiting the coverage set forth in any particular policy or endorsement.