City of Oaks Title's Resources
Forms and Documents
Directory of North Carolina Counties: Register of Deeds and Tax Lookups
Find an Attorney in the North Carolina Bar Association Directory
LiensNC.com, the North Carolina Online Lien Agent System. File appointments, notices, and search for filings.
We will search our statewide databases for title policies from prior owners.
A FREE SERVICE for realtors, agents, paralegals, and potential heroes:
Locating your seller's title insurance policy (or a policy from a prior owner) could save your buyer up to hundreds of dollars in reissue credits. It could also speed up your title search and save your seller headaches. We do the work, they save the money, and you look like a hero.
Business Review, advancing marketplace trust.
Attend a CLE
Our Partner's Resources
Enroll in DocPrep Online, an internet-based document preparation system offered by Chicago Title Insurance Company, giving you access to a large variety of documents. Complete and submit title opinion forms electronically to City of Oaks Title, LLC or the issuing agent of your choice.
Chicago Title Premium Calculator or request a Title Insurance Premium Quote by email
Chicago Title Forms from A-Z: Download Forms and Documents, including lien waivers and title opinion forms.
ALTA Best Practices - Attorney Addition - Information to help North Carolina attorneys learn about and adopt "Best Practices" consistent with the ALTA initiative and pertaining to the Dodd-Frank Act, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and potential "vetting" companies.
WFG National Title Insurance Company Forms and Rate Calculator
Publications for your Clients and Lenders
Why You Need Owner's Title Insurance
Why You Need Lender's Insurance on a Refinance
ALTA Homeowners Policy - Compare the Advantages
2016 TRID Calendar (Know Before You Close)
Five Things Escrow Agents Need to Know
Five Things Lenders Need to Know
What is the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)?
What to Expect at Settlement (Escrow/Closing)
If there is something you would like us to add to our resources,
please let us know. If it helps you get to where you need to go, we want to help you get there!
News
NEW Updated Power of Attorney Forms Effective 1-1-2018
A new statute that impacts Power of Attorney forms has gone into effect. Updated forms are available here:
http://www.docpreponline.com/ customerforms/default.aspx? loginredir=http://www. northcarolina.ctt.com/ login.asp?redir2=articles.asp
IMPORTANT: ADDRESS CHANGE
Please discard any old self-addressed envelopes and update your records to our new, more secure postal box addresses:
6325 Falls of Neuse Rd
Ste 35-239
Raleigh, NC 27615
(919) 399-3993 Phone
(919) 400-9393 Fax
8116 S. Tryon St, Ste B3-265
Charlotte, NC 28273
(704) 659-7598 Fax
(704) 307-2933 Phone
3912 Battleground Ave
Ste 112-336
Greensboro, NC 27410
(336) 701-3399 Phone
(336) 447-3349 Fax
CityofOaksTitle@gmail.com
2018 CLE Seminars Registration is now open. More information here:
https://www.northcarolina.ctt.com/ seminar_info_201712.asp
Totaling to over $16,000*,
our combined 2016 donations made a huge difference in our communities. Thank you.
http://www.cityofoakstitle.com/ 2016donations.htm
New!
Publications to share with your clients:
- Why You Need Owner's Title Insurance
- Why You Need Lender's Insurance on a Refinance
- ALTA Homeowners Policy - Compare the Advantages
- 2016 TRID Calendar (Know Before You Close)
- Five Things Escrow Agents Need to Know
- Five Things Lenders Need to Know
- What is the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)?
- What to Expect at Settlement (Escrow/Closing)
May was Pet Cancer Awareness Month!
Thank you for helping us raise a sizeable donation for Wally's Smile and the Blue Buffalo Foundation for Pet Cancer Awareness and Research. We couldn't have done it without you!
IMPORTANT: RATE CHANGE
As of April 1, 2016:
We are required to comply with rate changes filed with the North Carolina Department of Insurance. If your closing is scheduled after April 1, 2016, please let us know so we may provide you with correct premium amounts.
http://ratecalculator.fnf.com
May 2, 2015
We understand COMPLIANCE is important to you and your customers.
City of Oaks Title's efforts in this area MEET or EXCEED industry standards and provide significant assurance concerning a lender's compliance responsibilities for the selection and monitoring of third-party providers required by regulations of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and other state and federal regulatory agencies.
If you touch consumer funds in any way, you are going to be affected by Dodd-Frank Act and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
Read an introduction to ALTA Best Practices here: http://www.northcarolina.ctt.com/ bestpractices/default.asp
Read more about our compliance standards and the strength of our underwriter, Chicago Title here:
www.chicagotitleconnection.com/ Images2014/PDF/CFPB_Compliance.pdf
November 25, 2014
Ouch! Revaluation, the process of reappraising all properties for tax purposes, can affect you. Learn more here, and see also the article links at the bottom of the page:
http://charmeck.org/mecklenburg/
county/assessorsoffice/reval/
Pages/default.aspx
March 27, 2014
Link added: ALTA Best Practices - Attorney Addition - Information to help North Carolina attorneys learn about and adopt "Best Practices" consistent with the ALTA initiative and pertaining to the Dodd-Frank Act, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and potential "vetting" companies.
http://www.northcarolina.ctt.com/alta/
February 2014
The North Carolina Land Title Association recently updated NCLTA Forms 5, 6 and 7. More information about these forms (including a redline comparison version of the changes to Forms 5, 6 and 7) is available on the NCLTA website at http://www.nclta.org/forms.
October 30, 2013
A new Resource is created:
A county-by-county list of Register of Deeds and Tax lookups.
Click here to begin utilizing
this handy resource!
