Here are a few of the most common hidden risks that can cause a loss of title or create an encumbrance on property:
- Forged deeds, releases, or wills
- Undisclosed or missing heirs
- Liens for unpaid estate, inheritance, income or gift tax
- False impersonation of the true owner
- Confusion caused by similiar names
- Signatures of minors or persons who are not mentally competent
- Signatures of persons represented as single but who are acutally married
- Errors in recording legal documents
- Clerical errors in public records
- Invalid documents executed under an expired power of attorney
- Fraud
- Invalid divorces
- Unpaid child support lien
- Unpaid taxes (local, state, federal)
- Unrecorded easements (right of way)
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