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From: "Marie A Robinson" <>
Subject: Re: [PAWESTMO-L] Abstract v. land records
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1999 21:40:55 -0600


>>> Does any of this help?>>>

Immensely! So one would have to go into the abstract office for the
particular county in person with the legal description of the land in-hand?

Marie Robinson
Minneapolis, Minnesota


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Date: Saturday, January 02, 1999 9:31 PM
Subject: [PAWESTMO-L] Abstract v. land records

Abstractors (at least in Oklahoma) make their living by tracing any
and all legal documents which might in any way affect a title to
property. Usually, an attorney reviews the abstract and issues a "title
opinion" which states whether the title is free and clear or whether any
potential problems are lurking out there. Many states have been using
title insurance which pretty much replaces a title opinion.

Anyway, an abstract is very expensive to update and maintain since
it is labor intensive requiring (at least before computers) a trip to
the courthouse and time finding documents filed not only in the land
records, but also such documents as tax liens, divorce decrees and other
litigation which affect the title. I'm not surprised that the abstract
office was hostile since they probably thought you wanted for free what
they charge lots of money for (to the buyer and seller of the
property). If you can find an abstract office which is not hostile, it
can surely save a bunch of time because they have thoroughly searched
the title forward to a certain date and each abstract 'should' start
with the original patent.

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