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Harlan Florence, Attorneys at Law

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Aren’t a title search and a survey the same thing?

Nope. A title search and a survey are very different things indeed.

A title search is an examination of the county’s deed records to determine a particular property’s legal ownership. Its primary goal is to ensure that a seller can convey good title to the property at closing, or that a borrower has good title to the property pledged as security for a loan. A title search will show ownership as well as any judgments, tax liens, mechanic’s liens, and other items that may have attached to the property. A title search is conducted by a title examiner at the courthouse and involves researching grantor and grantee indexes, lien books, and so on.

A survey, on the other hand, is a visual depiction of a property’s physical boundaries. An as-built survey is a survey that shows all a property’s physical improvements, such as a house or a driveway, in relation to its boundary lines. Surveys are prepared by land surveyors who physically examine the actual land where the property lies.

Harlan and Associates is an Atlanta-based boutique law firm that believes there’s a better way to handle your real estate closing. We’d love to work with you. Contact us today, and let’s see what we can do together.

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8 Apr

Georgia Supreme Court extends Judicial State of Emergency for the 13th time. Virtual closings now good only through end of the month, when the Health Care Emergency is slated to end. http://ow.ly/JQPd50Ek7Yg

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5 Apr

Well, this is new. Instead of rolling the State of Emergency out another 30 days, Kemp extends just to end of month. We'll see if the GaSupes play along in the next few days. http://ow.ly/h55E50EgDQo

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