Prior Articles

National License, National Database, National Everything?

There has been discussion about a national driver’s license, a national license to practice law, a national database for IRS liens, a national database for all real property liens, and a national registry for all real property records. The Federal Reserve, in its proposal for a national lien registry, says its idea would make locally recorded information [...]

Sinkholes

Once a year I try to review new state laws that may impact real estate transactions. Before I could get to this task, the Florida Land Title Association sent out several bulletins describing important law changes, doing my job for me! I will summarize a few of these laws, here, but you really need to see [...]