Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Florida

Real estate law
Hi, I have a home that I sold last year, in Coral Springs, and the title company for the buyer found an ''open permit'' on our home for pool issues from 1998. We bought the house in 2003, and our title company never found this issue when we bought the house. Now the buyers title company is holding $5000 of our money in escrow, I have tried EVERYTHING and I cannot find out how or why to close this case. The pool company that did this is out of business for years. Isnt the title company responsible, for not finding this when I bought the home? Who can I go after here? I live in California now and this has been driving me crazy, it cannot be my fault this whole thing, or my responsibilty when I never knew about this? The title company claims they arent responsible....help!

Asked on 7/09/08, 2:28 am

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David Gibbs The Gibbs Law Firm, APC

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This is an issue of Florida law, and you need to contact a Florida attorney regardless of where you live now.

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Answered on 7/09/08, 12:44 pm

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