Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Louisiana
Land Claim
My sister left California and relocated to Shrieveport, La. 5 years ago and purchased a house by the owner which indicated that she owned 2 acres of property and a house. At the time of purchase she went down to the county recorder's office and received a copy of the land papers in which she has now. The owner produced the title, Lot size, also the boundaries all the necessary paper at the time of closing. Now my sister wants to sell the house and property so she went down to the County Recorder's office and discovered that 2 acres of land is not hers only the house and the lot drawing of the land is different now from the land map that she has. She found out that the land had been sold several times from the time that she purchased it. The person that sold her the house his family has several real estate companies. But the title, deed and the rest of the paperwork was signed by the Seller of the property and the land map. Could you please advise, no one will take her case because the land map is different from the map that is down at the county recorders office.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Land Claim
The map of record at the courthouse is the map that governs, and it is going to be hard to make a case against the seller. Has she talked to the title company that handled the closing? If she purchased owner's title insurance from them she may have some protection.
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