Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Missouri

A lien search was performed on a property by the inheritants (children of deseased). Based on the findings in this lien search (which included information as far back as 1985) there was NO DEBT against the property. At this time, the decision was made to sell the property.

A buyer was located, the contract was submitted to a Title Compay and another lien search was performed (about 3 months after the first one) by the SAME company that performed the first lien search. This time the findings were different. There was significant debt against the property from 1992!

Is there a reason why this information was not included in the first lien search?

Is there any liability on the part of the company who provided incomplete information in the first lien search?

Thank you for any help you can provide.


Asked on 5/14/13, 7:24 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Anthony Smith LawSmith

It appears that those that paid for the first title search,, are due a refund, at the least. If they purchased a r title Insurance policy, the title company may have to pay to clear the title.

Good luck

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Answered on 5/14/13, 10:20 pm


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