ARLTA Title Basics School
Wednesday & Thursday, May 16th & 17th, 2012
UALR School of Law
1201 McMath Avenue
Little Rock, AR 72202
(501) 683-4882
Day 1 of Title School
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Registration – Friday Court Room
Welcome – Wes Lasseigne, ARLTA President, SVP, General Counsel, Lenders Title Company
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM
Introduction to the Arkansas Land System
Tools of the Trade
a. Quadrangle System
b. Sections, Townships, Ranges
c. Feet, chains, rods and links
d. Square feet, meters, hectares, acres
e. Good and Marketable Title
Jennie Bailey, West Little Rock Title Company, Little Rock, AR
9:30 AM – 10:45 AM
Metes and Bounds and Parcel Descriptive Drawing – Part I
Van Winton, Community Title, Paragould, AR
Jimmy D. Dill, Pine Bluff Title, Pine Bluff, AR
10:45 AM – 11:00 AM
Break
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Metes and Bounds and Parcel Descriptive Drawing – Part II
Van Winton, Community Title, Paragould, AR
Jimmy D. Dill, Pine Bluff Title, Pine Bluff, AR
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM
Lunch – Box Lunch Provided
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Chains of Title
Abstracts and Title Plants
a. Patents
b. Schools, Railroads and Churches
c. Types of conveyances
d. Instruments that convey title and those that don’t
e. Curative instruments
f. Deeds and the Wild,Wild West
Sonny Ekdahl, “Retired” Citizens Title – Searcy, AR
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Probate Matters
a. Intestate and Testate
b. Arkansas descent and distribution
c. Affidavits of Marital History and Heirship
d. Notice to Creditors and right to payment
e. Power to Sell or Order Authorizing Sale
f. Foreign wills and proceedings
Cliff McKinney, Quattlebaum, Grooms, Tull & Burrow, PLLC, Little Rock, AR
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Break
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Foreclosures
a. Judicial
b. Non-Judicial
c. Second lienholders and other interests
Gary Jiles, Millar Jiles Culliper, LLP, Conway, AR
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Q & A
Day 2 of Title School
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Registration
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Powers of Entities
a. Trusts
b. LLC’s
c. Partnerships
d. Powers of attorney
e. Corporations
f. Resolutions
Steve Demott, Garland County Title Company, Hot Springs, AR
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Break
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Bankruptcy
a. Chapter 7
b. Chapter 13
c. Chapter 11
d. Chapter 12
e. Schedules
f. Avoiding Judgments
g. Discharge
Charles Coleman, Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, LLP, Little Rock, AR
Jonathan Horton, Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, LLP, Little Rock, AR
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Lunch – Box Lunch Provided
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Mortgages, Liens & Judgments
a. Mortgages
b. Mechanic’s & Materialman’s Liens
c. Child Support
d. Foreign Judgments
e. IRS
f. Taxes
Jimmy D. Dill, Pine Bluff Title, Pine Bluff, AR
Craig Gill, Stewart Title Guaranty Company, Little Rock, AR
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Easements & Surveys
Billy Roehrenbeck, Pulaski County Title Company, Little Rock, AR
Donnie Brooks, Brooks Surveying, Little Rock, AR
Craig Cole, Brooks Surveying, Little Rock, AR
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM
Break
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
Title Insurance
a. Commitments
b. Policies
c. Endorsements
Richard S Levin, First National Title Company, Fayetteville, AR
3:15 PM – 4:15 PM
Taking the Exams
a. Arkansas Insurance Department – Title Agent, Sarah Harper
b. Abstracter’s Board – Abstracters, Amy Williams/Van Winton
c. Study Materials and Ending – Wes Lasseigne
d. Q & A