ARLTA Title Basics School
Wednesday & Thursday, May 15th & 16th, 2013
Holiday Inn Presidential Downtown
600 Interstate 30
Little Rock, AR 72202
(501) 375-2100
Day 1 of Title School
8:30 AM-9:00 AM
Registration-
Welcome-
9:00 AM-9:30 AM
Introduction to the Arkansas Land System
a. Quadrangle System
b. Sections, Townships, Ranges
c. Feet, Chains, Rods and Links
d. Square feet, meters, hectares, acres
e. Good and Marketable Title
Gale Rush, First National Title Company, Little Rock, Arkansas
9:30 AM-10:45 AM
Metes and Bounds and Parcel Descriptive Drawing-Pt 1
Jimmy D. Dill, Pine Bluff Title, Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Sonny Ekdahl, “Retired” Citizens Title, Searcy, Arkansas
10:45 AM-11:00 AM
Break
11:00 AM-12:00 PM
Metes and Bounds and Parcel Descriptive Drawing-Pt 2
Jimmy D. Dill, Pine Bluff Title, Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Sonny Ekdahl, “Retired” Citizens Title, Searcy, Arkansas
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, Arkansas
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, Arkansas
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, Arkansas
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, Arkansas
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, Arkansas
Jonathan Horton, Wright, Lindsay & Jennings, LLP, Little Rock, Arkansas
11:30 AM-12:00 PM
LUNCH-Box Lunch Provided
12:00 PM-1:00 PM
Mortgage, Liens and Judgements
a. Mortgages
b. Mechanic’s and Materialman’s Liens
c. Child Support
d. Foreign Judgments
e. IRS
f. Taxes
Jimmy D. Dill, Pine Bluff Title, Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Craig Gill, Stewart Title Guaranty Company, Little Rock, Arkansas
1:00 PM-2:00 PM
Easements and Surveys
Billy Roehrenbeck, Pulaski County Title, Little Rock, Arkansas
Donnie Brooks, Brooks Surveying, Little Rock, Arkansas
2:00 PM-2:15 PM
BREAK
2:15 PM-3:15 PM
Title Insurance
a. Commitments
b. Policies
c. Endorsements
Richard S. Levin, Hall Estill, Fayetteville, Arkansas
3:15 PM-4:15 PM
Taking the Exams
a. Arkansas Insurance Department-
b. Abstracter’s Board- Amy Williams
c. Study Materials and Ending-
d. Q & A