ARLTA Title Basics School
Wednesday & Thursday, November 6th & 7th, 2013
DoubleTree Suites
301 SE Walton Blvd
Bentonville, AR 72712
479-845-7770
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
Katy Sager, WACO Title Company, Fayetteville, Arkansas
9:30 AM-10:45 AM
Metes and Bounds and Parcel Descriptive Drawing-Pt 1
Wade Williams, Kings River Title Company, Eureka Springs, Arkansas
10:45 AM-11:00 AM
Break
11:00 AM-12:00 PM
Metes and Bounds and Parcel Descriptive Drawing-Pt 2
Wade Williams, Kings River Title Company, Eureka Springs, 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
Wade Williams, Kings River Title Company, Eureka Springs, 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
Ed Young, Lenders Title Company
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 D. Jiles, P.A., Millar Jiles, 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
Brian Blackman, WACO Title Company, Lowell, 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
Richard S. Levin, Hall Estill, Fayetteville, 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
Craig Gill, Stewart Title Guaranty Company, Little Rock, Arkansas
1:00 PM-2:00 PM
Easements and Surveys
Jimmy Plumlee, City Title & Closing, Fayetteville, Arkansas
B.J. Fast, Lenders Title Company, Little Rock, Arkansas
2:00 PM-2:15 PM
BREAK
2:15 PM-3:15 PM
Title Insurance
a. Commitments
b. Policies
c. Endorsements
Katy Sager, WACO Title Company, Fayetteville, Arkansas
3:15 PM-4:15 PM
Taking the Exams
a. Arkansas Insurance Department
b. Abstracter’s Board
c. Study Materials and Ending
d. Q & A