ARLTA Title Basics School
Wednesday & Thursday, May 11th & 12th, 2016
Holiday Inn Presidential Downtown
600 Interstate 30
Little Rock, AR 72202
(501) 375-2100
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM Registration
Welcome
Kim Majors, ARLTA Executive Director
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM Introduction
to the Arkansas Land System
Tools of the Trade
a. Quadrangle System
b. Section, Township, and Range
c. Feet, chains, rods and links
d. Square feet, meters and acres
e. Good and Marketable Title
Gale Rush, First National Title Company
Tamera Housdan, Lenders Title Company
Jennie Bailey, West
Little Rock Title Company
9:30 AM – 10:45 AM Metes
& Bounds and Parcel Descriptive Drawing, Part 1
Gale Rush, First National Title Company
Tamera Housdan, Lenders Title Company
10:45 AM – 11:00 AM Break
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Metes
and Bounds and Parcel Descriptive Drawing, Part 2
Gale Rush, First National Title Company
Tamera Housdan, Lenders Title Company
12:00PM – 12:30 PM Lunch
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM The
New HUD
Underwriter Panel:
Craig Gill,
Stewart Title Guaranty Company
Susie Mitchell, First American Title Insurance Company
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Probate
Matters
a. Intestate and Testate
b. Arkansas descent and distribution
c. Affidavit of Marital History and
heirship
d. Notice to creditors and right to
payment
e. Power to sell or order authorizing
the sale
f. Foreign wills and proceedings
Wade Williams, Kings River Title
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM Break
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Foreclosures
a. Judicial
b. Non-judicial
c. Second lien holders and other
interests
Melody Oliver, Fidelity National Title Group
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM Questions
& Answers
Day 2 of Title School
Day Two is approved for 6 hours CE credit, including 1 hour
Ethics,
by the Arkansas Insurance Department
and
5 hours General CLE and 1 hour Ethics by the AR CLE Board
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM Registration
Welcome
Kim Majors, ARLTA
Executive Director
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Bankruptcy – When it becomes a problem, it is a BIG problem
a. Chapter 7
b. Chapter 13
c. Chapter 11
d. Chapter 12
e. Schedules
f. Avoiding Judgments
g. Discharge
Charles Coleman, Wright, Lindsey & Jennings
Jonathan Horton, Wright, Lindsey & Jennings
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM Break
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Alphabet
Soup – Inc, LLC, LLP, etc
a. Corporations
b. LLC’s
c. Partnerships
d. Unicorporated Associations
e. Trusts
f. Powers of Attorney
Steve Demott, Garland County Title Company
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM Lunch
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM *Alphabet
Soup – Inc, LLC, LLP, etc (continued)
Steve Demott, Garland County Title Company
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM *Easements
& Surveys
Doug Shambarger, McClelland Engineers
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM Break
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM *Commitments,
Endorsements and Final Policies
Pam Shambarger, City Title & Closing
Jessica Wooten, City Title & Closing
3:15 PM – 4:15 PM Ethics – Best Practices
Don Eilbott, Attorney, Jack Nelson Jones