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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Title insurance experts: our client is considering an investment in a company that holds real property, and the real property represents a major part of the company’s value. I have reviewed older title policies for the different parcels, but would like to have these updated to get a more current and accurate sense of liens and encumbrances affecting title. Ordering an owner’s policy doesn’t seem to fit, because there will be no deed or other direct conveyance of the property itself (an ownership interest in the company will be acquired, not the real property itself), and a litigation guarantee also doesn’t seem a good fit, because the sample policy I read was entirely oriented toward a particular lawsuit or court action. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Is there some other type of title product offered by title insurance companies that can be used in our case, where we want to insure the current state of title, primarily for purposes of due diligence in investing in the company that owns the subject real property? Or is it possible to modify a title guarantee to use in situations where you want a “guarantee” of the reported state of title, but not in connection with a legal proceeding? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This seems like a fairly common scenario and any input would be appreciated.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>Thanks,<br><br>John<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='page-break-after:avoid'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"'>John P. McLaughlin<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='page-break-after:avoid'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"'>Direct | 206.905.3231<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='page-break-after:avoid'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"'>Email | <a href="mailto:jpmclaughlin@bmjlaw.com"><span style='color:blue'>jpmclaughlin@bmjlaw.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid'><u><span style='color:blue'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal style='page-break-after:avoid'><a href="http://www.bmjlaw.com/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=448 height=88 id="Picture_x0020_31" src="cid:image001.png@01D1C55B.50C5A140" alt="Title: Bauer Moynihan & Johnson LLP [signature] - Description: Bauer Moynihan & Johnson LLP
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