property title
Legal land certificate
Property title is the legal right to ownership of real estate—the bundle of rights that lets you possess, use, and transfer property.
A title differs from a deed: the deed is the document, while the title is the right itself.
Title searches verify ownership before purchases.
The property title was clouded by an old lien.
Title insurance protects against defects in ownership claims.
- deedWritten property conveyance
- surveySystematic data collection
- abstractCondensed version of text
- trust deedProperty-backed loan document
- land recordsDocumentation of property ownership
public record · deed of trust · escrow · covenant · document · inheritance · entitlement · closing costs · appraisal · restriction · heir · registry · parcel · estate · claim · transfer · conveyance · land
- real estatehouse, home, apartment, sale, rent
- land rightsland rights, easement, easements, freehold, right of way
- ownershipssole ownership, joint ownership, co-ownership, home ownership, land ownership
- Closingsclosing, closing costs, closing statement, escrow, document signing
- title documentsland deed, real estate deed, pink slip, vehicle registration, registration card
- title searchpreliminary report, examiner, prelim, abstracting
property titlelease
Temporary use contract
rental agreement · tenancy · leasehold · easement · life estate
property titletrespass
Unauthorized entry onto property
squatting · dispossession · encroachment · encumbrance · lien