Federally, ALTA is reintroducing the SECURE Notarization Act in the current legislative session.  The Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act of 2020 (SECURE Notarization Act) would permit immediate…

If you think you are a member of the Title Action Network – think again. You may be one of the 300+ NYSLTA Members whose name has been purged from TAN in…

Pursuant to Executive Order No. 202.96 dated February 26, 2021, and in accordance with  powers conferred pursuant to Section 925-a of the Real Property Tax Law, Governor  Cuomo has exercised his authority…

In March of 2019, an employee of Residential Mortgage Services, Inc. (“RMS”), a mortgage banker licensed in the State of New York, fell victim to an email phishing attempt. The employee in…

New York City implemented ACRIS in 2004.  The ACRIS system enables the public and the Real Property industry to review records from 1966 to date in the Bronx, Kings, New York, and…

This standard exception was held to relieve a title insurer of any obligation to defend a claim by a neighbor claiming adverse possession, by the New York Appellate Division, Second Department,. See Melamed v.…