If a deed is missing and can't be recorded, title can't be transferred. Hoping an unrecorded deed doesn't get lost could be devastating to your estate planning. Until the unrecord deed is processed, and title transferred, the holders of the title still own the property. They can mortgage the property or sell it.
Erecording, or electronic document recording, is the process of transmitting real property documents electronically to the local government entity charged with recording and maintaining public records.
(b) An instrument conveying real property may not be recorded unless it is signed and acknowledged or sworn to by the grantor in the presence of two or more credible subscribing witnesses or acknowledged or sworn to before and certified by an officer authorized to take acknowledgements or oaths, as applicable.
A deed of trust will include the same type of information stated in a mortgage document, such as: The identities of the borrower, lender, and trustee. A full description of the property to be placed in trust. Any restrictions or requirements on the use of the property while it is in trust.
This Deed of Trust (the “Trust Deed”) sets out the terms and conditions upon which: Settlor Name (the “Settlor”), of Settlor Address, settles that property set out in Schedule A (the “Property”) upon Trustee Name (the “Trustee”), being a Company duly registered under the laws of state with registered number ...
In Texas, you record your deed with the County Clerk in the county where the property exists. If the property is in more than one county, record it in each. It is important to record your deed. In Texas, the property is legally transferred when the grantee accepts the signed deed.