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Fraud Alert
Tuesday, January 24, 2017 E-mail Scam Alert: Association Phishing Scam » Published: January 24, 2017 It has come to the attention of the CLTA that individuals have attempted to target o...
Monday, March 14, 2016 CLTA Fraud Alert! » Published: March 14, 2016 It has come to the attention of the CLTA that the incidence of URL spoofi...
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News Express
Thursday, June 1, 2017 Recording Fee Legislation Awaits Vote on Senate Floor » Senate Bill 2 (Atkins) , which would fund affordable housing through a substantial increase in recording fees, is current...
Friday, May 19, 2017 CA Dept. of Business Oversight Issues Release on Acceptable Evidence of Disbursement Date » ALTA Settlement Statement Acceptable The Department of Business Oversight recently issued updated information...
Monday, December 19, 2016 CLTA Publishes 2016 Edition of the Annual Summary of Legislation » CLTA Publishes 2016 Edition of the Annual Summary of Legislation The California Land Title Associat...
Tuesday, September 6, 2016 FinCEN Provides Verbal Clarification on GTO Frequently Asked Questions » The US Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) on Tuesday provided verbal clarification to the American L...
Monday, August 22, 2016 Governor Signs Legislation Increasing Cap on Notary Fees » Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation on August 17th that raises the fee cap for acknowledgments and jurats to $15 – a 5...
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CLTA News
Tuesday, June 20, 2017 Jeff Kerns Elected CLTA President » Newly installed CLTA President Jeff Kerns started his title career at family-owned Yosemite Title in 1977 while he was sti...
Tuesday, June 20, 2017 CLTA Settlement Committee Approved by Board » The CLTA Board approved a new standing committee, the Settlement Committee. By establishing the committee, the Board...
Tuesday, June 20, 2017 CLTA Supports Review by California Supreme Court » The CLTA filed a request with the California Supreme Court asking the court to accept a case for review relating to lien p...
Tuesday, June 20, 2017 CLTA Elects New Officers » The CLTA Board of Governors and membership at large elected the following officers to serve from July 1, 2017 through June...
Tuesday, June 20, 2017 CLTA Industry Awards » The CLTA Presidential Award is a special award given to formally recognize people who do amazing work for the association...
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Sacramento Report
Tuesday, June 20, 2017 Collecting and Publishing Data on Gender Pay Differentials » Assembly Bill 1209 (Gonzalez Fletcher) requires most employers with 250 or more employees to collect gender pay differen...
Tuesday, June 20, 2017 Inclusionary Housing Requirements Get Assembly Approval » Assembly Bill 1505 (Bloom) allows the legislative body of a city or county to adopt an ordinance that requires, as a con...
Tuesday, June 20, 2017 Majority of Public Opposes New Gas Tax – Impact on Recording Fee Increase? » Despite the Governor’s successful drive to pass a gas tax increase, the public is opposed. A recent Sacramento Bee poll f...
Tuesday, June 20, 2017 Bill Prohibiting Sale of Federal Lands Passes the California Senate » Senate Bill 50 (Allen) passed the Senate on a 24-11 vote. As mentioned in a prior enews article, the bill makes any t...
Tuesday, June 20, 2017 California Assembly Considers Legislation Eliminating Mortgage Interest Deduction for Second Homes » The mortgage interest deduction for second homes would be eliminated by Assembly Bill 71 (Chiu), in order to fund a $2...
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Industry News
Tuesday, June 20, 2017 Ca Department of Business Oversight Issues Release on Acceptable Evidence of Disbursement Date » The Department of Business Oversight recently issued updated information regarding acceptable evidence of compliance w...
Tuesday, June 20, 2017 CLTA Panel Focuses on Rapidly Changing Landscape for eNotarization » ENotarization was the focus of a Technology panel at last month’s CLTA convention that was moderated by Paul Flores of Fid...
Tuesday, June 20, 2017 Warren Buffet Lunch Aids California Charity Work, Including Housing Support » The winner of this year’s auction for a private lunch with billionaire investor Warren Buffett is helping a good cause. Th...
Tuesday, June 20, 2017 Fannie Mae Accepts Electronic Notarization » Fannie Mae is now accepting delivery and servicing of mortgage loans with electronic documents, including security instrum...
Tuesday, May 16, 2017 Conforming Loan Limits Increased » For the first time in a decade, the Federal Housing Finance Agency announced an increase in conforming loan limits for Fan...
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Court Cases
Tuesday, June 20, 2017 Usury » Hardwick v. Wilcox Cal.App. 1st Dist. (A147944) 5/22/17 The court upheld a judgment in favor of plaintif...
Tuesday, June 20, 2017 Deficiency Judgments » Black Sky Capital v. Cobb Cal.App. 4th Dist., Div. 2 (E064482) 6/13/17 Where a lender who holds both a sen...
Tuesday, June 20, 2017 Street Dedication » Scher v. Burke Cal. Supreme Court (S230104) 6/15/17 The court upheld the appellate court opinion . Th...
Tuesday, May 16, 2017 Trustee's Sales » Berman v. HSBC Bank Cal.App. 3rd Dist. (C081487) 4/11/17 (Cert. for pub. 5/3/17) The court held that...
Tuesday, May 16, 2017 Equitable Easements » Hinrichs v. Melton Cal.App. 2nd Dist. (B267505) 5/3/17 The court affirmed the trial court's judgment pro...
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President's Message
Tuesday, July 19, 2016 Letter from CLTA's President, Steve Tjaden » I am extremely honored and proud to accept this year’s appointment as President of the CLTA. I would like to thank E...
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