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Re: Montana foreclosuresIn Reply to: Montana foreclosures posted by bonnie on August 07, 2001 at 3:19 PM
=•=•=•=•=•=•=•=•=•=•=•=•= Bonnie, well first off I would go to the title company that issued you your title insurance and have their engineering dept. actually draw, to scale, all the easements affecting your property to be absolutely sure where they are located. Usually they’ll draw in your boundaries and all the easements affecting the property in different colors, to make it easier to see each easement distinctly. Then ask them to show you, on your title insurance papers, where it describes these easements to make sure that they were really disclosed to you at the time of sale. Because if your title company failed to note that road easement affecting your property in your preliminary and final title report and insurance policy then they will be liable to you for whatever it takes to remedy their oversight. Now I think that in Montana the practice there is to issue ALTA title insurance coverage. If that’s true, then I also think the ALTA requires the actual plotting and drawing of the easements, rather than just a textual recitation of their location. If that’s true and they didn’t draw the easements out for you originally, then they may be liable to you for their failure to actually inform you of the consequence of that road easement. Finally, I would find a very good attorney whose specialty is title law. To find the caliber of attorney you need, I would inquire with several title companies for their list of attorneys that they recommend as specialists in title law. Most attorneys will waive any fees for your initial meeting to discuss their qualifications and experience. What you want is one with years of experience who also is known for litigating in court. If you can hire a sharp attorney who has a reputation of not being reluctant to go to trial, then you’ve got the guy/gal you need. So after you do all this and you determine that you’re truly holding the short end of the stick, then dispose of the property through a resale rather than abandonment. Just walking away, with no regard for the consequences of foreclosure, would be as serious a mistake as buying the acreage in the first place without methodically checking and understanding all the implications of all the easements it was burdened with, right? So please don’t compound your problems, especially when you’re not being forced into a foreclosure situation. Good luck folks. P.S. Where in Montana are you located? I have an acquaintance living up there. If he's close enough maybe I'll have him take a quick looksee too.
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