May 1, 2020 – FROM THE BOARD OF LAILTA: We are concerned with the current bills in the legislature regarding Remote Online Notary, one is filed in the Senate, and there are two filed in the House. The two in the House are substantially the same, however LAILTA supports HB 274 with suggested amendments from the La Law…
Governor Edward’s Proclamation No. 37, signed on March 26, at Section 6 provides for duly commissioned notaries of this state to use Remote Online Notary applications, also referred to as RON. LAILTA has numerous concerns with this provision and joins with the Louisiana Notary Association to voice concern as to both the practical and legal aspects of RON at…
As a valued LAILTA member, we wanted to pass on this important information to you. The events surrounding the COVID-19 virus has created unprecedented economic impact to our businesses. If the US House passes the 2T stimulus tomorrow then small businesses can apply to their local lender (not directly through SBA) as long as they are approved by the…
See the agenda for our upcoming Spring Seminar below: Seminar Details Agenda AGENDA: – Sunday, March 15th – ICEBREAKER 5:00pm at the Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center, Heidelberg Ballroom Sponsored by Stewart Title Company 7:00pm Dinner On Your Own – Monday, March 16th – BREAKFAST 8:30am – 9:15am Sponsored by: Chicago-Commonwealth-Fidelity National Title Group &…
See the agenda for our upcoming Fall Seminar below: Seminar Details Agenda Sunday, November 10th, 2019 6:00 pm —Icebreaker with the “The Title Guys” 933 Bourbon Street, In the Quarter Hosted by: Bob Bergeron, Crescent Title Monday, November 11th, 2019 8:30 am – 9:15 am —- Breakfast 9:15 am —- Classes start Legislature Updates – Peter Title, Sessions, Fishman, Nathan…
NOTARY DISCLAIMER STAMPS in light of First Circuit ruling issued September 24, 2018 in The Matter of the Succession of Sandra Gabor Dale, you may want to review stamps you use when executing a document you did not prepare. In the Succ. of Dale a notary used a stamp on a Last Will and Testament in notarial form…
By: Ben Luke | May/June 2018 Zillow has been in the news a lot lately: First with a lawsuit over Zestimates A lawsuit was filed in May 2017 by a homeowner over the “Zestimate” tool that calculates a house’s worth. The FSBO homeowners complained that Zillow was under-valuing the property keeping the property from being sold. You may have…
Finally, some sanity from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau! The following is from the Opinion page of the Wall Street Journal today, January 24, 2018: “The CFPB Has Pushed Its Last Envelope By Mick Mulvaney When I arrived at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in November, I told employees that despite what they might have heard, I had no…
By Mitchell R. Landry, President | Louisiana Association of Independent Land Title Agents As title, banking, mortgage, insurance and real estate professionals, we, as an industry, are responsible for many of the protections necessary to ensure the safety of our clients’ personal information, assets and transactions. We have all instituted safeguards in our respective sectors to do just that. …
TITLE MATTERS August 2017 This August 2017 Title Matters is presented by: Robin Perrero M & M Title Shreveport, LA I checked with my bank and the money isn’t there! Whether you are the title agent, who wired out seller’s proceeds or a payoff amount, a seller expecting sales proceeds to be wired into your checking account, or a…
