Title Corrections and Legal Adjustments

This document summarizes NRCS policy on easement monitoring, which is available in full in the Title 440 Conservation Programs Manual, Agricultural Conservation Easement Program, (CPM Part 528.91), as well as highlights the relevant Land Trust Standards and Practices.

This document summarizes NRCS policy on violations and enforcement, which is available in full in the Title 440 Conservation Programs Manual, Agricultural Conservation Easement Program, (CPM Part 528.92), as well as highlighting relevant Land Trust Standards and Practices.

This document summarizes NRCS policy on Easement Administration Action Procedural Requirements, which is available in full in the Title 440 Conservation Programs Manual, Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP), (CPM Part 528.171), as well as highlighting the relevant Land Trust Standards and Practices.

This is a set of Practical Pointers on title insurance. Use these pointers to help your organization avoid cloudy title and the high legal costs that can come with it.

Ownership of land changes, and those purchasing land must have knowledge of who owned the land to ensure that their purchase is valid and cannot be contested. This document provides an overview of title, various types of deeds and ownership, title insurance and its importance and legal descriptions.

Join conservation attorney Joannie Dwoskin as she provides an introduction to title for land trusts. She will cover the basics of title review with a practical, step by step approach to reviewing documents and solving common title problems.

Title insurer denied coverage for a landowner against whom the easement holder brought an enforcement action. Landowner sued title company. Court held for carrier on express exclusions.

This guidance covers Practice 9F: Title Investigation and Recording.

The Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) Agricultural Land Easements (ALE) program helps conserve land in perpetuity and is in high demand. If your land trust is interested in participating in the ACEP-ALE program or looking to expand your ALE work, this training is for you.