Q: Can a title be transferred to a Trust at closing after a seller has pre-signed paperwork?
The seller won't be at closing and pre-signed all paperwork but the title needs to be transferred to a trust without ever being put into the name of the buyer. It needs to go directly into a Trust. Can this be possible if the seller pre-signed?
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A: If the seller has already signed the deed to the buyer, then no, not without having the seller sign a deed directly to the trust instead, and if you are going to do that, then there are other papers that will need to be signed and some redone as well. There needs to be an assignment of escrow from buyer to trust, and then the settlement statement and all kinds of other papers need to be drawn. These are not decisions that should be made at the last minute.
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