Q: My closing attorney during the purchase of current home from back in 2004 claim they can not provide a copy of my
Owner's Title Insurance Policy, a copy of which I paid for back in 2004, due to them not retaining documents from back in 2004. As I never received the Policy back in 2004, can not the attorney issue me a new one without me paying a second time?
A: Contact the title underwriter directly and ask them to provide you with a copy of it.
A: Attorneys in the State of Alabama generally only are required to obtain documents for six years. 2004 was a very long time ago. You might reach out to the title insurance company, if the attorney's office remembers who their underwriter was. There's no guarantee, though, again - that was a very long time ago. Usually new policies of title insurance are written every time a property is bought or sold.
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