Patent-to-present
A full chain of title from the government patent to today. We trace the recorded transfers and review the instruments affecting the property, including deeds, mortgages, easements, liens, judgments and taxes. A chain diagram is available on request.
What you get
Full chain from patent to present
Copies of deeds and affecting instruments
Searched-names list; chain diagram on request
Fixed-period searches
40, 50, 60 and 100-year searches, searches from a specified year forward, and other client-defined periods.
What you get
Chain of title for the client-defined period
Recorded instruments and relevant exceptions
Consistent PDF report and searched-names list
Current owner search
A focused review of the current deed of record, open mortgages and liens, and taxes. This is the fastest option for refinances and updates when a full historical chain is not required.
What you get
Deed of record
Open mortgages and liens
Tax information
Update and policy forward
Bring a prior policy or commitment forward to a new effective date. We identify new recorded documents since the prior effective date and re-check Schedule B items.
What you get
New documents since the effective date
Schedule B items re-checked
Update report
Estimated turnaround
Estimated turnaround in most counties: update or policy forward, 10-year and 20-year in 1 day; 30-year 1 to 2 days; 40-year 2 to 3 days; 50-year 3 to 4 days; 75-year 4 to 6 days; 100-year 5 to 8 days; patent-to-present about 7 to 8 days. Hover any county on the coverage map for its estimated days. We confirm the deadline after reviewing scope.
Chasteen Land & Title is a title abstracting company. Our abstractors search the recorder, clerk, auditor and treasurer records in all 92 Indiana counties and all 102 Illinois counties, online where the county has it and at the courthouse where it does not. Title agencies, attorneys, lenders and energy companies send us patent-to-present chains, fixed-period searches, current owner searches, updates and policy forwards. Fixed-period searches cover 40, 50, 60 and 100 years, a specified year forward, or other client-defined periods. Report deliverables follow the agreed scope.