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    Aug 5, 2009, 04:20 PM
    Real Estate Transaction
    Are title companies in Minnesota required to check on a seller's outstanding judgments recorded in their name and social? If so, does that effect the amount of proceeds the seller will get?
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    Aug 6, 2009, 07:34 AM

    Hello s:

    If those judgments didn't turn into liens on the property, then I don't believe the title company is responsible for finding them...

    The holder of the judgments should have made sure they got liens on the property...

    excon
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