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There is no problem with procuring O&E reports for an agent that is not licensed in MO.  The issue is what they intend to do with the O&E.  They cannot examine them themselves and they cannot use them as the basis for any title insurance.  If they are simply order managing them, then that would be fine.  Please find out from them what the purpose is and if anything involves them issuing a title insurance product or any type of examination, then we won’t be able to help them.
 
There is no problem with procuring O&E reports for an agent that is not licensed in MO.  The issue is what they intend to do with the O&E.  They cannot examine them themselves and they cannot use them as the basis for any title insurance.  If they are simply order managing them, then that would be fine.  Please find out from them what the purpose is and if anything involves them issuing a title insurance product or any type of examination, then we won’t be able to help them.
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* Minimum Search Requirements -- 27 years.  Search must be made at a Registered Title Plant (a set of geographically indexed records registered with the DIFP) unless a search from the plant cannot be obtained at a reasonable cost in a reasonable time. [https://law.justia.com/codes/missouri/2011/titlexxiv/chapter381/section381071/ MO Rev Stat § 381.071].
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* Additional Requirements for REO Searches -- No
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* Special Searches Required (Code, HOA, Utilities)? -- St. Louis taxes/special benefit districts

Revision as of 19:53, 2 August 2018

There is no problem with procuring O&E reports for an agent that is not licensed in MO. The issue is what they intend to do with the O&E. They cannot examine them themselves and they cannot use them as the basis for any title insurance. If they are simply order managing them, then that would be fine. Please find out from them what the purpose is and if anything involves them issuing a title insurance product or any type of examination, then we won’t be able to help them.

  • Minimum Search Requirements -- 27 years. Search must be made at a Registered Title Plant (a set of geographically indexed records registered with the DIFP) unless a search from the plant cannot be obtained at a reasonable cost in a reasonable time. MO Rev Stat § 381.071.
  • Additional Requirements for REO Searches -- No
  • Special Searches Required (Code, HOA, Utilities)? -- St. Louis taxes/special benefit districts