The CLTA is looking forward to welcoming you to the 113th Annual Convention at the Park Hyatt Aviara located north of San Diego in beautiful Carldbad, California.  Mark your calendar for April 26-28, 2020.  Your support of the title industry is sincerely appreciated by all CLTA members. ...

CLTA's Education Committee is pleased to offer:  Review of Commonly Used Title Forms, a 1-hour live webinar delivered directly to your desktop.  Participants requesting MCLE or PD will receive 1.0 CE credit for participating in the webinar.  Don't Delay - Register Today!

The CLTA is pleased to welcome a new title company, States Title Insurance Company of California, as Regular member of the association, as approved by the CLTA Executive Committee on May 31, 2019.  ...

While you may have heard about the Trump administration’s attempts to narrow the scope of Waters of the United States (WOTUS), California is expanding its regulations, including broadening the definition of wetlands subject to permitting requirements. ...

Senate Bill 306 (Morrell) would provide that a trustee named in a recorded substitution of trustee may either resign or refuse to accept appointment as trustee without the consent of the beneficiary ...

In an attempt to provide banking services for the California cannabis industry, the California Senate recently passed Senate Bill 51 (Hertzberg) by a vote of 35-1. The bill would establish the Cannabis ...

Assembly Bill 25 (Chau) has unanimously passed the Assembly and clarifies that the definition of consumer under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) does not apply to a consumer’s ...

Assembly Bill 800 (Chu) would allow participants in California’s Safe at Home Program, which permits victims of domestic violence, stalking, sexual assault, or human trafficking to utilize confidential mailing ...

Senate Bill 330 (Skinner) establishes the Housing Crisis Act of 2019. Despite opposition from the League of California Cities and several individual cities, the bill passed out of its house of origin in the ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on May 31 updated its TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID) rule FAQs to address construction loans. ...

Housing Wire reported that because of the recent drop in 30-year fixed mortgage rates, almost 1 million more mortgage holders became eligible to save money by getting a refinance home loan according to Black ...

According to CoreLogic, California’s housing market gained a little steam in April as some buyers were motivated by lower mortgage rates, more inventory and an improved negotiating position with sellers. ...

The Statutory Accounting Principles Working Group (SAPWG) of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) is holding a public hearing this month to obtain information from and views of ...

Kahan v. City of Richmond (A150866).  The court held that a purchaser at a trustee's sale under a deed of trust took title subject to a garbage collection lien that recorded shortly before the sale. Gov. Code Sections ...

Longview International v. Stirling (H044905).  The court held that a corporate judgment creditor's recording of an abstract of judgment while the corporation was suspended is a procedural matter that was retroactively validated ...

Veiseh v. Stapp (F075173). Plaintiff sued defendant for trespass. The court pointed out that generally, the tort of trespass protects possessory interests and, therefore, a person in actual possession of the land may sue for ...