116 E. 5th Street, P.O. Box 242, Storm Lake | 

(712) 732-2732

Real Estate Transactions for FARM, HOME & COMMERCIAL

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REAL ESTATE TITLE & DEVELOPMENT

Abstracts of Title - Lien Searches - Personal Searches - Escrow Agent

Serving Buena Vista County Since 1914

Founded in 1914, Fritcher Abstract Company has been proudly serving the county for over a century. Our company is Title Plant Certified, members of the Iowa Land Title Association and the American Land Title Association. We have a complete set of tract books for Buena Vista County and offer abstract and title report services.

Abstract Services

Forty Year Marketable (New) Abstract: A new abstract beginning from root of title to present.

Abstract Continuation: Continues abstract from last certification date to present including all documents in that time period affecting that parcel of land.

Stub Abstract: An abstract pre-continuation, filling in from root of title to existing abstract, generally to replace a missing part of an abstract.

Other Services

Post Closing Certification (Sale): Certification of filing of closing documents without a search for additional liens and judgments.

Search Before Filing Documents of Before Closing: Interim search for new or intervening liens prior to closing or filing.

Tax Sale Report of Liens: Search for creditors and or lien holders for the purposes or notification of expiration or right of redemption in tax sale proceedings.

Search Services

PERSONAL LIEN SEARCH (Name Search)
A search done on an individual, showing any judgments against that individual.

Interim Report of Liens (Gap Search)
Report of liens covering the time from a prior report of liens or abstract to current date, also often referred to as pre-closing search.

Report of Liens (Title Report)
A complete report of liens and record ownership of the current owner including all liens and judgments of record.

Title Guaranty Division Form 900 & 901
Title Guaranty Division Form 900 (Pre-Closing REFI Search): A search of record ownership and judgment and liens for the purposes of issuance of Title Guaranty Insurance Policy only.

Title Guaranty Division Form 901 (Post-Closing REFI Search): A final search showing closing documents for the purposes of issuance of Title Guaranty Insurance policy only.