Old Republic National Title Insurance Company

Bulletins Table of Contents

from the Florida Underwriting Department

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2010 (Click on the red number to see a copy)
10-01	Letters of Indemnification from Fidelity National Title Group
2009 (Click on the red number to see a copy)
09-11	FHA Loan Modification Payoffs
09-10	Wire Transfers to Canada
09-09	TILA Update
09-08	Reissue Rates
09-07	FannieMae-Owned Properties
09-06	Short Form Residential Loan Policies for AmTrust Bank (Florida)
09-05	Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act
05/22/09	Craig Jontz - Chief Underwriting Counsel
09-04	Miami-Dade County - Certificates of Use
09-03	IndyMac Federal Bank, FSB Revised
09-02	Short Sale Estoppel Letters
09-01	Receivership of Washington Mutual (revision of 08-12 rev.)
01/26/09	Jenny Williams Appointed Ft. Myers Plant Manager

2008 (Click on the red number to see a copy)
08-14	Form DR-430
Attach. to 08-14	Form DR-430 - Change of Ownership or Control Non-Homestead Property
08-13	FDIC Insurance Concerns
08-12	Receivership of Washington Mutual
08-12 rev .	Receivership of Washington Mutual
08-11	Modifications to National Housing Act
Memo	Documentary Stamps on a Short Sale Transaction
08-10	Computation of Documentary Stamps in a Short Sale Transaction
08/04/08	New Underwriting Counsel - Brenda Cannon
08-09	Conversion of IndyMac Bank, F.S.B. to IndyMac Federal Bank, FSB
08-08	Easement for AT&T
08-08 rev.	Easement for AT&T - Revised to Correct Recording Info
08-07	Homeowner Association Assessments . . . The Saga Continues
08-06	Short Sales
08-05	Reissue Rates
08-04	Satisfaction of MERS Mortgages
08-03	Repeal of Section 201.022, F.S. Related to Filing of a Transfer Tax Return When Recording a Deed
08-02	Short Sales
08-01	Further Clarification of HB 111 - CLOSING FEES
08-01	Attachment to Bulletin 08-01 - CLOSING FEES

2007 (Click on the red number to see a copy)
07-14	Insuring New Construction
11/06/07	Notice - Revision to Bulletin 07-10 - Certificate of Release Request Form
10/16/07	Notice – Insured Closing Letter Website
07-13	Condominium Termination - Amendments to Florida Statutes, Section 718.117
07-12	Mortgagee Consent or Joinder to Amendments to Condominium Declaration - Amendment to Florida Statutes Section 718.119(11)
07-11	DFS Guidance on Closing Fees
07-10	Certificate of Release
07-09	Erroneous Federal Tax Lien Releases
07-08	Amendment to Chapter 713, F.S. - Notice of Commencement
07-07	Electronic Funds Transfers and the Good Funds Rule
08/01/07	Press Release - ORT Celebrates 100th Anniversary
07-06	Patriot Act Procedure
07-05	New Florida Trust Code
07-04	Disbursement Procedures
07-03	Class Action Settlement
03/13/07	Notice - New Underwriting Counsel - Laura Licastro
07-02	Counterfeit Checks
07-01	New Seller Certification for No Information Reporting on the Sale or Exchange of a Principal Residence
2006 (Click on the red number to see a copy)
12/07/06	Sebring Capital Partners, LP
12/06/06	Ownit Mortgage Solutions, Inc.
12/05/06	Florida Department of Financial Services
11/28/06	Mortgage Fraud
11/06/06	Financial Data Call - Florida ORI
09/26/06	Notice - Alene Egol - New Underwriting Counsel
08/01/06	Announcement – Reissue Rate Class Action Litigation
06-04	New Florida Statute Sections 689.072 and 694.17 Relating to Transfers of Property to Custodians or Trustees of IRA's or Qualified Plans
06-03	Condominium/Homeowner Association & Chapter 159 Estoppels for Residential (1-4 Family) Refinances
06-02	Second Revised Indemnity Treaty
06-01	Regulatory Alert
01/11/06	Suzanne Zimmerman Barry - New Underwriting Counsel

2005 (Click on the red number to see a copy)

05-05	Bankruptcy Code
11/04/05	Monthly Escrow Reconciliation Reports AND Policy Log Link
05-04	Changes to Forms DR-312 and DR-301
10/04/05	Insured Closing Letter - Technical Difficulties
09/29/05	Changes to ICL Program - Effective Monday, 10/03/05
09/19/05	Notice re New Account Rep, Jean M. Foster
05-03	Redelegation of Authority for Executing Routine Documents Relating to HUD Mortgage Insurance Program
05-02	Title Insurance Re-Issue Rates / Class-Action Litigation
05-01	Prior Purchase Contract
02/10/05	Janet Neris - New Underwriting Counsel
01/17/05	Lakeland Office is Moving

2004 (Click on the red number to see a copy)

04-01	Reporting of Cash in Excess of $10,000 Received in a Trade or Business
03/08/04	Memo – Mike Davis Retires

2003 (Click on the red number to see a copy)

07/03/03

Notice – Section 689.26, F.S., Condo Assessments ( Statutory Change)

03-05	Mobile Home Certificate of Title Retirement
03-04	FIRPTA Withholding and Regulations Change
03-03	IMC Phosphates Company & Affiliates Manatee & Desoto Counties
03-02	HUD - Flip Regulations
03-01	HUD - Multiple Transactions
04/16/03	Notice – E-mail Request

2002

No Bulletins published in 2002

2001 (Click on the red number to see a copy)

01-10	Fraudulent Practices – Tax Deeds
01-09	Fraudulent Practices – Deposits Under Sales Contract
01-08	Fraudulent Practices – Quitclaim Deeds
01-07	Terrorist Assets Al Qaida/Islamic Army Abu Sayyaf Group Armed Islamic Group (GIA) Harakat ul-Mujahidin (HUM) Al-Jihad (Egyptian Islamic Jihad) Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) Asbat al-Ansar Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC) Libyan Islamic Fighting Group Al-Itihaad al-Islamiya (AIAI) Islamic Army of Aden Usama bin Laden Muhammad Atif (aka, Subhi Abu Sitta, Abu Hafs Al Masri) Sayf al-Adl, Shaykh Sai'id (aka, Mustafa Muhammad Ahmad) Abu Hafs the Mauritanian (aka, Mahfouz Ould al-Walid, Khalid Al-Shanqiti) Ibn Al-Shaykh al-Libi Abu Zubaydah (aka, Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn, Tariq) Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi (aka, Abu Abdallah) Ayman al-Zawahiri, Thirwat Salah Shihata Tariq Anwar al-Sayyid Ahmad (aka, Fathi, Amr al-Fatih) Muhammad Salah (aka, Nasr Fahmi Nasr Hasanayn) Makhtab Al-Khidamat/Al Kifah Wafa Humanitarian Organization Al Rashid Trust Mamoun Darkazanli Import-Export Company
01-06	Mortgage Impairment Insurance
01-05	Privacy of Consumer Information
01-05 #1	Change to Privacy Notice Form
01-04	Liens of Judgment
01-03	Florida Endorsements 9.1 and 9.2
02/26/01	Notice – World Savings Bank/World Savings and Loan Association
01-02	Survey Exception
01-01	“New” Indemnity Treaty
01-01	Amendment #1 - Indemnification Treaties

2000 (Click on the red number to see a copy)

11/17/00	Notice – Rebating of Premium
11/17/00	Notice – Numbered Endorsements
11/14/00	Notice – Butler Litigation Update
11/07/00	Notice – Butler Litigation Update
10/27/00	Notice – Accredited Home Lenders
00-05	Bisecting Easement
08/14/00	Request for Email Address
00-04	Closing Instructions Alert
00-03	Liens of Judgments
03/08/00	Payments to Realtors
00-02	Golden Gate Estates, Collier County, Florida Bisecting and Perimeter Easements
01/24/00	Competitive Practices
00-01	Personal Representative Affidavit

1999 (Click on the red number to see a copy)

99-10	Title Insurance Licensing Applications for Non-Attorney Agents
99-09	Miami-Dade County Lake Belt Plan
09/15/99	State of Florida, DOI vs. Keys Title and Abstract Co. Update
99-08	Excess Risk Policy Approval Requests
99-07	Revolving Line of Credit, Mortgage Payoff and Satisfaction of Retrieval Procedures
99-06	Authorized Search Procedures
99-05	Closing Procedures
99-04	"Flip" Transactions
04/30/99	Tax Deferred (§1031) Exchanges of Real Property
04/29/99	Title Insurance Legislation
99-03	Timely Issuance of Policies
99-02	Judgment Liens (Address of Creditor)
04/06/99	Rebating Title Insurance Premiums
03/03/99	Senate Bill 1530
03/01/99	Butler vs. State of Florida, DOI Update
02/24/99	Proposed Premium Rate Reduction
99-01	Survey Exception in Refinance Transactions

1998 (Click on the red number to see a copy)

98-13	Closing Protection Letter on Commitment Jackets
98-12	Closing Fees on The HUD Closing Statement
98-11	Indemnification Treaties
98-11A	Amendment #1 - Indemnification Treaties
98-10	Southern Pacific Funding Corporation
98-9	Commonpoint Mortgage
98-8	Mortgage Fraud
98-7	Butler Litigation Update
98-6	Prohibited Practices Katherine L. Keeler Liz Gates Scott M. Prescott
98-5	Robert Santomaso
98-4	Interest on Escrow Accounts - Corporate Agents
98-3	Department of Insurance Data Call
98-2	Prohibited Practices - John Adam Cunningham and CMB Mortgage
98-1	Fannie Mae Purchase of MERS Mortgages

1997 (Click on the red number to see a copy)

97-11	Interest Bearing Escrow Accounts of Non-Attorney Agents - Cease and Desist Order by the Department
97-10	Reverse Annuity Mortgage Endorsement
97-9	Department of Insurance Licensees and Continuing Education Requirements
97-8	Bernardo D. Cardoso
97-7	1099-S Filing
97-6	Prohibited Practices Residential Mortgage Source, Inc. Tuscawilla Unit 1 - Seminole County, Florida
97-5	Prohibited Practices Financial Research Services, Inc.
97-4	Risk Premium Payments by Lenders
97-3	Amended Affiliated Business Disclosure Form
97-2	Department of Insurance Workshop - Rate Review
97-1	1099-S Substitute Forms

1996 (Click on the red number to see a copy)

96-10	Florida Statistical Reporting Requirements
96-9	RESPA Statement of Policy 1996-4
96-8	Fla. Dept. of Insurance - Data Collection
96-7	Homebuyers' Protection Act
96-6	Continuing Education Requirements - Dept. of Insurance
96-5	HUD Statement of Enforcement Standards
96-4	Homebuyers' Protection Act Superceded by 96-07
96-3	Continuing Education Requirements - Dept. of Insurance
96-2	Judgment Liens Created Prior to Debtor's Bankruptcy Petition
96-1	Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC)

1995 (Click on the red number to see a copy)

95-9	Lomas Corporation Bankruptcies
95-8	Good Funds - Acceptance of Title Agent's Escrow Checks by Florida Attorneys
95-7	Mortgage Fraud Investigation
95-6	Homebuyer's Protection Act
95-5	Durable Power of Attorney
95-4	§28.222(4), F.S. - The Sketch Issue Revised
95-3	HUD Aggregate Escrow Accounting Regulations
95-2	Department of Insurance Clarifications of Amendments to Chapter 4-186, Florida Administrative Code
95-1	Amendments to Chapter 4-186, Florida Administrative Code

1994 (Click on the red number to see a copy)

94-13	Proposed Changes to Chapter 4-186, Florida Administrative Code
94-12	Disbursements on Uncollected Funds - Proposed Amendment to Rule No. 4-186.008 (1) (C)
94-11	Foreclosures of $15,000 or Less
94-10	§ 28.222(4), F.S. - The Sketch Requirement Revisited
94-9	Disbursements on Uncollected Funds
94-8	New Document Format for Recording
94-7	Recording and Survey Matters
94-6	Forbidden Practices
94-5	Approval and Use of New Short-Form Residential Loan Policy (10/17/92) With Florida Modifications
94-4	Alta Owner's and Loan Policies - 10/17/92 With Florida Modifications
94-3	Transactions Involving Mobile Homes
94-2	Palm Beach Farms Company, Plat #3, Recorded in Plat Book 2, Pages 45 - 54, Public Records of Palm Beach County, Florida
94-1	Continuing Education for All Licensees

1993 (Click on the red number to see a copy)

93-12	State Sovereignty Lands Claim - Lake Osbourne, Palm Beach County
93-11	Recording Deadline for Homestead Exemption
93-10	Estoppel Letters
93-9	Statutory Amendments Relating to Mortgage Foreclosures
93-8	New Judgment Lien Requirements
93-7	Non-Insurability of Foreclosures of Under $15,000 (Superceded by Bulletin No. 94-11)
93-6	Restitution Orders May Now Lien Real Property
93-5	Recording Death Certificates
93-4	RESPA Transactions
93-3	State Sovereign Lands Legislation
93-2	Alta 4.1 and 5.1 Endorsements and Survey Affidavit
93-1	Change in Real Estate Reporting (1099-S)

1992 (Click on the red number to see a copy)

92-9	Minimum Retention of Premium by Insurers, Section 626.782(2) F.S.
92-8	Summary of Title Insurance Provisions of Senate Bill 170-H (Includes Our Amendment to Bulletin)
92-8 Amendment	Our Amendment to Bulletin
92-7	Florida Documentary Tax Increase and Alienation of Homestead Property
92-6	RTC Consent to Foreclosure and Right of Redemption
92-5	Recording of Death Certificates (Superceded by Bulletin No. 93-05)
92-4	Recent Amendments to Chapter 718, F.S. - Condominium Act
92-3	Right of Entry for Oil, Gas and Mineral Reservations Non-Use Commitment
92-2	Hudson Beach Property/Mechanic's Lien Coverage
92-1	Revised Department of Revenue Form No. DR-219

1991 (Click on the red number to see a copy)

91-11	Notary
91-10	Waiver of Requirement for Current Survey on Refinance Transactions
91-9	Foreclosure of Senior Liens Against FDIC/RTC
91-8	Federal Right of Redemption
91-7	New Requirements for Instruments Affecting Real Property
91-6	Increase in Documentary Stamps on Deed (Superceded by Bulletin No. 92-07)
91-5	Endorsements to Insure Modification of Mortgage - Substitution Rates May Apply
91-4	Florida Endorsement Form 9
91-3	Affirmative Coverage
91-2	Abstracting, Exam, and Closing Charges Must be Made in Addition to Charging Promulgated Rates
91-1	Mortgagee Policies Required to be Issued Within Thirty Days of Recording of Mortgage to be Insured

1990 (Click on the red number to see a copy)

90-7	Federal Tax Liens
90-6	Department of Insurance Rules on Affirmative Coverage/Emergency Rule to be Filed August 24, 1990
90-5	Documentary Stamp & Intangible Taxes Due on Mortgage Assumptions
90-4	Changes in Promulgated Risk Rates/Rules of Department of Insurance, Chapter 4-21 Title Insurance
90-3	Carlton Buckley, Continental Holdings, Continental Investments, Amerex Company
90-2	Rules - Department of Insurance, Chapter 4-21 Title Insurance/Reconciliation of Escrow Accounts
90-1	Department of Insurance Administrative Surcharge

1989 (Click on the red number to see a copy)

89-10	Deadline of Compliance With Statutory Requirements for Surety, Fidelity, and Errors and Omissions Coverage
89-9	Proposed Amendments - State Rules Regulating Title Insurance (Superceded by Bulletin 90-4)
89-8	Satisfactions of Revolving Line of Credit Mortgages
89-7	New Legislation - Criminal Penalties, Surcharge, Errors and Omissions Insurance and Fidelity and Surety Bonds
89-6	(Never Issued)
89-5	Prior Owners Policies as a Basis for Title Evidence
89-4	Subordinated Agreements
89-3	Claim Alert - Fraudulent Conveyances
89-2	"Pro-Forma" Policies
89-1	Proposed Amendments for State Rules Regulating Title Insurance (Superceded by Bulletin No. 90-04)

1988 (Click on the red number to see a copy)

88-7	1099 Charges
88-6	Recent Issues Involving Satisfactions of Mortgage
88-5	Revision of Section 689.02 Florida Statutes - Form of Warranty Deed - Prescribed
88-4	Claim Filing Procedure
88-3	Powers of Attorney
88-2	Federal Environmental Liens
88-1	Surveys