- False impersonation of the true owner of the property by the seller or other persons previously in title
- Fraud or forgery on deeds, wills, releases and other documents
- Deeds by minors or persons of unsound mind
- Invalid documents completed by an expired power of attorney
- Invalid deeds delivered after the death of the grantor
- Deeds by supposedly single persons but actually married
- Unpaid property taxes
- Judgments and liens against the seller for unpaid property, estate, inheritance, income or gift taxes
- Claims for unpaid estate inheritance and gift taxes against prior owners of your home
- Unrecorded easements – giving one party the right to enter another party’s property
- Undisclosed descendants or missing heirs of former owners of your home or the land on which it is situated