Sometimes there are errors in descriptions in deeds. Other times people sign deeds at a time when they are without mental capacity to validly sign. Sometimes people are coerced into signing deeds. Many times people die without the benefit of having a will. When a person dies without a will in Mississippi, the interest of that person in real property will pass in equal shares to a surviving spouse and the children the decedent had during his/her lifetime. If a child pre-deceases a parent, the interest held by that child would pass to the issue of that child (grandchild of the decedent). All the preceding circumstances are representative of some of the reasons that title problems arise, with regard to land.
Generally, when an owner of land has a need to execute a timber deed, an Oil, Gas and Mineral Lease, a deed of trust, a mortgage, or a deed in which merchantable title and/or insurable title is to be granted, all title problems need to be resolved. Title examination, title certification, title insurance, and title curative work are primarily done by David Ringer and William Noble.
