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Terms of use

Last updated November 6, 2026.

These terms apply to your use of ustitleresearch.com and to every report you order from U.S. Title Research. When you place an order you accept these terms together with the report disclaimers, the refund policy and the privacy policy. Please read them before you check out.

What we do and what we do not do

U.S. Title Research is a title research, abstracting and consulting company. We research recorded title and related public records, verify what we find with the county offices and courts that hold them, and explain the results in plain language.

We do not close transactions, issue title insurance policies or act as an escrow or settlement agent. We are not a law firm or an accounting firm. A report is a research product, not a commitment to insure title, a title opinion, legal advice or tax advice.

Acceptable use

You may use the website and your report for lawful purposes connected to your own property, transaction, estate, case or project. You agree not to use them in any way that infringes another person's copyright, trademark, trade secret, privacy or other legal rights, that is defamatory, threatening or harassing, or that breaks any state or federal law.

Our reports are compiled from public records for title research. They are not consumer reports and are not gathered to show anyone's creditworthiness. You agree not to use a report, or any information in it, to decide whether a person qualifies for credit, insurance, employment, housing, a license or any government benefit, or in any other way that would turn it into a consumer report under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The disclaimers page carries the full permitted-use and credit-purposes notices that also appear at the end of every report.

Ordering and payment

Every order is paid in full at checkout, before any research begins. Payment is made through Stripe Checkout, which accepts major cards, international cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay. Card details are entered on Stripe's secure checkout page and never pass through or sit on this website.

We do not invoice. This applies to every client, including law firms, lenders and other institutions. Once payment is complete you receive a Stripe receipt and a confirmation email from office@ustitleresearch.com that repeats your order number, the deadline you entered and the purpose you described.

Prices are shown in U.S. dollars on each package page and in the order summary before you pay. The price you see at checkout is the price charged.

Turnaround and your deadline

Turnaround for every package is 1 to 3+ days, depending on the county and the complexity of the property's records. Some counties answer the same day; others hold records on microfilm or in paper indexes and take longer.

Every order asks when you need the report. We confirm in writing whether that date can be met. If it cannot, we tell you by email before work begins so you can decide how to proceed. There is no paid faster-delivery option; the deadline field is how you tell us what you need.

Communication in writing

All communication about orders and reports is handled in writing by email at office@ustitleresearch.com and through the website's contact form. We do not provide information, clarification or advice by telephone, and we have no telephone contact to publish.

Every order receives an order number. Please quote it in every message so the full written history of your order stays in one thread. If you need to change your deadline, your notes or anything else about the order after you have paid, reply by email with the order number.

Delivery

Your report is delivered as a PDF by email, only to the email address entered on the order. We never deliver through public download links. Email subject lines show your order number, not the name of the person researched or the property address.

Questions after delivery are answered free, in writing. One complimentary update is available within 12 months of delivery on request, as described on each package page.

Your report and how you may use it

Each report is prepared exclusively for the client who ordered it and for the purpose stated in the order. It is confidential work product. You may rely on it for your own matter and share it with the professionals, lenders, courts or counterparties involved in that matter.

The report remains the proprietary work product of U.S. Title Research. You may not resell it, republish it, offer it as a product to others or strip the notices and disclaimers from it.

Accuracy and verification

We verify our findings directly with the assessor, tax office, recorder and courts, and we attach document images so you can see the recorded instruments yourself. Even so, public records and commercial data sources contain errors. Entries are mistyped, indexed under the wrong name or filed late, and no report can be treated as definitively accurate.

Before you rely on a report in a real estate transaction or a legal proceeding, independently verify every lien, encumbrance, tax and other matter it describes. Whether title is clear, marketable or insurable is a conclusion for a title insurer or a licensed real estate attorney, not a finding we make.

Limits of liability

Reports are research products provided for informational purposes. They are not title insurance, a title commitment, a legal or tax opinion or a substitute for a professional appraisal. U.S. Title Research is not liable for losses, damages or claims that arise from reliance on a report or on any service or information provided through this website.

We recommend that every client obtain a title insurance policy from a third-party title insurer before closing any real estate transaction, and consult a licensed real estate attorney or tax professional in the relevant state before acting on anything in a report. The full liability notice is on the disclaimers page.

Refunds

Refunds are governed by the refund policy. In short: a full refund when records cannot be located for the property or subject you submitted, a full refund when a material inaccuracy in the lien information is shown with evidence, every request handled in writing with the order number, and every refund issued through Stripe to the original payment method.

Privacy and confidentiality

Every order is confidential and anonymous. The person or entity being researched is never contacted. How we collect, use and keep your information is set out in the privacy policy.

Changes to these terms

We may update these terms from time to time. The date at the top of this page shows when the current version took effect. The version you accepted at checkout, which is stored with your order record, governs that order.

Questions about these terms

Email office@ustitleresearch.com. If your question concerns an existing order, include the order number.