Iowa Land Title Association Chain of Title Tracing Ownership Through Time
                                                                                                          Course Three: Legal Descriptions
                                                                                                                          September 13, 2024

                                                                                                               Iowa Finance Authority (IFA)
                                                                                                                       1963 Bell Avenue
                                                                                                    Mississippi River Conference Room (First Floor)
                                                                                                                    Des Moines, IA 50315                               
                                      
All ILTA courses are considered graduate level courses and are designed for persons with at least 3 years of experience in a related field. 

Course Topics:

• Governmental Surveys: History; Baselines; Principal Meridians; Township Lines; Range Lines; Correction Lines; Sections; Aliquot Parts; Land Measurements; Corners, Markers and Monuments. 
• Types & Parts of Legal Descriptions: Aliquot Parts; Metes and Bounds; Quantitative; Geographic; Platted.
• Plotting Legal Descriptions: Measuring Distances, Angles and Bearing Lines; Drawing Metes and Bounds Descriptions, Curves in Legal Descriptions.
• Legal Descriptions: Water Boundaries, Overlapping Legal Descriptions; Encroachments, Condominiums; Petition by City for Title to Abandoned Property. 

Course Schedule:

The exam is required only for persons pursuing the ILTA Certified Land Title Professional designation and requires a 90% exam score to pass.  Membership in the ILTA is required to obtain and maintain the ILTA CLTP designation. More information is available on the ILTA website: ILTA CLTP Program

This course is approved for 6 hours of CLE by the Iowa Supreme Court Commission on Continuing Legal Education. 

Course Instructors:

--Nathan Miller, Attorney, Beecher, Field, Walker, Morris, Hoffman & Johnson, P.C. in Waterloo.  His practice focuses primarily on real estate, estate planning, probate, wills, and trusts. 
--Kirsten Juhl, Attorney, Juhl Law Firm, with primary areas of practice in Real Estate Law and Business Law. She is also the ILTA Curriculum Developer and Assistant Professor of Practice in the Finance Department at the University of Northern Iowa.   
--Ben Goulson graduated in 2004 from the University of Iowa College of Psychology. He is an owner of Winneshiek Title & Abstract Co. in Decorah, Iowa. He is a past ILTA Regional Vice President and currently serves on the ILTA Education Committee and ILTA Certified Land Title Professional Task Force.

Course participants are responsible for bringing the following supplies to class:

Pronto Compass
Engineer Scale (ruler)
Calculator with square root capabilities
Layout Triangle (not required but suggested)

Supply items are available through various providers and by contacting Pronto Land Measure at (248) 347-3145 or www.prontolandmeasure.com.

REGISTRATION & FEE PAYMENT DEADLINE:  August 15, 2024 to ensure that course materials are mailed to you timely in advance of the course.  Course materials will not be mailed until payment in full has been received by the ILTA office.  Cancellation Policy:  ILTA Course  Fees may be transferred to another person within the registrant’s company with notice given via email to the ILTA prior to the course date.  ILTA Course Fees will be applied to a future course or exam retake for cancellations or no-shows in the event of an emergency.  Emergency is defined as hospitalization of registrant or their family member. Or, death of registrant’s co-worker or family member.  Weather, illness, work-related issues, or other factors are not considered emergencies unless special consideration is given by the ILTA Board of Directors.

If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this course, or you have a special dietary need, please contact ILTA at ILTA@austin.rr.com or 800.778.3789 at least TWO WEEKS prior to the event.

Notice of Disclaimer:  The Iowa Land Title Association (ILTA) Certified Land Title Professional (CLTP) Program is a series of educational and informational courses for title industry professionals that have been developed in collaboration with the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) Center for Real Estate Education.  Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information contained in the CLTP program.  However, no liability is assumed by the ILTA, its officers, directors, committee members or employees in the accuracy or presentation of these courses, either verbally or in writing.  No warranty for any particular purpose, either expressed or implied, is granted by ILTA to anyone utilizing the course information and instruction provided by the CLTP Program.

Questions? Contact ILTA@austin.rr.com or 800.778.3789. 

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