Legal Question in Real Estate Law in California

Re: Have a copy of the deed with ownership

My experience with Title Companies is that they only hire people with low I.Q's, especially at upper manangement level. It is the only business I know where you have to pay insurance to cover their making mistakes.

In their normal work, they would not necessarily make copies of prior deeds; go down to the County Recorder's Office and look up the property. You will find all recorded deeds; the title company merely has the same information on a computer disc. They will only give information to people who have hired them, realtors, and sometimes, if they are, nice people who have an interest in a particular property.

If you are a joint tenant then you are a joint owner; perhaps you misuderstood what your relationship to title is.