What should you do when you've lost your land title?

Summary

𝙃𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙡𝙚? 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙙𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙩?

Physical titles are prone to be lost. Whether it gets stolen, lost by floods, fires, or earthquakes... There’s a lot that can happen.

What can we do to replace it if you can’t find it? Is it a matter of just filing an affidavit of loss and you get a new copy?

This is exactly what one of our readers wanted to know. Her name is Micah A. and she writes:

❞𝙃𝙞 𝘼𝙩𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙮, 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙖 𝙞𝙨 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙨. 𝙄𝙣 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙩, 𝙙𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙗𝙞𝙜 𝙛𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧, 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙙𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙢 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙪𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜. 𝙉𝙤𝙬, 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙛𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄’𝙢 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙮 𝙡𝙤𝙩. 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣’𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙛𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙛 𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖 𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙡𝙚. 𝘾𝙖𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥 𝙢𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙩?❞

But before that, we would like to give a shoutout to one of our followers who said:

This summary is based on the video's description. For general education only; not legal advice for your specific situation.