Integrated Statewide Services for all Colorado Counties
Land Title Guarantee Company has become the first and only title company
in the state to offer complete title insurance coverage in all Colorado
counties. From our Statewide Services Desk we are able to assist you with
one-stop ordering, status, and tracking information for all Colorado
counties. This service is not intended to replace ordering procedures and
services you are currently using if you are receiving the customer service
you desire. We simply want to make this additional resource available if you
feel it could assist you in any way.
Please feel free to contract the Stateside Services Desk with any
questions, concerns, or suggestions on how we can better meet your title
needs.
Contact the Statewide Desk:
The Statewide Services Desk is located at our Lender Operations Center which
can be reached by phone at 1-800-927-2214, or by fax at 1-800-783-6783, or
via email.
Construction Loan Disbursing Service for Lenders
For complete information about Construction Disbursing procedures and
pricing, please contact us at (303) 636-2761.
The Features & Benefits:
- Our Construction Disbursing department is staffed by experienced
professionals that will serve to process each draw request quickly and
efficiently. This saves the Lender time that can be used in attending to
other business matters.
- We keep an accurate accounting of funds that we disburse from the
construction loan, so that you can easily manage your customer’s
account and stay in compliance with the loan covenants.
- Inspection reports may be produced, at the request and for the benefit
of the lender, to approximate the stage of construction with each draw
request which will assist the lender to gauge a balance between the
progress of construction completed on the project and the amount of funds
disbursed at the time of the draw request.
- Lien waivers are collected from each subcontractor throughout each draw
process for which payment was made with funds that we’ll disburse
from the construction loan. This protects the lender from the potential
that a mechanic’s or materialmen’s lien may be recorded and
adversely impact title to the subject property.
- We will insure the Lender against any mechanic’s lien that is
recorded for which payment was made with funds disbursed by Land Title
and we will work with the Lender to secure proper settlement of any
mechanic’s lien that is recorded during the course of construction
to ensure that the Lender’s lien position is always protected.
- We charge a one-time fee for our Construction Loan Disbursing service
that includes disbursement processing, inspection report, title search,
lien waivers, escrow accounting, check registers and, at the request of
the lender, the date down and mechanic’s lien endorsements. A
single fee prevents additional charges that mount up if the construction
schedule gets prolonged for any reason.
- At the conclusion of each draw request we can provide endorsements to
the lender’s policy as written confirmation to the Lender that the
title search of the property was clear of recorded mechanic’s
liens at the time of the most recent draw request and that the Lender is
further protected against future mechanic’s and
materialmen’s liens to the extent that such liens arise because of
work and labor performed or materials furnished with construction loans
funds disbursed by Land Title.
The Process:
- The Borrowers of the construction loan and any Guarantors will execute
Land Title’s Borrower Indemnity Agreement at closing. The General
Contractor may also be required to execute Land Title’s Contractor
Indemnity Agreement.
- The General Contractor submits a draw request to Land Title along with
the owner’s approval and signature. We’ll provide the
General Contractor with a draw request form or they can use an AIA G-702
and G-703 form or their own form is acceptable if they include the names
and addresses of each payee and the amount that they’re to be
paid. All invoices must be included in the draw request as supporting
documentation of the funds to be disbursed.
- When requested, Land Title conducts the property inspection and
prepares a construction progress report to depict the work completed and
materials in place and estimates the stage of construction progress. The
report is supplemented with digital photographs.
- A title search is conducted to discover the existence of any
mechanic’s liens that may have been recorded since the time of the
last draw request.
- The draw request and letter to request advance of funds from the
construction loan is forwarded to the Lender along with the property
progress report and notification of recorded mechanic’s liens, if
any.
- While the draw request is pending Lender approval, our construction
disbursing department will be working behind the scenes to prepare checks
to be cut, obtain W-9 from vendors to be paid and organize the check
register so that checks can be issued as soon as funds are deposited into
Land Title’s construction loan disbursing account.
- The checks are delivered directly to the contractors, subcontractors,
suppliers and vendors as directed.
- Our disbursement checks have a lien waiver emblazoned on the face of
each check that indicates the amount of payment, the name of the property
owner and the property address for which the lien waiver is being
executed. The check stub is utilized to describe the invoice number or
detail of work for which payment is being made. The contractor must
execute the lien waiver in order to deposit the check into his bank
account.
- At the conclusion of each draw request, we’ll deliver the
mechanic’s lien and/or date-down endorsement to the Lender which
reflects the amount of the construction loan funds that have been
disbursed by Land Title to date.
- We can produce and provide at any point in the construction process a
detailed check register of payments made to all payees or all payments
made to an individual payee.
The Pricing
- The price for our construction disbursing services is determined by the
amount of the loan to be disbursed and by the type of mechanic’s
lien coverage being provided, if any. Generally, our fee is $750 to
disburse construction loans of $500,000 or less. For disbursement of
loans over $500,000.00, the fee is $750.00 plus 75 cents per $1000 of
liability above $500,000.00. Please contact our construction disbursing
department at (303) 636-2761 for a detailed quote.