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Old 02-18-2021, 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by kens613 View Post
In a normal closing the seller pays for the State transfer tax which is $7.00 per thousand of sale price and normally supplies a owners title policy which the villages doesn't supply.. Then you have your pro rata that TV does pay..
If by an owners title "policy", you mean a title insurance policy, that is not true. An owners title insurance policy is optional and must be purchased separately from a title insurance company. The state transfer taxes are state taxes and they have nothing to do with title insurance.