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) 850-4163.
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 $1 per $1000 of liability above
$500,000.00. Please contact our construction disbursing department at (303)
850-4163 for a detailed quote.