For years, from our offices in downtown Clayton, we’ve put on parties, receptions and provided a place to go for a snack and a drink for our clients, guests, friends and staff attending the St. Louis Art Fair. Recognizing the trajectory of COVID-19 in our community, we have decided that it is in the best […]
Current Policies for In-Person and Virtual Closings
Update to policies for closings: updated July 29, 2021: As you likely have noticed – many different and confusing messages are circulating regarding masks and the Coronavirus. At True Title, we have established a policy across our 11 locations, which is as follows: True Title Plan All offices are open for in-person closings effective Tuesday, June […]
Next Steps – Offices Open to Clients
We are excited to announce the next steps for our 11 offices through the region: updated May 18, 2021: This past Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control took all of us by surprise with its announcement that fully vaccinated could shed their masks. This put the return to near-normalcy on the fast track, and companies […]
Successes With the Gateway Neighborhood Fund
In August, closers at True Title closed 954 sides of real estate transactions, resulting in a donation of $4,770 to promote homeownership in distressed areas of our city. In the City of St. Louis residential lending north of Delmar makes up only 4% of residential loans made across the city. Decades of discriminatory housing policies and practices […]
True Title partners with the Gateway Neighborhood Fund
In the City of St. Louis residential lending north of Delmar makes up only 4% of residential loans made across the city. Decades of discriminatory housing policies and practices continue to perpetuate segregation and vacancy throughout the St. Louis region. One reason loans are not being made is because of an issue called the “appraisal gap” – when […]
Curbside Closings and AVN: 7-23-2020
Based on the community trajectory of COVID, True Title will return to providing the options of curbside and AVN closings, with the offices only open to team members. As with all other procedural changes during the COVID-19 crisis, these offerings are subject to change as the pandemic situation changes and further guidance and orders are […]
Partial Re-Opening 6-29-2020
True Title has partially re-opened its offices for closings. Following is a summary of our current closing options to accommodate the varying needs and concerns of our client base across the region. As with all other procedural changes during the COVID-19 crisis, these offerings are subject to change as the pandemic situation changes and further […]
Audio Visual Notarization – Now in Missouri
True Title Company announces new procedures allowing for remote notarization pursuant to Missouri Governor Parson’s Executive Order 20-08. The procedure – called “Audio Visual Notarization” or “AVN” – falls between a traditional in-person notarization and Remote Online Notarization (a/k/a “RON”): Closing documents are still handled on paper and wet-signed The notary and the signer utilize […]
Electronic Notarization – COVID-19 Update
In response to an effort organized by the Missouri Land Title Association and assistance from many throughout the industry (including our own John Duckworth), Missouri Governor Mike Parson issued an emergency Executive Order yesterday authorizing the use of electronic notarization during the COVID-19 crisis. The order authorizes the use of electronic notarization through different means; […]
Precautions and Coronavirus – updated March 31, 2020
Like many across the nation, we at True Title are watching the growing information about the Covid-19, or coronavirus, as that guidance and information develops. Effective immediately, we are implementing certain precautions and practices across True Title as recommended by the Center for Disease Control (“CDC”). While the CDC and other health officials continue to […]