Table of Contents

Volume I

Chapter 1: The Nature of Title and Estates in New York

Chapter 2: Search and Examination of Title

Chapter 3: Parties and Capacity to Buy and Sell

Chapter 4: Federal Deposit Insurance Composition

Chapter 5: Transfers of Death

Chapter 6: Real Estate Descriptions, Plottings, Surveys and Maps

Chapter 7: Deeds

Chapter 8: Mortgages

Chapter 9: Liens and Restrictive Covenants

Chapter 10: Proceedings to Sell, Mortgage or Lease

Chapter 11: Contracts of Sale

Chapter 12: Tax Titles

Chapter 13: Mortgage Foreclosure and Other Actions Affecting Title

Chapter 14: Civil and Criminal Forfeiture

Chapter 15: Bankruptcy

Chapter 16: Title by Eminent Domain

Chapter 17: Adverse Possession

Volume II

Chapter 18: Title to Land Under Water

Chapter 19: Title to Land in Beds of Streets and Highways

Chapter 20 Mines and Minerals

Chapter 21: Title to Railroad Properties

Chapter 22: Airspace and Development Rights

Chapter 23: Marketable Title

Chapter 24: Condominiums, Cooperatives, and Homeowners Associations

Chapter 25: Commercial Leasing

Chapter 26: Title Insurance: What Every New York Lawyer Should Know

Chapter 27: Mortgage Recording Tax

Chapter 28: Transfer Taxes

Chapter 29: Federal Reporting Requirements in Residential Real Estate Transactions

Chapter 30: Building Loan Mortgages and the New York Lien Law

Chapter 31: Easements

Chapter 32: Title Insurance and Same-Sex Marriage

Chapter 33: Real Estate Finance--The Last 50 Years

Chapter 34: Main Street to Wall Street: The Journey to Securitization