United States: Conveyancing

Washington's property records combine federal surveys, handwritten field notes, metes-and-bounds descriptions, recorded plats, and digital databases into a complex system that has evolved over more than a century. While modern county databases make property information accessible within seconds, understanding how parcel numbers, legal descriptions, surveys, and recording systems work together reveals both the usefulness and occasional complexity of identifying land ownership and boundaries.

Pennsylvania's Realty Transfer Tax Act and Philadelphia's Realty Transfer Tax Act are similar in many respects, however, an important distinction exists . . .

After looking at numerous investment opportunities, you bite the bullet, assemble a syndicate of lenders and close on a leveraged buyout transaction resulting in control of the operating company target through the use of a holding company.