I am considering buying a small residential lot of undeveloped land and I was told that there is no title insurance available for the property for one year. What reason could there possibly be for this? Is it a legitimate condition for a property? I am new to this forum and appreciate any responses. Thanks.

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the property was sold to the current seller at a tax sale with a Sheriff's Deed.

I would be careful buying something without title insurance. The tax sale might be the reason why the title insurance is not available.

Texas Agent will be along shortly and he will know the definitive answer.

I have some property that I bought at Tax Sale and the Title Insurance Companies will not write coverage for 6 years from the date of the Conveyance to me; or 7 years from the date of the Tax Sale. I have heard that this is typical.

Hello, thanks for the replies Bigtoe and Vermont007! I posted on another forum and learned that it may have something to do with the property being in a redemption state, in which case the previous owner who was foreclosed on has up to one year to come up with the owed funds to reclaim the property. The previous owner was the school district. Could this sale be a fraud scheme?

I don't know about your situation. In our state we can do a suit to quiet title once we purchase and this eliminates alot of resale problems.