Cal. Ct. App. 4th Dist. · Court of Appeal opinion · January 1, 2019
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Siegel v. Fidelity National Title — California Court of Appeal
California Court of Appeal, First District · No. A064772
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ResultCourt of Appeal opinionCourt ruling
HingePayoff DemandsExplains lender-only ALTA policies in refinance escrows and third-party-beneficiary duties to disclose recorded liens.
SourceCourt opinionPublished opinion
File-record question
Explains lender-only ALTA policies in refinance escrows and third-party-beneficiary duties to disclose recorded liens.
Limit before takeaway
Published Court of Appeal opinion only.
- Court / region
- Cal. Ct. App. 1st Dist.
- Case number
- No. A064772
- Filed
- January 1, 1995
- Source record
- Court opinion
- Procedural posture
- Court of Appeal opinion
- Money movement stage
- Payoff stage
- Record gap
- Authorization gap
- Strongest reviewed source
- Published opinion
- Allegation / finding status
- Court ruling
- Disposition
- Court of Appeal opinion
- Last posture checked
- 2026-05-31
- Reviewed
- 2026-05-31
What happened
Court analyzed a refinance escrow where the settlement agent requested only a lender ALTA policy while buyers believed they would receive owner's title coverage through a sub-escrow arrangement.
What it hinged on
Payoff Demands. Explains lender-only ALTA policies in refinance escrows and third-party-beneficiary duties to disclose recorded liens.
Amount involved
Amount not stated in reviewed source.
Result
Court of Appeal opinion
Why this belongs here
Explains lender-only ALTA policies in refinance escrows and third-party-beneficiary duties to disclose recorded liens.
Documents to inspect
- Payoff demand
- Lender verification
- Good-through date
- Disbursement authorization
- Escrow instructions
- Wire instructions
This list is inferred from the topic pattern, not asserted as an extracted document list for this case.
What the file needed to show
Current reviewed metadata frames the file issue this way:
Explains lender-only ALTA policies in refinance escrows and third-party-beneficiary duties to disclose recorded liens.
Timeline
FiledJanuary 1, 1995
Posture checked2026-05-31
Reviewed for Escrow Cases2026-05-31
Topics
Payoff Demands·Wire Instructions
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