Escrow Legal Services

Direct Legal, PC. is a full-service law firm for escrow companies and escrow divisions of title companies.

It is a member of the Escrow Institute of California and the California Escrow Association. The firm represents clients in matters involving escrow licensing, registration, bonding, and company organization, and formation. It has extensive experience with Department of Business Oversight, Bureau of Real Estate, and Bureau of Insurance (BOI) regulation of escrow companies. Our attorneys act as outside general counsel for escrow and title companies throughout California, advising them regularly on day-to-day legal issues arising out of escrow transactions, assisting them with regulatory compliance, and risk management.

Direct Legal, PC represents escrow companies with formation, licensing, and regulation matters before the California Department of Insurance, Department of Business Oversight, and the Bureau of Real Estate. Additionally, we provide extensive experience to the highly regulated independent escrow community. Our attorneys keep informed of the latest rules and regulations affecting the escrow industry, including the of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB, Department of Business Oversight, Department of Insurance, Bureau of Real Estate rules and regulation.

The needs of the escrow industry are ever-changing. Our attorneys keep up with these needs to provide the highest quality of service to our clients. Today, the industry is faced with the problem of cyber security and wire fraud. Unique issues come up during the escrow transaction that require carefully written escrow instructions, escrow amendments, or in certain cases, indemnity agreements. Often times, parties place certain demands on the escrow companies that are outside the scope of their duty such as holding them responsible for the production of title policies in the Lender’s Instructions, asking the Escrow Officers for legal, real estate, or accounting advice, or requesting them to prepare documents that are outside the scope of their duties.

Our attorneys are available to advise and consult on each of these matters and provide knowledge in day to day issues of the escrow community.

Having Extensive Experience in the Escrow Industry, We Can Help Advise:

• Buyers With Escrow Questions And Matters
• Sellers With Escrow Questions And Matters
• Lenders With Escrow Matters And Compliance
• Real Estate Brokers With Residential And Commercial Escrow Matters
• Independent Escrow Companies With DBO Regulatory Compliance
• Business Brokers With Escrow Questions And Matters
• California Bulk Sales And Business Sales Using Escrows
• 1031 Exchanges Using Escrows