Posted by Rachel/ORWA on 4/24/08 11:48am
Msg #244854

A Question for the Title Pros out there

If a name is spelled correctly on the deed, does capitalization matter?

For example: borrower's name is McElloy (made up name) but deed shows Mcelloy.

I had a signing recently where this situation occured. The borrower sign their correctly-capitalized name, and it hasn't come back, but now I'm wondering.

Reply by Lee/AR on 4/24/08 11:53am
Msg #244855

It's probably just a computer program glitch that won't 'allow' a capitalization in the middle of a word.

Reply by Loretta on 4/24/08 12:21pm
Msg #244858

My laptop for my job will not allow me to type a capital letter in the middle of a word. It won't even let me type a name like J'uan. Doesn't like punctuation characters in the middle of a word.

Reply by Rachel/ORWA on 4/24/08 2:36pm
Msg #244881

Thanks, both of you. :) n/m

Reply by NancyOR on 4/25/08 9:06am
Msg #244982

Re: from a title company viewpoint

It probably doesn't make any difference to the validity of the deed but it's not very good customer service. We have customers who are very sensitive about their names....I can even remember one asking for our Superior Service Guaranty for a mispelled name. (We give their escrow fee back if they find fault with any part of the closing)