Abstract & Title

Brown Pelican Abstract & Title

Landry, Watkins, Repaske & Breaux operates Brown Pelican Abstract & Title, providing fast, efficient and thorough title searches, and preparation of title and closing documentation for residential, commercial and refinance transactions — done in a friendly and professional manner.

We mainly service Iberia, St. Martin, Vermillion, Lafayette and St. Mary Parishes, but have also provided services in Jackson, St. Landry and East Baton Rouge Parishes.

Our Title Services

• Title searches and title examinations
• Title insurance through national underwriters
• Abstracts of title and title opinions
• Closing services for buyers, sellers, and lenders
• Curative title work and clearing title defects
• Servitude and easement research
• Oil, gas, and mineral title work
• Notarial services and act of sale preparation

Title Insurance

Title insurance offers protection from a number of risks that can arise in a real estate transaction. Any of these risks can put the owner's or lender's interest in jeopardy or cause problems in subsequent transactions. Common risks include:

• Clerical errors (the most common problem and generally the easiest to fix)
• Forgery, fraud, incompetence and incapacity
• Lack of legal access to the property
• "Missing links" in the chain of title
• Unknown heirs to property due to poorly handled successions or improper identification of owners
• Surveyor errors

In the simplest terms, title insurance is protection and comfort. A Title Insurance Policy creates the comfort of knowing that a party's interest — usually as owner or lender — is protected in a real estate transaction.

Trusted by Leading Lenders

We are Best Practices certified and our attorneys are approved settlement agents for all local lenders and most national lenders, including Community First Bank, JD Bank, First National Bank of Jeanerette, Pedestal Bank, IberiaBank, State Farm Bank, Capital One, and Regions Bank.

About Brown Pelican Abstract & Title

Our closers are fully licensed Louisiana attorneys, most of whom are also licensed as title insurance agents by the State of Louisiana Department of Insurance, and are approved agents for The Security Title Guarantee Corporation of Baltimore and WFG National Title Insurance Company.

Each title order is assigned to our real estate paralegal who uses sophisticated computer software designed specifically for real estate transactions. Every title abstract is researched by our expert title abstractor — trained and supervised by our attorneys — who has over 30 years of experience.

All of Brown Pelican Abstract & Title's escrow accounts are independently reconciled monthly. We pride ourselves on accountability and delivering a quick and accurate turnaround to better service our clients.