Understand Your California Preliminary Title Report
Prelim IQ turns a California preliminary title report into a clear, organized review of ownership, liens, exceptions, requirements, and items worth a closer look.
Upload your preliminary title report to quickly identify key ownership details, liens, exceptions, and potential issues worth addressing before closing.
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Step 1 of 3: Verify Your Email
Enter your email to receive a six-digit verification code. Once verified, you’ll have 30 minutes to review one or more preliminary title reports.
Enter Your Verification Code
Check your email for the six-digit verification code.
Step 2 of 3: Upload Your Prelim
Your email is verified. Upload a preliminary title report and Prelim IQ will organize the important details, flag items worth reviewing, and identify questions to address before closing.
How Your Report Is Handled
Your preliminary title report is processed only to generate your Prelim IQ Review and is handled temporarily during the review process. Prelim IQ is designed to minimize unnecessary retention of your uploaded report and its contents.
Before You Upload: Only submit preliminary title reports you are authorized to share. Do not upload documents containing Social Security numbers, bank account numbers, or other unnecessary sensitive information.
Step 3 of 3: Your Prelim IQ Review
About Prelim IQ
A clearer way to understand a preliminary title report.
Prelim IQ is a TitleWhys tool designed to help California Realtors and homeowners make sense of a preliminary title report in plain English.
It reviews the report for key ownership details, liens and encumbrances, exceptions, requirements, and items that may deserve additional attention before closing.
Prelim IQ is educational. It does not replace a title examination, underwriting decision, legal advice, or the review of a qualified title professional.
When a report raises a property-specific concern, you can send the property to Adrian for a closer look.
Understand the Report
See ownership, liens, exceptions, requirements, and other key items in a more organized format.
Know What Needs Attention
Separate routine items from issues that may be worth asking about before the transaction gets further along.
Get a Second Set of Eyes
When something is property-specific or unclear, send the property to Adrian for professional title review.
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TITLEWHYS™: PRELIM IQ
Understand your prelim. Anticipate the obstacles.
Prelim IQ is an educational tool within TitleWhys™ designed to help California Realtors and homeowners better understand information shown on a preliminary title report. Prelim IQ is not a title insurance company and does not issue title insurance policies, commitments, or underwriting decisions.
Prelim IQ provides general informational and educational insights only. Its review does not replace examination of the preliminary title report by the issuing title company, escrow officer, underwriter, attorney, tax professional, or other appropriate professional. Results should not be interpreted as a determination of insurability, coverage, lien validity, priority, ownership, or whether a title matter can be cleared.
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