Acronyms

Term

Definition

AP

All posting

AML's

Adjustable Mortgage Loans

A & R

Assignment and Release

ALTA

American Land Title Association

AMD

Amendment

APN

Assessor's Parcel Number (for property tax).  The APN is the number by which property taxes are referenced. When you search for a title by APN, the system does a cross-reference title search by APN. The cross reference is invisible to the user as the title search results are then displayed. Usually a title search is done by legal (land) description such as by parcel, block, lot, subdivision, section, arb, or map book or page number, etc.

APS

Assessor Parcel Number

ARB

Arbitrary. Large tracts portions of which have been sold without the recordation of a subdivision map, carried as a lot in the company account.

AS

Assignment

ASD

Assessed

ASM

Assumption

ASN

Assignment

BND

Bond

BUQA

Business Unit Quality Assurance

CC&R

Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions

CCB

Change Control Board

CS

County Specific

CSR

Customer Service Rep

DIS

Disclaimer

DOT

Deed of Trust

DTS

Data Trace System (First American Real Estate Solutions)

FIC

CCB in India

ICP

Ideas Changes Problems. Used to track needed new features, fixes or improvements needed.

IMP

Improvements

IST

India Standard Time

LP/LLC

Inquiry on Limited Partnership and Limited Liability Corporations.

MLN

Mechanic's Lien

MOD

Modification

MTG

Mortgage

NL

No Listing

OFM

Order File Management

OO

Office Information

P

Plant

PIQ

Property in Question

PITI

Principal, Interest, Taxes, and Insurance payments

PRL

Partial Release

R & R

Releases and Reconveyances

RAT

Ratification

RC

Reconveyance

REL

Release

RL

Release

SAP

 Suppress Adjacent Property (Starters). Will not see adjoining lots for base

SAT

Suppress All Tract Searches

SDX

Soundex

SITUS

Physical location

SOS

Secretary of State in California. The California SOS maintains records regarding status, officers, and legal entities involved with a corporation, limited partnership, or a notary.

SR

Starter Record

STS

Smart Title Solutions

SUB

Subordination

SX

Starter Exchange Program

T

Tax

TD

Trust Deed

TEE

Grantee

TIPS

Title Integrated Property Services

TOF

Title Officer

TOR

Grantor

TRT

Tax Rate Table

TT

 Title Officer, or TeleTitle System (Group 2)

UCC

Uniform Commercial Code

XGR

Agreement