National Surety Services offers our agents the ability to verify the ownership and
encumbrances of real property within most Counties in Florida. Through NSSs contract
with Ultimate Data Research, Inc. and Attorneys Title Information Data Systems
(ATIDS), Ownership & Encumbrance reports are provided and interpreted free of cost to
agents of National Surety Services as a tool to assist in the underwriting of bail bonds.
Ownership & Encumbrance Report -- Use this form to
submit an order for an ATID title search from NSS (Free for NSS agents)
Key Benefits to Our Agents
Agents can establish the net equity available in a given property without leaving their
office.
Out-of-County property can be quickly verified and valued as possible bond collateral.
All title searches are interpreted and reviewed by an experienced expert title examiner.
Bond collateral can be secured more quickly and accurately.
Typical equity interpretations are run and provided to our agents within 30 minutes or
less under normal circumstances.
Florida Counties On-Line
The following is a list of Florida Counties can currently be accessed on-line through
ATIDs:
In addition, the following Florida Counties have records from the County Tax Assessor's
office on-line. This is a powerful tool that allows our agents to make quick, informed
underwriting decisions. This also means that properties in these Counties can usually be
searched simply by giving NSS the street address.