(5) To the property address for the real property conveyed by the deed, deed of trust, or mortgage needing correction (3) To the title insurance company, if known (2) The attorney who prepared the deed, deed of trust, or mortgage, if known and if possible (1) All parties to the deed, deed of trust, or mortgage, including the current owner of the property (c) Prior to recording a corrective affidavit, notice of the intent to record the corrective affidavit, of each party’s right to object to the corrective affidavit, and a copy of the corrective affidavit shall be served upon: A correction of an obvious description error shall not be inconsistent with the description of the property in any recorded subdivision plat. (b) Obvious description errors in a recorded deed, deed of trust, or mortgage purporting to convey or transfer an interest in real property may be corrected by recording a corrective affidavit in the office of the clerk of the county commission of the county where the property is situated or where the deed, deed of trust, or mortgage needing correction was recorded. (7) “Title insurance company” means the company that issued a policy of title insurance for the transaction in which the deed, deed of trust, or mortgage needing correction was recorded. (6) “Title insurance” has the same meaning as set forth in W. of this code and recorded in the clerk’s office of the circuit court for the jurisdiction where the property is located. (5) “Recorded subdivision plat” means a plat that has been prepared by a professional land surveyor licensed pursuant to W. (ii) Any designation of the type of tenancy by which the property is owned or whether or not a right of survivorship exists. (i) Missing or improper signatures or acknowledgments or (E) An “obvious description error” does not include: (iv) An omitted exhibit supplying the legal description of the real property thereby conveyed. (iii) An error in a lot number or designation or (ii) An error incorporating an incorrect recorded plat or a deed reference (i) An error transcribing courses and distances, including the omission of one or more lines of courses, and distances or the omission of angles and compass directions (D) An “obvious description error” includes: (C) The deed, deed of trust, or mortgage recites elsewhere the parcel’s correct address or tax map identification number. (B) The error is apparent by reference to other information on the face of the deed, deed of trust, or mortgage, or on an attachment to the deed, deed of trust, or mortgage, or by reference to other instruments in the chain of title for the property conveyed thereby and (A) The parcel is identified and shown as a separate parcel on a recorded subdivision plat (4) “Obvious description error” means an error in a real property parcel description contained in a recorded deed, deed of trust, or mortgage where: (3) “Local entity” means any county, city, town, municipality, public utility, or person, including any individual, firm, partnership, association, not-for-profit corporation, or other corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of West Virginia. (2) “Corrective affidavit” means an affidavit of an attorney correcting an obvious description error. (1) “Attorney” means any person licensed as an attorney in West Virginia by the West Virginia State Bar. As used in this section, unless the context requires a different meaning: Correcting errors in deeds, deeds of trust, and mortgages corrective affidavit.
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