Houston Property Close Question

[Kevin Wood]

Weird situation I ran into and I thought I had seen everything. A friend's parents are retiring and moving out of the area. They sold their home to a church at an agreed upon price. The church has already paid for the property and now they are just trying to find out what closing documents they need. I am guessing a title company is not required if both parties waive the right? Do they just file title transfer with the county and be done with it?

[Charles Nguyen]

Sellers would need to deed the property over to the Church and have it filed with the county.

If the Church wants title insurance, they would need to involve a title company.  They could also do a title search and determine whether they want to pay for that protection.