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The rules of first possession, for example, are designed to make clear to those who would potentially compete for a resource that the resource belongs to someone else. For ongoing ownership, markers like boundary stones and name tags serve to put others on notice of ownership claims. Starting with the ancient civilizations, written records of various sorts have also served to evidence ownership. With the collection of these records in a centralized location, those who might have some interest in the state of a property’s title need only look up the information.  \nTitle records are deeply intertwined with transfers of property. Although persons other than potential purchasers might have reason to consult title records, purchasers—broadly conceived to include lenders—are the main users of title records. By investigating the state of title through the title records, a potential purchaser (usually having employed an expert) can gain assurance at reasonable cost that he or she is acquiring what the seller claims to have for transfer.  \nGood title records promote transferability. The use of such a system serves the collective interest of all potential sellers, as well as the individual interests of potential buyers. As a result, most modern systems of records do more than act as repositories of information. Instead, title records (especially land records) carry with them legal effect. In many systems, achieving an in rem effect and the ability to bind third-party good faith purchasers is only possible by filing one’s interests in the public records. Some systems, such as those in Australia (the“Torrens” system) and Germany, explicitly strip out invalid claims and title defects, thereby affording nearly conclusive legal title. Things are not quite so tidy in the United States, where almost all localities employ a system of recordation more like France’s, but as we will see, various recording acts and doctrines make the system of land records essential to the shape and scope of property that is actually transferred from one person to another.  \nThere is another sense in which transfer lies at the heart of a system of property records: It is the possibility of transfer that makes the state of title more difficult to establish. If each owned thing were assigned an owner who could not alienate it (with ownership going indefeasibly to the heirs or to the state upon death), property would be a lot less complicated—and a lot less useful. In the following materials we begin with some general principles for establishing a valid transfer of property  \ndesigned to enhance the security of transfers. We then turn to the bedrock principle that an owner can only convey what the owner owns, and to an important exception to this principle, in favor of good faith purchasers. Finally we survey some systems of records of ownership in various resources, including most prominently land.  \nA. TRANSFER AND ALIENABILITY  \nThe right to transfer is considered an important attribute of owner sovereignty. The right to transfer enhances owner autonomy, because it permits the owner to shed responsibility for things that no longer suit the owner’s wants or needs, and at the same time to acquire other things that may be better suited to the owner’s wants and needs. Moreover, the right to transfer confers a significant power on the owner, in that the owner is allowed in effect to appoint his or her successor as the new owner of the asset—something not possible if the owner sheds responsibility by abandonment or destruction (see Chapter IV) . The right to transfer also promotes the efficient allocation of resources. If the current owner is not capable of extracting the most value from a resource (as measured by the willingness of others to pay for the output generated b","cbCaiebKboghfQn6","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiebKboghfQn6","pdf",826857,"English","# Title Records and Transfers of Property\n## Purchasers and Assurance\n## Legal Effect of Public Records\n# Transfer and Alienability\n## Owner Sovereignty and Autonomy\n## Constraints to Promote Future Transactions","[{\"question\":\"Why do purchasers rely on title records?\",\"answer\":\"Purchasers investigate the state of title through title records to gain assurance, at reasonable cost, that they are acquiring what the seller claims to transfer.\"},{\"question\":\"How do modern recording systems affect the legal force of title?\",\"answer\":\"Many systems go beyond storing information: especially for land, title records can carry legal effect, enabling binding of third-party good faith purchasers when interests are filed in public records.\"},{\"question\":\"What role does transferability play in owner sovereignty and resource allocation?\",\"answer\":\"The right to transfer enhances autonomy by letting owners reallocate responsibilities and acquire better-suited assets, and it can improve resource allocation when current owners cannot extract the greatest value.\"}]","CHAPTER VIII - TITLE RECORDS AND THE TRANSFER OF PROPERTY - Transfer and Alienability | PDF",202]