Use these helpful tools to share your ALTA Best Practices compliance achievements with lenders and other third parties.

• ALTA Best Practices 4.0 Framework: Title Insurance and Settlement Company Best Practice (v. 4.0 - Effective 05-23-2023)
  

  Version 4.0: Publication 01-23-23 | Effective 05-23-23)



• ALTA Best Practices 4.0 Framework - Overview Presentation


• ALTA Best Practices 4.0 Framework: Assessment Procedures (v. 4.0)


• ALTA Best Practices 4.0 Framework: Internal Assessment Report and Letter (v. 4.0) [M]


• ALTA Best Practices 4.0 Framework: Third-Party Assessment Report (v. 4.0) [M]

• Reports from a Certification Specialist
  **This information is intended to be informational only**

  Based on the lender's vendor management policies and guidelines, a company may be asked to engage a third party certification specialist to issue a report to support the company's self assessment results. Please consult with your lender partners before electing to engage a certification specialist to perform an assessment of your compliance with the Best Practices standards. In choosing a certification specialist to conduct a Best Practices assessment of your company, you should be sure to select a third party who is acceptable to your lender partners and will produce a report that will provide adequate assurance to your lender partners.

  ALTA does not issue any Best Practices assessment reports or certifications, nor does ALTA review any reports produced by companies themselves or third parties. ALTA does not have a list of preferred vendors or third party assessment companies. You should select a certification specialist that will best fit the needs of your company.

Key Documents

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• Announcement: Best Practices 4.0 Effective 5/23/2023 | Note that additional documents for use by ALTA Members and ALTA Best Practices Subscribers were made available on 5/20/23


• ALTA Best Practices 4.0 Framework: Title Insurance and Settlement Company Best Practice (v. 4.0 - Effective 05-23-2023)


• ALTA Best Practices 4.0 Framework - Overview Presentation


• ALTA Insights Webinar 03-08-2023: Introduction to Best Practices 4.0


• ALTA Best Practices 4.0 Framework: Assessment Procedures (v. 4.0)


• ALTA Best Practices 4.0 Framework: Internal Assessment Report and Letter (v. 4.0) [M]


• ALTA Best Practices 4.0 Framework: Third-Party Assessment Report (v. 4.0) [M]


• ALTA Best Practices 4.0 FAQs


• ALTA Best Practices 4.0 - Pillar 1-7 Assessment Readiness Guide [M] [C] [A]


• ALTA Best Practices 4.0 - Policy and Procedure Creation Guidance [M] [C] [A]


• ALTA Best Practices 4.0 - Policy and Procedures Sample Table of Contents [M] [C] [A]


• ALTA Best Practices 4.0 - Template for Policy and Procedures [M] [C] [A]

FAQ Portal

To help ensure industry receives consistent guidance about the Best Practices, ALTA will be publishing answers to frequently asked questions on its FAQ Portal. If you do not see an answer to your question, you can fill out the FAQ Question Form below.

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