Earning the NTP designation sets you apart as a knowledgeable and experienced title professional, enhancing your credibility with clients and peers. It demonstrates your commitment to excellence while strengthening your professional brand and career opportunities.
There are many professionals in the land title industry who are eligible for and deserve the recognition and prestige associated with the NTP designation. Invest in your career and your industry by applying for designation today! Read more to learn about the designation details.
Benefits of NTP
The NTP designation represents your achievement of excellence and enhances your status in the industry and among your colleagues! Other tangible benefits include:
- Special NTP benefits and recognition at ALTA events and select State Land Title Association meetings
- Monthly spotlight in ALTA Publications and in the NTP directory on the website
- Strengthen individual and industry professionalism through elevated status among colleagues
- A community of like-minded land title insurance and settlement service professionals
- Get 10% off a single-user subscription to The Title Insurance Law Journal, ALTA’s monthly e-journal covering the latest nationwide title insurance law. Email [email protected] to receive your discount
- Amplify your brand with a Credly digital badge and with use of the NTP designation on your
resume, networking activities, business publications and correspondence such as business cards, email signature, letter signature, and on your company's website, brochures, and other marketing materials, pursuant to the Rules of Use as established by ALTA
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NTP Eligibility
NTP Membership ApplicationNTP Qualifications OverviewTo apply for designation, applicants must meet eligibility requirements to include the following:
- ALTA Member
- Minimum 5 years of industry experience
- State LTA Member
- State LTA certification or designation, if applicable
- State license, if applicable
- Title Action Network (TAN) Member
- Education Prerequisite – Title 101, Title 201, and Ethics in the Title Industry
- Complete your NTP education requirement at a special rate!
- Or, complete the NTP equivalency exam in lieu of taking the courses.
Renew Your NTP
Once awarded, the designation begins immediately. The designation must be renewed every three years by earning at minimum 30 points. Ten of the renewal points must be earned through direct ALTA involvement.Earn ALTA NTP points through:
Disclaimers
Please note: Designation under the National Title Professional Program solely demonstrates that a land title professional has met the particular standards and criteria of the National Title Professional Program. Neither the American Land Title Association, nor the designation itself, guarantees or warrants anything beyond a designee's ability to meet such standards or criteria. The American Land Title Association makes no representations, warranties, or guarantees as to, and has and assumes no responsibility for the proper performance of land title services, including but not limited to the transfer of real property, or related services provided by designees.
For Florida NTP Applicants: If you are a licensed title agent in FL, you’ll be subject to the FL Department of Financial Services’ interpretation of their regulations (FL Administrative Code 69B-215.235; Use of Designations), which will restrict your ability to use the NTP designation in advertising or promoting your products and services to the FL market or in FL transactions. If you are not licensed by the FL DFS, and you do not work on transactions that fall under the supervision of the Florida DFS, you may use the NTP designation as you would any professional designation.