Jamie Ellis' release and easement source packet

Send the release, easement, survey and commitment trail before an access question slows the file.

For agents, lenders, builders and developers: collect the partial release, easement instrument, legal description, survey, lender consent, county recording reference, commitment item and one process question before a release or access issue becomes urgent.

Audience and job

Make a release or easement question easier to route.

A partial-release or easement issue can pull in a loan policy, deed of trust, release, assignment, survey, plat, legal description, utility corridor, access instrument, lender condition, title-commitment item, underwriter review and attorney advice. This handoff keeps the source trail together without deciding the file-specific result.

The useful handoff

Name the county, lender, easement holder, affected tract, record reference, survey or exhibit, release request, commitment item and source date. The recorded documents, survey, lender review, title commitment, underwriting response and legal advice still control the answer.

Official sources

Use current TDI, Texas statute and county-record sources.

These sources were checked on October 8, 2026. They help frame the release and easement packet, but they do not replace lender, survey, title, underwriting, attorney, recording or legal review.

TDI Procedural Rule P-9.b, read October 8, 2026

Start with the loan-policy partial-release source.

TDI's Basic Manual addresses partial release, release of additional collateral, modification, reinstatement and release-from-personal-liability endorsements when a Loan Policy has already insured the lien. Preserve the policy, release request, land description and lender instruction without deciding coverage or release sufficiency.

Read the official source ->
TDI Procedural Rule P-54, read October 8, 2026

Separate access questions from access conclusions.

The Access Endorsement rule is a title-insurance source for eligible non-residential land with improvements, subject to underwriting requirements and company-added exceptions. Send the survey, commitment item, recorded easement, access instrument and first process question; do not promise access coverage.

Read the official source ->
Texas Property Code Chapter 5, read October 8, 2026

Keep conveyance and easement instruments tied to the written record.

Chapter 5 includes the writing requirement for conveyances and treats liens as encumbrances. It also points to the practical value of sending a survey or plat and legible copies of documents describing easements or other title-affecting claims when those documents are part of a transaction source packet.

Read the official source ->
Texas Property Code Chapter 21, read October 8, 2026

Use utility and access-easement details as source clues.

For certain pipeline and electric-transmission easement instruments, Chapter 21 describes source details such as location, width, access, exclusive or nonexclusive rights, assignment notice and permitted uses. Preserve those clues without deciding access, damages, assignment effect or enforceability.

Read the official source ->
Collin County Land Recordings, read October 8, 2026

Anchor the release or easement question to county-record references.

Collin County's land-recording page warns that online database results are not the official repository and may not show the complete or unaltered official record. Send instrument numbers, recording dates, parties, legal descriptions, survey references and commitment item numbers instead of relying on search memory.

Read the official source ->
TDI Procedural Rule P-53, read October 8, 2026

Keep the handoff public, educational and referral-safe.

TDI P-53 permits legal promotional and educational activity that is not conditioned on referral of title-insurance business. This handoff offers public source organization only; it does not discount a title premium or provide a referral benefit.

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What to send

Give each reviewer the land and lien trail they can verify.

A partial-release and easement handoff does not need to decide access, lien priority, release effect, boundary location, collateral sufficiency, title, insurability or legal effect. It needs enough source context for the right professional to identify the next step.

  1. Property address, county, transaction type, proposed closing date and whether the concern involves a partial release, release of additional collateral, easement, access, utility corridor, driveway, survey, legal description, title-commitment requirement or lender condition
  2. Recorded deed of trust, prior release, proposed partial release, easement agreement, plat, survey, exhibit, metes-and-bounds description, lender consent, payoff or collateral clue and the title-commitment Schedule B or C item that raised the question
  3. Exact grantor, grantee, lender, beneficiary, trustee, easement holder, utility or public-entity names, plus document numbers, recording dates, county-record references, parcel or tract labels and any assignment or successor clue
  4. A map, survey page, plat page, legal-description excerpt or county-record reference that shows the land affected, without cropping out adjoining-tract, access, utility, right-of-way or release language that a reviewer may need
  5. One practical process question for the title team, lender, attorney, surveyor, underwriter, utility, county-record source or other reviewer before the file reaches funding or signing pressure
What to avoid

Keep access and release conclusions out of the first note.

  • Do not decide whether a partial release, easement, access right, legal description, survey, consent, assignment, instrument, recording reference or title-commitment response is valid, sufficient, enforceable or legally effective.
  • Do not decide access, ingress, egress, lien priority, release effect, collateral sufficiency, boundary location, encroachment, survey accuracy, damages, utility rights, title effect or recording effect.
  • Do not draft release, easement, access, driveway, utility, consent, objection, demand, correction, closing-instruction or legal-remedy language.
  • Do not promise lender approval, funding, title coverage, underwriting acceptance, county-record acceptance, recording, insurability or a closing date.
TDI safety posture

No rate claim. No referral bargain. No access opinion.

This public resource is available to anyone on the same terms. It is not conditioned on sending a closing to WG Title and it does not offer a rebate, discount, commission, gift or thing of value for a referral.

Prepared as a courtesy. This document is available to any real estate professional on the same terms and is not conditioned on directing a closing to WG Title.

WG Title provides title and escrow services, not legal advice. WG Law is a separate, independently operated company and any relationship with it is governed by its own engagement.

Read TDI Procedural Rule P-53 ->
D1-first conversion path

Send the property and the first release or easement question.

This uses the existing closing-readiness form. The page URL, referrer, UTM fields and click IDs stay with the lead record, so the title team can see that the question came from this partial release and easement source guide.

Do not paste wire instructions, bank account numbers, Social Security numbers, tax IDs, EINs, identity-document numbers, loan credentials, complete payoff statements, privileged legal advice, sealed filings or private financial records into this form.

A source, five facts and one clear first question. We will tell you what to gather next.

Educational information only. Available on the same terms to everyone and not conditioned on directing a closing to WG Title. No quote, legal advice, underwriting decision or guaranteed closing date.