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If a lawyer does a house closing without the payoff who is responsible is to pay the differentd
Asked on March 16, 2012 under Real Estate Law, Louisiana
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Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Assuming a lawyer is retained to draw up the required closing documents instead of an approved formal escrow company and the lawyer makes an error as to who is to receive what where the escrow closes and there is a shortfall, very well the lawyer could be responsible for making up the difference from the basics of the question that you have written if the party who gets the benefit of the pay off proceeds refuses to refund the overage.
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