Terms used to qualify an interest in property or to generally describe a party, should not be entered unless it is apparent that such terms are an element of a business name.
Terms such as “tenants in common,” “1/2 undivided interest,” “joint tenant with right of survivorship,” “Estate of,” “Estate” and the like are not part of a name and would not be entered unless an obvious part of a business or non-human name. Phrases or words like “a single man,” “deceased,” “a minor” and other such terms shall not be entered in individual names.
This is designed around indexing whereby the name of the actual party in interest is indexed.
Name presented: John Smith Estate
Would be indexed as
SMITH, JOHN
Name presented: Estate of John Smith
Would be indexed as
SMITH, JOHN
Name presented: Bank One, a Federal Savings Bank
Would be indexed as:
BANK ONE
BANK 1
The presence of “a” in the above name makes “Federal Savings Bank” a qualifying term.
Name presented: Bank One Federal Savings Bank
Would be indexed as:
BANK ONE FED SAVINGS BANK
BANK 1 FED SAVINGS BANK
Note the absence of “a” in the above name.
Name presented: Fidelity Federal Savings Bank
Would be indexed as:
FIDELITY FED SAVINGS BANK
Name presented: Fidelity Federal FSB
Would be indexed as:
FIDELITY FED FSB
Name presented: Fidelity Bank NA
Would be indexed as:
FIDELITY BANK NA
Name presented: Fidelity Bank, a Georgia Chartered Banking Company
Would be indexed as:
FIDELITY BANK
Note the presence of “a” in the name.
Name presented: CBASS Asset Backed Certificates Series 2006-1 without recourse
Would be indexed as:
CBASS ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATES SERIES 2006 1