Title Examination Standards
Chapter 1, App.
Chapter 12. Corporations
§12.1. Name Variances.

Where a corporation appears in the title, the fact that there are minor differences in the name due to the use of abbreviations such as "Co." in place of "Company," or "Corp." in place of "Corporation," or " & " in place of "and," or "Inc." in place of "Incorporated," or "Ltd." in place of "Limited," does not overcome the presumption that the names refer to the same corporation. A greater degree of liberality should be indulged with the greater lapse of time and in the absence of circumstances appearing in the abstract to raise reasonable doubt as to the identity of the corporation.

Adopted as 13, November 16, 1946, 17 O.B.A.J. 1729 (1946), printed, id. , at 1752; became 4 on renumbering, 19 O.B.A.J. 223, 224 (1948); revised December, 1959, 30 O.B.A.J. 2091 (1959).

The 2020 Title Examination Standards Sub-Committee of the Real Property Law Section recommended the following editorial changes to the Title Standards as they appear on OSCN to bring the printed handbook and OSCN into conformity. The Real Property Section approved the proposal, and the House of Delegates adopted the amendment on November 13, 2020. (superseded document available)