Charles Augustine
Klatt Law Firm, P.C.
caugustine@klatt-law.com
(319) 232-3304
531 Commercial St
Suite 250
Waterloo , IA
50701
Charles Augustine
Klatt Law Firm, P.C.
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Firm Summary
Practice Areas:
- Business law
- Contracts
- Corporate law
- Default services
- Estate planning and probate
- Real estate and property
- Wills
State Jurisdictions:
Iowa
Education:
- University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA (BA, English, 1993)
- University of Iowa College of Law, Iowa City, IA (JD, with distinction, 1996); Associate Editor, Iowa Law Review
Leadership Positions:
- Title Services Corporation – President; served as officer and director, 2001 to present
- Real Estate and Title Law Section Council, Iowa State Bar Association (ISBA) – Member, 1999 to 2011, and 2020 to present; served as Section Council Chair, and on Legislative Subcommittee
- Title Standards Committee of ISBA Real Estate Section – Member, 2001 to present
- Real Estate Committee of the ISBA Real Estate Section – Member, 1999 to 2002; served one term as committee chair
- Abstractor Legislation Ad-hoc Committee (ISBA) – Member, 2007 to 2008
- American Legal & Financial Network Title Committee – Member, 2010 to 2012
- LPS Default Solutions Attorney Roundtable Group – Member, 2009 to 2011
- 12th Floor Group – Member of the Board of Directors, 2015 to present; served as President, 2018 to present
- Black Hawk Area Swim Team – Member of the Board of Directors, 2005 to 2014, served two terms as President
- Boy Scouts of America, Waterloo Troop 1 – Scoutmaster, 2012 to 2017
- Family YMCA of Black Hawk County – Member of the Board of Directors, 2015 to 2018
- East Okoboji Lakes Improvement Corporation – Member of the Board of Directors, 2017 to Present
- American College of Real Estate Lawyers – Fellow, 2022 to Present
Papers and Presentations:
- Iowa Tax Sales, Iowa State Bar Association Annual Meeting, June, 2021
- Iowa Tax Sales, Drake University Law School Real Estate Transactions Seminar, April, 2021
- Remedial Title Provisions, University of Iowa College of Law Real Property Law CLE Program, September 2017
- Iowa Tax Sales, Drake University Law School Real Estate Transactions Seminary, March 2017
- Real Estate Settlement Best Practices, Iowa Title Guaranty Fall Conference, November, 2016
- Real Estate Title and Settlement Best Practices, Title Guaranty Settlement Service Workshop, April, 2015
- Real Estate Title and Settlement Best Practices, Title Guaranty Fall Conference, November, 2014
- Iowa Tax Sales, Drake Law School, March, 2012
- Iowa Tax Sales, Drake Law School, March, 2010
- Iowa Tax Sales, University of Iowa College of Law, November, 2009
- Foreclosures and Foreclosure Titles, Title Guaranty, May, 2009
- Foreclosures & Marketable Title, Drake Law School, March, 2007
- Tax Sales in Iowa, Drake Law School, March, 2004
- Selected Marketable Title Legislation, University of Iowa College of Law, September, 2003
- Mechanics Liens, University of Iowa College of Law, October, 2002
- Remedial Title Legislation, Drake Law School, March, 2002
- Real Estate Review, Legal Support Professionals of Iowa, November, 2000
- Tax Sales, University of Iowa College of Law, September, 2000
- Real Estate Legislative Update, ISBA, June, 2000
- Corporations & Business Entities, Legal Support Professionals of Iowa, November, 1999
- Tax Sales, Redemption’s & Tax Deeds, Iowa New Prosecutors Course, January, 1999
- Iowa’s Marketable Title Acts, University of Iowa College of Law, October, 1998
- Purchase/Sale of a House, From Life to Death, Legal Support Professionals of Iowa, September,1998
- Powers of Attorney, R.S.V.P., May, 1998
- How to Examine Tax Titles, ISBA, June, 1998
Publications:
- Iowa Tax Sale Procedures and Redemptions – Published by the ISBA – Co-author – 1997 (1st ed.); 2000 (2nd ed.)
- Iowa Real Estate Manual – Published by the ISBA – Author, Sec. 5, Statutes of Limitation and Marketable Title Acts