If there is one lawyer who attends to all your legal business, he will be a good custodian of all papers of record, for he usually has a fireproof safe.
CHAPTER III
OTHER FORMS OF DEEDS—MORTGAGES
There is one condition under which the grantor does not turn over or deliver the deed to the grantee after it is made. This is known as a Deed in Escrow.
A deed "delivered in escrow" is when the document is placed with a third party to be by him delivered to the grantee when a certain time has elapsed or certain conditions have been fulfilled.
When the conditions have been complied with, the deed is given by its custodian to the grantee, which is as legal as if it were given by the grantor in person.
TRUST DEEDS
A trust deed is the form used to convey property to some person who is entitled to its proceeds or profits.
This form of deed is often used to secure the payment of a debt.
In some states they take the place of mortgages.
Where the trust deed is meant to take the place of a mortgage to secure a debt payment, the property is deeded to a third party known as a "trustee."