Licensing & Certification
​Virginia Land Title Association is the Commonwealth's only provider of title insurance industry certification courses. Our Virginia Certified Title Examiner (VCTE) and Virginia Certified Title Settlement Agent (VCTSA) courses reflect the statewide standard of excellence within the industry. As lenders are looking to verify the quality of third-party service providers, the VCTE and VCTSA are excellent signals that your staff is committed to high-quality continuing education! Settlement companies are strongly encouraged to engage the services of VCTEs and VCTSAs to ensure compliance.
Virginia Certified Title Examiner (VCTE)
The Virginia Certified Title Examiner (VCTE) Certification course is a comprehensive treatment of title examination in Virginia. Covering a broad base of state and federal statutes and case law related to title examination, processes, and basic underwriting, the course prepares a new examiner for training in the field, and it ensures that existing examiners have a solid understanding of title examination. This course is appropriate for title examiners, attorneys, paralegals, and title settlement agents.
Virginia Certified Title Settlement Agent (VCTSA)
The Virginia Certified Title Settlement Agent™ course is the only formal instructional program available for title settlement agents in Virginia. VLTA developed the VCTSA course to promote higher standards and skills for title settlement agents to benefit the land title industry and real property consumers.
Title Insurance Pre-Licensing
VLTA offers title insurance Pre-Licensing education for those wishing to obtain a Virginia Title Insurance Agent's License (producer's license). The Title Insurance License is required for non-attorneys wishing to conduct real estate settlements in Virginia. VLTA's revised course strictly adheres to the examination content outline offered by the Virginia Bureau of Insurance.