Land Title Company

History of Land Title Company

Land Title is an independantly owned title company authorized to issue policies of title insurance on behalf of PACIFIC NORTHWEST TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, STEWART TITLE GUARANTY COMPANY AND TRANSNATION TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Land Title Company was founded April 3, 1940, with 25 original shareholders, many of whom were involved in the local farming community. Currently, approximately 65% of the stockholders are heirs of those original 25. In fact, with the exception of one, each stockholder can trace their history at some time to either Skagit or Island Counties.

Originally called Mount Vernon Abstract & Title Co., Inc., we took the name of Land Title in 1958 when an office was opened in Oak Harbor. Today, we serve our customers from 5 locations- Burlington, Anacortes, Oak Harbor, Freeland and Stanwood.

Rueben Youngquist, former Prosecuting Attorney for Skagit County and long time attorney in the Skagit Valley, is considered our "founding father". He served in the capacity of the original attorney for the company as well as holding the office of President from 1940 to 1981. He worked countless hours to establish Land Title as a viable company, often working down at the title company after he had put in a full day at his own office. It is Rueben's work ethic which we proudly display each day in our different offices.

We are proud of the heritage Land Title has in the communities we serve. "Local people serving local people." We want to be your ONLY choice of title companies.

We deliver results - not just promises!