“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” We certainly should recognize this famous quote from William Shakespeare’s play – Romeo and Juliet, but is this always the case? While that sentiment may be true in the literary world, the misspelling of one’s name (especially the sur name) can lead to unwanted stress and complications in your real estate transactions when such spelling errors appear in recorded Judgments. This week we wanted to provide some color and guidance on clearance obligations where a recorded Judgment against a purported property owner or purchaser appears in your Title Report, but also includes a spelling/typographical error in the actual Judgment document that was submitted for recording.