Description
Research public and private real estate records and produce title abstracts and chain-of-title summaries. Compile and verify ownership, legal descriptions, and encumbrances to support attorneys, title insurers, and real estate transactions.
- • Review search orders to determine required evidence, property descriptions, and parties.
- • Search public and private land records to build chains of title.
- • Compile lists of instruments affecting a parcel and improvements.
- • Examine mortgages, liens, judgments, easements, plats, maps, and contracts to confirm legal descriptions, ownership, and restrictions.
- • Abstract and summarize recorded instruments affecting title.
- • Identify encumbrances and issues, such as unpaid taxes or restrictions, that impact title or use.
- • Prepare title abstracts and reports detailing encumbrances and recommended curative actions.
- • Verify accuracy of legal descriptions, names, and extracted data against source records.
- • Obtain plats, surveys, assessor maps, and legal descriptions from title plants and county offices.
- • Enter and update abstract data in title plants and document management systems.
- • Coordinate with attorneys, title officers, surveyors, and courthouse staff to obtain records and resolve discrepancies.
- • Flag recordability issues, missing executions, or indexing errors in documents.
- • Summarize relevant statutes, case law, or underwriting guidelines for reference in title reviews.
- • Retrieve and review closing files to confirm recorded documents align with abstracted information.
- • Deliver title abstracts and search packages to support title commitments and policies.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
