How do they match: Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

  • Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

  • Land and Estates Officer
  • License and Title Clerk
  • Tag and Title Clerk
  • Title Investigator
  • Title Inspector

  • Assess fees related to registration of property-related documents.
  • Copy or summarize recorded documents, such as mortgages, trust deeds, and contracts, that affect property titles.
  • Examine documentation such as mortgages, liens, judgments, easements, plat books, maps, contracts, and agreements to verify factors such as properties' legal descriptions, ownership, or restrictions.
  • Examine individual titles to determine if restrictions, such as delinquent taxes, will affect titles and limit property use.
  • Obtain maps or drawings delineating properties from company title plants, county surveyors, or assessors' offices.
  • Read search requests to ascertain types of title evidence required and to obtain descriptions of properties and names of involved parties.