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

  • Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

  • Real Estate Transaction Coordinator
  • Land and Estates Officer
  • License and Title Clerk
  • Tag and Title Clerk
  • Title Department Manager
  • Transaction Manager

  • Search real estate records, examine titles, or summarize pertinent legal or insurance documents or details for a variety of purposes. May compile lists of mortgages, contracts, and other instruments pertaining to titles by searching public and private records for law firms, real estate agencies, or title insurance companies.

  • Assess fees related to registration of property-related documents.
  • Confer with realtors, lending institution personnel, buyers, sellers, contractors, surveyors, and courthouse personnel to exchange title-related information or to resolve problems.
  • 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.
  • Prepare real estate closing statements, using knowledge and expertise in real estate procedures.
  • Read search requests to ascertain types of title evidence required and to obtain descriptions of properties and names of involved parties.
  • Retrieve and examine real estate closing files for accuracy and to ensure that information included is recorded and executed according to regulations.