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

  • Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

  • Title Examiner
  • Title Searcher
  • Title Abstractor
  • Title Agent
  • Title Assistant
  • Title Checker
  • Title Clerk
  • Title Closer
  • Title Department Manager
  • Title Inspector
  • Title Investigator
  • Title Officer
  • Title Processor
  • Title Specialist
  • Title Supervisor
  • Searcher
  • Abstract Searcher
  • Abstract Clerk
  • Abstract Writer
  • Abstractor
  • Advisory Title Officer
  • Automotive Title Clerk
  • Commercial Title Examiner
  • DMV Title Clerk
  • Data Abstractor
  • Department of Motor Vehicles Title Clerk
  • Land Title Examiner
  • Land and Estates Officer
  • Land Examiner
  • Lease Examiner
  • Legal Instruments Examiner
  • License and Title Clerk
  • Lien Searcher
  • Record Searcher
  • Tag and Title Clerk

  • 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.

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Determine whether land-related documents can be registered under the relevant legislation, such as the Land Titles Act.
  • Direct activities of workers who search records and examine titles, assigning, scheduling, and evaluating work, and providing technical guidance as necessary.
  • Enter into record-keeping systems appropriate data needed to create new title records or to update existing ones.
  • Obtain maps or drawings delineating properties from company title plants, county surveyors, or assessors' offices.
  • Prepare and issue title commitments and title insurance policies, based on information compiled from title searches.
  • Prepare reports describing any title encumbrances encountered during searching activities and outlining actions needed to clear titles.
  • 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.
  • Summarize pertinent legal or insurance details, or sections of statutes or case law from reference books for use in examinations or as proofs or ready reference.