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

  • Advisory Title Officer
  • Escrow Officer
  • Land and Estates Officer
  • Title Officer

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Obtain maps or drawings delineating properties from company title plants, county surveyors, or assessors' offices.
  • Verify accuracy and completeness of land-related documents accepted for registration, preparing rejection notices when documents are not acceptable.

  • Prepare legal documents.