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

  • Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

  • Searcher
  • Abstract Searcher
  • Land and Estates Officer
  • License and Title Clerk
  • Lien Searcher
  • Record Searcher
  • Tag and Title Clerk
  • Title Searcher

  • 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.

  • Direct activities of workers who search records and examine titles, assigning, scheduling, and evaluating work, and providing technical guidance as necessary.
  • Prepare reports describing any title encumbrances encountered during searching activities and outlining actions needed to clear titles.
  • Prepare and issue title commitments and title insurance policies, based on information compiled from title searches.
  • Read search requests to ascertain types of title evidence required and to obtain descriptions of properties and names of involved parties.