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

  • Land Examiner
  • Land Title Examiner
  • Land and Estates Officer

  • Confer with realtors, lending institution personnel, buyers, sellers, contractors, surveyors, and courthouse personnel to exchange title-related information or to resolve problems.
  • Determine whether land-related documents can be registered under the relevant legislation, such as the Land Titles Act.
  • Obtain maps or drawings delineating properties from company title plants, county surveyors, or assessors' offices.
  • Prepare lists of all legal instruments applying to a specific piece of land and the buildings on it.
  • Verify accuracy and completeness of land-related documents accepted for registration, preparing rejection notices when documents are not acceptable.