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

  • Legal Instruments Examiner
  • Administrative Assistant
  • Title Assistant

  • 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.
  • Prepare lists of all legal instruments applying to a specific piece of land and the buildings on it.
  • 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.

  • Coordinate legal schedules or activities.
  • Evaluate information related to legal matters in public or personal records.
  • Meet with individuals involved in legal processes to provide information and clarify issues.
  • Prepare legal documents.
  • Research relevant legal materials to aid decision making.