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TASK
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers
ID
work_legal/title_examiners_abstractors_and_searchers
Type
TASK
Children
16
Child Nodes (16)
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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.
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Examine individual titles to determine if restrictions, such as delinquent taxes, will affect titles and limit property use.
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Prepare reports describing any title encumbrances encountered during searching activities and outlining actions needed to clear titles.
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Copy or summarize recorded documents, such as mortgages, trust deeds, and contracts, that affect property titles.
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Verify accuracy and completeness of land-related documents accepted for registration, preparing rejection notices when documents are not acceptable.
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Prepare lists of all legal instruments applying to a specific piece of land and the buildings on it.
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Read search requests to ascertain types of title evidence required and to obtain descriptions of properties and names of involved parties.
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Obtain maps or drawings delineating properties from company title plants, county surveyors, or assessors' offices.
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Confer with realtors, lending institution personnel, buyers, sellers, contractors, surveyors, and courthouse personnel to exchange title-related information or to resolve problems.
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Enter into record-keeping systems appropriate data needed to create new title records or to update existing ones.
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Retrieve and examine real estate closing files for accuracy and to ensure that information included is recorded and executed according to regulations.
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Prepare and issue title commitments and title insurance policies, based on information compiled from title searches.
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Direct activities of workers who search records and examine titles, assigning, scheduling, and evaluating work, and providing technical guidance as necessary.
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Determine whether land-related documents can be registered under the relevant legislation, such as the Land Titles Act.
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Assess fees related to registration of property-related documents.
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