Job Purpose: Examines titles to determine legal condition of property title: Examines copies of records, such as mortgages, liens, judgments, easements, vital statistics, and plat and map books to determine ownership and legal restrictions and to verify legal description of property. Copies or summarizes (abstracts) recorded documents, such as mortgages, deeds, and contracts affecting condition of title to property. Analyzes restrictions and prep...
Job Purpose: Compile list of mortgages, deeds, contracts, judgments, and other instruments (chain) pertaining to title by searching public and private records of real estate, Register of Deeds, or title insurance company. Duties. CORE DUTIES. § Read search requests in order to ascertain types of title evidence required and to obtain descriptions of properties and names of involved parties. § Locate property base to be used (i.e. existing FATCO fi...
